Stocks
Are Your Assets Safe At The Banks?
It’s starting to happen. Slowly the government’s nationalizing the banks. They don’t want to admit it to the investing public… but slowly they’re taking control of each big institution. Citigroup’s (C) a perfect example. First they gave them $25 billion to “increase lending.” Now the preferred stock is being converted into shares. This effectively makes […]
Comparing Home Depot And Lowe’s
I’ve noticed something really interesting in the market. It’s been happening over the last month. What I’m seeing is a divergence in stock performance. Yes, the markets have been horrible. As a matter of fact, you’d be hard pressed to find more than a handful of stocks doing really well. What I’ve noticed is on […]
Retirement – What To Do With Your 401(k) Plan Now?
Is it time to throw in the towel on your 401(k) plan? Over the last year, more than $1 trillion dollars has simply evaporated. Many investors saved diligently for years. They’re now looking at account balances down by 40% or more. With no end in sight to this grizzly of a bear market, millions of […]
Is This Hedge Fund Strategy For You?
As you may remember from my articles last week, every year I take a ski trip. My skiing buddies are a group of well connected investment bankers, CEOs, and venture capitalists. Two years ago we were in Vail. Last year it was Telluride. This year, Aspen. After four days in the mountains, I was happy […]
Pfizer Cuts The Dividend… Now What?
The alarm went off early this morning. It always does on Mondays. Five more minutes I told myself… five more minutes. The next thing I know I’m running late. Damn snooze button. I quickly jumped into the shower. Then, like always, I turn on CNBC. I do it every morning when I’m getting ready. With […]
Is It Time To Buy Into The Homebuilders Yet?
I spent a good part of yesterday watching the festivities in our nation’s capital. Our newest President, Barack Obama was sworn in. He’s America’s 44th president. No matter your political affiliation, yesterday was a proud moment in our country’s history. The peaceful transition of power sets the United States apart from many countries around in […]
Alcoa Tells Us To Continue Hedging The Market
I don’t know about you, but I’m confused. Totally, thoroughly, utterly confused. Strangely enough, I’m not confused about my investment strategy. I’m not even confused about the market. What confuses me is the “market sentiment.” That’s a fancy word investing professionals use to describe investors’ expectations and reactions. I’m really confused over what investors and […]
Alcoa Leads The Way This Earnings Season
It’s that time of the year again. The most important time for Wall Street – earnings season. Every 90 days a new earnings season starts. Just like clock-work. Every publicly traded company reports financial results. I’m going to be watching Alcoa very closely. But more on that in a moment. Shareholder-owners take a few moments […]
A Drug Stock To Buy Now
Just a few weeks ago I started buying for my own account. I sensed a bottom might be forming in the market. I didn’t time it perfectly, but I’m up on these investments so far. Back in December I wrote about one of my picks. If you missed that article you can check it out […]
