Buybacks Are Now Important to the Bull Market
In the recent market sell off, some analysts wondered if the lack of corporate buybacks was a problem for the market. Buybacks have been a primary
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Investing Secrets of Bernard Baruch
Among the long forgotten Wall Street legends is Bernard Baruch. His biography seems short, according to Wikipedia: “Baruch became a broker and then a partner in
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Warren Buffett Is As Good at Selling As He Is at Buying
Warren Buffett is famous for being a buy and hold investor. Buffett famously says that his favorite holding period is forever and he is conservative enough
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Here’s Why Missing the Ten Best Days Could Be Good For Investors
It’s a chart that financial planners like to pull out when the stock market sells off. Recently, the story was told by MarketWatch and included
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Prohibition Is Over: How Marijuana Differs from Alcohol
Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933. Many communities
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This Looks Like the “Near Bear” Market of 2011
Officially, there hasn’t been a bear market since 2009. The S&P 500 bottomed in March of that year after falling more than 55%
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The Best Trades for November
Stocks fell sharply in October but that doesn’t mean they won’t rally in November. That’s the challenge investors now face. If there’s
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The S&P 500 Gave An Important Sell Signal
With the recent sell off, many analysts have noted that the S&P 500 dropped below its 200 day moving average (MA). This can be
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Five S&P 500 Stocks With the Most Downside Risk
The stock market is in the midst of a pull back. Formal definitions of bear market markets require waiting for major market averages to decline by
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A New Worry for Stock Market investors: Home Prices
Traders like to say things aren’t a problem until they are. In other words, higher interest rates aren’t a problem for the stock market
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This Group of Stocks Could Help Income Investors Ride Out a Bear Market
As stocks sold off, almost all stocks declined. That is truly the way prices move in a sell off and almost all stocks should be expected
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Khashoggi’s Impact on Investments
One of the tragic stories in the news the past few weeks has been about the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi who disappeared after entering the Saudi
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