Sometimes as investors we become obsessed with the next new thing. What’s that new company, innovation or strategy the market does not know about? If we get in on the ground floor, we tell ourselves, we’ll make a ton of cash.
But... read more »
May 2, 2013 10:45 am / no comments
Ever since Jim O’Neill coined the phrase “BRIC nations,” it was thought that Brazil, Russia, India and China would play major parts in this new economic world order we see evolving today. But lately, many in the market have lost confidence... read more »
April 11, 2013 4:52 pm / no comments
Income has been the rally cry for investors over the last few years.
We all know about dividends, but there are other sources of income out there that many investors haven’t considered. And recently one newer fixed-income instrument has seen... read more »
October 4, 2012 1:09 pm / no comments
In August, European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi gave Europe a sense of hope when he said, “The ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro, and believe me, it will be enough.” He followed up on that promise when... read more »
September 15, 2012 9:31 pm / no comments
Numbers reported earlier this month continue to support the growing belief that the real estate market is on its way back – slowly but surely.
Standard & Poor’s reported that home prices in its S&P/Case-Shiller 20 City Index rose... read more »
August 22, 2012 8:35 pm / no comments
Warren Buffett stated last Friday on Bloomberg Television’s In the Loop With Betty Liu that Wells Fargo & Co.’s (NYSE: WFC) dominance of the domestic mortgage market will reap huge rewards as the housing market rebounds.
Now he and his... read more »
July 20, 2012 10:00 am / no comments
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) let us know last Tuesday that once again the company knocked it out the park.
It had an unbelievable second quarter in 2012, largely due to strong iPhone sales – again.
Analysts last month tried to read between... read more »
May 10, 2012 6:04 pm / no comments
In January, bank regulators voted to release a proposal for how banks with more than $10 billion in assets should conduct stress tests annually. The purpose of the tests is to gauge whether or not individual banks can withstand another major... read more »
March 25, 2012 8:29 pm / no comments
The case can be made that every investor should be a value investor. Who wants to invest in something that isn’t going to make them money or build wealth?
However, what I want to talk about is a specific philosophy that influences the way... read more »
February 26, 2012 10:09 pm / no comments
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few months, you know that Facebook has filed its initial paperwork with regulators for its initial public offering (IPO). And they’ve hired five underwriters for the job, with Morgan Stanley... read more »
February 14, 2012 1:25 pm / no comments