The first-quarter earnings season is almost over, with more than 90% of the S&P 500 reporting. Although the results have been far from terrible, there hasn’t been a lot to get excited about.
Earnings are up 3.3% from last year, while... read more »
May 22, 2013 11:08 am / no comments
Innovation is a wonderful thing. Without it, products would never get better. Services would never improve.
That’s exactly what Henry Ford was talking about in one of his most famous quotes: “If I had asked people what they wanted,... read more »
May 20, 2013 4:47 pm / no comments
Some investors spend a lifetime searching for the holy grail of investing that will help them find the best companies and opportunities. That quest for a magic bullet has given birth to all kinds of strategies and techniques, from fundamental... read more »
May 17, 2013 3:10 pm / no comments
First-quarter earnings season has revealed a very big problem for the S&P 500.
With weakness in China and Europe weighing on the global economy, sales growth continues to slow. That’s always a concern for investors, but after four... read more »
May 6, 2013 4:46 pm / no comments
John Paulson is one of the most famous and successful hedge-fund managers of all time. He shot to stardom in 2007 after The Wall Street Journal revealed his firm had scored a jaw-dropping $15 billion profit from making big bets against the housing... read more »
April 29, 2013 12:01 pm / no comments
As a longtime follower of Amy Calistri’s Daily Paycheck and Carla Pasternak’s High-Yield Investing, I am well aware of the importance of dividend yield and reinvestment as the key to a successful retirement plan.
Dividend... read more »
April 29, 2013 12:01 pm / no comments
In the next 30 years, the U.S. Census Bureau expects the number of people age 65 or older to double, jumping to 80 million. That domestic trend mirrors a larger global trend: By 2050, more people worldwide will be older than 65 than younger,... read more »
April 18, 2013 5:25 pm / no comments
There is nothing more important to a stock than earnings. That makes earnings season the most important time of the year for the S&P 500.
The companies that miss expectations will be punished while those that deliver big surprises will be... read more »
April 16, 2013 3:53 pm / no comments
All industries are dominated by the biggest and most successful companies.
In technology, there is Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN).
In energy, companies such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and Conoco Phillips (NYSE: COP)... read more »
April 15, 2013 11:49 am / no comments
David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital Management is considered one of the most successful hedge-fund managers of all time. With a net worth of more than $1 billion and assets under management of more than $6 billion, Einhorn’s smallest moves... read more »
April 8, 2013 4:57 pm / no comments