Have They Lost Their Reason for Being?
Stock splits were featured in the media in 2020 as two biggies, Apple and Tesla, split their stock. But overall, the number of stock splits are way down.
According to data from S&P Dow Jones Indices, there has been an average of 44 stock splits per year since 1980. After…
Another stock market investing tool.
Spotting stocks to invest in profitably is a never-ending task. The value approach, while it may yield profits, is cumbersome and time-consuming. Using charts requires the technician to interpret past movements and assume if the same movement is seen in the present the outcome will be the same. Sometimes it…
And how do you save for it?
The scuttlebutt around is that you need $1 million (or more) to retire comfortably. The bad news is that’s a big number; the good news is that if you’re in your 20s or 30s and start saving consistently, it can be done. It’s not easy, but it can be done.
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Should SPACs be in your investment portfolio?
Would you like to send money to GoFundMe without knowing where the money was going? Do you like to gamble without knowing the odds? Are you angry and frustrated that IPOs (initial public offerings) you might want to buy are snapped up by large wealthy investors before you get a…
Some factors to consider before adding these stocks to your portfolio.
Investors who want to generate income from their portfolios often look to dividend-paying stocks to get a source of income plus. The dividend payout accompanied by an increase in the stock’s value is the ideal situation.
High dividend-payers tend to be big well-established companies who generate a lot of cash…
What does Tesla stock teach us about index investing?
We often tend to overlook the difference between an index and an average. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is just that — it’s an average of chosen stocks. However, it’s not a simple calculation. The average has been adjusted over…
Five matters you should consider.
I imagine I’m not alone in hearing bad news over the past year. The headlines shouted Covid, violent tornadoes, destructive hurricanes, out-of-control wildfires and torrential rainstorms on almost a daily basis. …
Benefit from broadening your investment horizon.
Two words may be keeping you from increasing your investment returns:
(1) Xenophobia—which is prejudice, dislike or bigotry against people from other countries, and
(2) Chauvinism — over-the-top patriotism.
Or maybe investing in other countries is something you never thought of doing.
The fact is investors around the world mostly…
The debate continues.
Every time there’s an anti-real estate investment article written, there are a bunch of comments insisting the author doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Sure, there are many who have made good money from owning rental real estate. Good luck and good skill will pay off in any area of…
It’s not in fundamental or technical analysis.
I’m not a stock market genius by any stretch of the imagination. I sold General Electric (GE) in 2017 at $12 a share. Now it’s over $100 a share, and Yahoo lists it as undervalued.
Can you blame me for selling? GE went from 333,000 employees in 2017 to fewer…
