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The Boredom Before The Storm
With all the surprising and/or disturbing things going on – Brexit, China’s soaring debt, US/Russia/China saber rattling, the, um, unique US presidential race, the cyber attack that shut down big parts of the US Internet – you’d think that an unsettled world would be reflected in skittish financial markets. Instead we’re getting the opposite, with […]
Interest Rates, The Federal Reserve & Recessions
“Davidson” submits: The past 12mos has seen many a ‘high profile’ investor forecast that a recession is imminent. This is the consensus view. Some claim it is driven by economic weakness from one area or another. There are still claims that employment is weak when it is at record highs. Others claim that retail sales […]
IPOs Remain At Historic Lows In The Third Quarter
The number of companies going public on United States exchanges amounted to 35 in the third quarter, which represented a 16.7% uptick from the year-ago quarter (30 IPOs). Despite the increase, this number still trails the average third quarter IPO count going back to 2000 (39 IPOs). The Q3 amount also represented an increase from […]
The 6 Biggest Mistakes New Investors Make
Investing is exciting. When you first enter the world of stocks, bonds, real estate, and the limitless other capital investment options, all you can think about is the sheer potential of your financial decisions. Unfortunately, your lack of experience may limit that potential, or sabotage it all together. There’s no way for a novice investor […]
Investors Believe The Fed Will Hike Interest Rates Again
The possibility of a US recession is diminishing, and the Federal Reserve is on track to hike interest rates twice a year for the foreseeable future that’s according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s most recent US Credit Investor Survey. Bank of America’s credit survey gives an interesting insight into the world of the bank’s […]
Go Long Value, Rotate Out Of Growth Stocks
“Low interest rates have made it very cheap for companies to grow. Higher ROI will outperform when capital becomes more expensive.” David Poppe, Sequoia Fund’s CEO, on why value stocks have underperformed growth stocks. According to Renaissance Capital, there were 192 biotech IPOs in the past 5 years, raising more than $14.7 billion. Most of […]
Choose How Many Stocks You Will Own
In a previous post, I discussed four simple steps to help you create your own investment strategy. The first step was to select the stock screen you want to follow. The second step was to choose how many stocks you will own. Last week’s post went into detail regarding the first step. In this post, […]
Benefits Of Utilizing A Stock Screener
Generating investment ideas can be tough. If you’re looking for ways to accomplish this task I wrote a whole article on the subject here, but with this post I want to focus on one way in particular, stock screeners. A stock screener can be an excellent way to generate investment ideas in an objective, unbiased manner. […]
Neuromama – How To Turn $25K Into $35B (sort of)
Would you like a 100 million-plus percent return on your money in a little more than four years? You would? Well, it can be done, but there are a couple of catches at the end that may prevent the enjoyment of the unearned riches. Have a look at this article from Bloomberg.com: A $35 Billion Stock, […]
What Exactly Is Credit?
Today, the yield on the 10-year treasury hit a record low of 1.378%. Given that data for this security go back to 1790, – a 226 year span that includes Civil War, two world wars, and multiples periods of economic upheaval, – this development is interesting, to say the least. What’s more, the price of […]
It Can Take 20 Years For Sound Long-Term Investing Strategies To Pay Off
Just about everyone agrees that it’s smart for stock investors to take a long-term focus. What most do not yet realize is how much Shiller’s “revolutionary” (his word) finding that valuations affect long-term returns changes our understanding of what constitutes “long term.” Many investors have a hard time not being influenced by the day-to-day news. […]
