Investing/Trading
Investing in Shortages
A sad fact brought up by disasters such as the BP oil spill is that investing in shortages can be profitable. The ongoing news story in the Gulf of Mexico is the difficulty that teams of experts are having in shutting off the ongoing oil spill. Commentators go on about how the government may well […]
Investing in Russia
Investing in Russia for Westerners has typically meant investing in the Western oil companies, such as British Petroleum, that operate in Russia. Now that Russia wants to develop its own silicon valley Cisco has promised a billion in investment over the next decade. Stock investing always entails risk. Will Cisco be able to manage its […]
Is Successful Investing Predictable?
Successful investing and trading boils down to predictability. There are many markets that are predictable for short and long periods of time, but it’s difficult to know how long such predictability will last. FREE MASTERCLASS: 3 Secrets to Take Control of Your Financial Future! Many would say that BP plc (BP)’s continued decline in the […]
Investing in Growing Companies
Investing in growing companies offers the investor varied stages where profit can be realized and taken. When picking new winners in the stock market an investor can enter and leave the investment at various stages. Long term value investing involves finding underpriced stocks with high intrinsic value. Although such a stock will likely rise in […]
Free Steve Nison Forex Webinar
This Wednesday night (June 9th) none other than the legendary candlestick trader and trainer Steve Nison will be giving an exclusive webinar and the best part…it’s FREE! FREE MASTERCLASS: 3 Secrets to Make Your Money Work for You! To students of candlestick trading, the name Steve Nison should be intimately familiar with you by now. […]
Video Training – 4 Low-Risk, High Potential Market Moves
Did you know that on any given stock chart, there are very specific & precise low-risk, high-probability entry points that can lead to some potentially deep “profit pockets”? FREE MASTERCLASS: 3 Secrets to Take Control of Your Financial Future! * 4 of them were recently discovered by a 35+ year market veteran… -and he’s recording […]
Investing in Companies with Cash
Image via Wikipedia The economic recovery has been slow and there are still all sort of economic warning signs. Thus many companies have been accumulating cash reserves to protect against the dreaded “W” shaped recovery. That is, folks have been concerned that the economy would take another dive before resuming economic growth. What we see […]
Dividend Stocks
For an investor who wants steady income as well as growth, investing in dividend stocks can fill the bill. There are quite a few companies that have paid increasing dividends without a break for decades. There are even companies that have not missed a dividend payment for more than a century. This short list includes companies that have been paying dividends for more than 120 years!
Exxon Mobile
Johnson Controls
Coca Cola
Colgate Palmolive
Consolidated Edison
Procter & Gamble
UGI
York Water
Eli Lilly and Company
Stanley Black and Decker
(List courtesy of The Motley Fool)
A common misconception is that dividend stocks are not growth stocks. However, over five and ten […]
Today’s Value Investing
Image via Wikipedia Today’s value investing is the same as the value investing taught by Benjamin Graham and practiced by the likes of Warren Buffett. The stock investing news is full of news and advice about today’s value investing. Fund managers are touting companies with strong balance sheets, lots of cash, and low price to […]
Pension Obligation Bonds
Image via Wikipedia Pension obligation bonds were a great idea for about a minute and a half in 1985 when the city of Oakland, California used them. Oakland issued tax exempt bonds at a prevailing rate for tax exempt bonds and then turned around and invested the money in vehicles such as Treasury Bills offering […]