Is Berkshire Hathaway a Good Investment?

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Is Berkshire Hathaway a Good Investment?

By Jim Walker on Monday, April 6th, 2020 | Comments Off

The stock market has taken a big hit with the double whammy of the coronavirus pandemic and an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia. Considering that things could get even more difficult before they get better, we wrote recently about safe investments for a ten year recession. In general, we stick to general principles for investing in stocks and only mention individual investments as examples. However, there is one investment opportunity in the current market mess that we believe is worth looking at. Warren Buffett’s company has been stockpiling cash for a […]

Safe Investments for a Ten Year Recession

By Jim Walker on Friday, April 3rd, 2020 | Comments Off

As the coronavirus continues to spread and claim lives across the world, the markets have plummeted and people in the “informal economies” of the world are without work or food. As we wrote in our article, How Far Could Stocks Fall, we reminded our readers that the stock market crash that started in 1929 did not end until 90% of market value was gone three years later. The economy was further damaged by an ill-advised trade war (Smoot Hawley Tariff) and the evaporation of credit. Historians may decide in years to come that the […]

Mobilize to Save the Economy

By Jim Walker on Thursday, March 26th, 2020 | Comments Off

Everyone is rightfully scared right now. A deadly virus is spreading across the world, killing people, and devastating whole societies and economies. Despite being slow to react, governments across the globe are enacting social distancing measures to slow the spread and impact of the virus and struggling to get needed medical equipment before current supplies run out. With so many people in the USA living paycheck to paycheck and people across the world living day to day, the necessary shutdown of many businesses threatens to have devastating consequences. We wrote recently about how […]

Investing in Potential Coronavirus Treatments

By Jim Walker on Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 | Comments Off

When the coronavirus epidemic started to spread we wrote
about investing in pharmaceuticals and the coronavirus. We noted
that a vaccine is a long way off and that a better short term investment
strategy would be invest in companies that make hand sanitizers, general
cleaners, masks, and other immediately necessary items. While it will take some
time (12-18 months) to devise and produce a vaccine, medicines to treat people
with coronavirus could be available sooner. Such medicines would not make the
pandemic go away but they would alleviate suffering and reduce the number of
deaths from this modern day plague.

What Sorts of Treatments Are Possible?

Modern science has found […]

Dividend Stocks to Weather the Market Slump

By Jim Walker on Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 | Comments Off

The stock market continues its downward course as many fear just how far stocks could fall. Interest rates could possibly fall below zero. Meanwhile, there are dividend stocks to weather the market slump.

Dividend Stocks to Weather the Market Slump

An article on The Motley Fool caught our eye. They note that well-managed, well-placed businesses with solid balance sheets will be an ideal refuge during the prolonged market slump. They, in fact, recommend three high-yield dividend stocks.

COVID-19 cases are steadily increasing in the U.S., and states are taking drastic action. California recently placed its nearly […]

How Will Negative Interest Rates Affect Your Investing?

By Jim Walker on Friday, March 20th, 2020 | Comments Off

The U.S. Federal Reserve has slashed already-low interest rates to zero. They are taking other measures to preserve credit and pump money back into the system. But, the steady spread of the coronavirus and predictions of 20% unemployment and worse are unsettling markets as investors wonder how far stocks will fall. As the economy contracts we will see the possibility of interest rates going below zero. How will negative interest rates affect your investing?

How Will Negative Interest Rates Affect Your Investing?

Forbes wrote a useful article a year ago about the damage negative interest rates would […]

How Could Debt Destroy Your Investment Portfolio?

By Jim Walker on Wednesday, March 18th, 2020 | Comments Off

Despite Presidential assurances to the contrary, the coronavirus is taking hold in the USA as well as everywhere else in the world. The stock market has tanked and one question is how far stocks will fall. The other is if this will be so bad that it leads to an economic collapse. A major factor today that puts your investments at risk is the high level of corporate debt. How could debt destroy your investments?

How Could Debt Destroy Your Investments?

Despite the Fed buying treasuries and reducing interest rates to nearly zero, the market is […]

How Far Could Stocks Fall?

By Jim Walker on Thursday, March 12th, 2020 | Comments Off

The twin shocks of the coronavirus and the oil price war have hit the market hard. How far could stocks fall? With the possibility of more market weakness in mind, we look back at the 1929 stock market crash leading up to the Great Depression for indications of what is to come.

The Stock Market Crash that Ended the “Roaring Twenties” Stock Market

The 1929 stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression was not a one day event and was not confined to October of 1929. There was a 10% correction of the market in […]

Can You Benefit from the Oil Price War?

By Jim Walker on Wednesday, March 11th, 2020 | Comments Off

Stocks are nearly in a bear market as defined by a 20% drop in prices over the last month. The 7% fall on Monday, March 9, puts it on the list of worst one-day performances along with a whole bunch that led into the Great Depression and more-recent Great Recession. The aging bull market was already in trouble because of the economic effects of the coronavirus, but now the Saudi’s have slashed prices and started an oil price war. Our question is, how can you benefit from the oil price war aside from being […]

Is Now the Time to Invest?

By Jim Walker on Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 | Comments Off

The long awaited market correction has happened. Is now the
time to invest or will the coronavirus wreck more havoc on the world economy,
the stock market, and your own portfolio? Is the silent warning for investors to hold on to cash still
valid, or are their bargain investments today? How do you assess intrinsic stock value and pick the best stocks to invest in when there is still so much
uncertainty? Here a few suggestions that we gleaned from the internet.

Invest in Disney for Cheap and for the Long Term

The Motley Fool writes
that Disney stock may never be this low again. We wrote […]

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