Profitable Investing Tips
Tax on Foreign Earnings
President Obama’s proposed 2016 budget contains a hefty tax on foreign earnings. The International Business Times reports the story of a proposed tax on foreign earnings. 🔑 ️Unlock All 50 Prompts for Smarter Investing Decisions In an effort to get domestic companies booking huge foreign earnings to invest more in the U.S., President Barack Obama […]
Swiss Franc Investment Fallout
If you are a European homeowner, especially in Eastern Europe, who has a mortgage denominated in Swiss francs you are up the proverbial creek without a paddle! The BBC reports that 37% of all mortgages in Poland are denominated in francs and the franc just went up in value by more than twenty percent against […]
Chinese Stock Margin Trading
We recently noted that the Chinese switch from real estate to stocks has helped fuel a recent boom in the Shanghai stock market. It turns out that Chinese stock margin trading is also part of the equation. CNN notes that the Shanghai Composite index had its worst day in years when the government discovered and […]
Rush to Buy Bonds
The stock market seems ready to fall and there is a rush to buy bonds. Bloomberg reports that bonds jump up in price as stocks slip. 🎯 See the Prompt That Pinpointed a Recent Market Rally “It’s a lot of little factors here that add up to one big mess, frankly,” said Michael Block, chief […]
How Low Will Stocks Fall?
As crude oil has fallen to half its price of six months ago we have posed the question when to buy oil stocks? Now that the energy sector is pulling stocks down across the board the question is how low will stocks fall before the market stabilizes? Investors are concerned that the low price of […]
Sell Overpriced Stocks
The stock market is taking a hit as investors choose to sell overpriced stocks at the start of 2015. Fundamental analysis of intrinsic stock value is how successful long term investors determine whether to buy stocks with value or sell overpriced stocks. A common approach is to compare the P/E ratio of a stock with […]
Buy or Sell European Stocks
Is it time to buy or sell European stocks? Bloomberg covers the news as European stocks decline three days in a row. ⏳ Get Instant Access Before the Next Stock Surge The Stoxx 600 lost 2.2 percent yesterday, closing down 4.8 percent from an almost seven-year high last month, amid a slump in energy shares […]
Three Investing Mistakes to Avoid
The stock market has been on an upward climb for the last six years. By two years ago it recovered all losses from the 2008 crash. The US economy is growing at an annualized five percent. What could go wrong? The answer is, lots of things could go wrong. Fundamental analysis of your investments is […]
Will Higher Interest Rates Hurt Stocks?
Odds are that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in 2015. Will higher interest rates hurt stocks? In the wake of the market crash of 2008 and the worst recession in three quarters of a century the actions of the Fed are widely credited with saving the United States from another Great Depression. […]