Profitable Investing Tips
Beware of Marijuana Stocks
Now that Colorado has legalized marijuana for recreational use, should you jump in with both feet or beware of marijuana stocks. We are, by the way, discussing investment in marijuana related businesses and not your own recreational use! Is there money to be made investing in marijuana stocks? Fundamental analysis of these stocks is, well, […]
When to Sell Stocks
When the market has been on a long term rise it is often wise to consider when to sell stocks. Even buy and hold long term investors need to get out of stocks that have run their course. In retrospect, fundamental analysis of saddle makers, wagon makers and carriage makers at the start of the […]
Roth IRA versus a Traditional IRA
Tax time is coming and this is the time of year when many individuals consider putting money in their IRA. Here we consider the virtues of a Roth IRA versus a traditional IRA. In either case putting money aside for retirement is a good idea. Managing that money while it is in a Roth IRA […]
Target Security Breach and EMV Cards
As many as 40 million credit and debit cards were compromised recently when hackers breached security of Target Corporation, TGT. Target customers are changing pin numbers, canceling cards, and using cash. We are thinking about investment opportunities related to this fiasco, the connection between the Target security breach and EMV cards. What fundamental analysis does […]
Gold Investments
The right time for investing in gold (or anything else) is when the price is low and not when it is high. We published an article nearly four years ago in which we noted that what goes up commonly comes back down. At the time gold was peaking at $1,888 an ounce. Today gold investments […]
Make Money Investing
The first order of business if you want to make money investing is fundamental analysis of the investment opportunity. In the years after the 1929 stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression investors learned the concepts of intrinsic value and margin of safety. No longer was investing in the stock market akin to […]
Invest in Oil Shale
Over a year ago we suggested that one look at investment in sustainable fracking technology. Recovery of petroleum from oil shale deposits has allowed the USA to reduce its reliance on foreign oil to the lowest level in more than twenty years. Today the USA imports forty percent of its oil, down from sixty percent […]