Stock Investing
Long Term Euro Zone Investment Outlook
The Euro Zone may or may not be digging itself out of its sovereign debt crisis. What is the long term Euro Zone investment outlook? And, what factors besides sovereign debt will affect the long term Euro Zone investment outlook? With thoughts about the best places on earth to invest in mind we would like […]
Euro Zone Increases Its Lending Limit Again
Investors are concerned as the Euro Zone increases its lending limit again. The first concern is that there needs to be an increased lending limit. The second is that the extra €200 billion will not be enough to stop the Euro Zone from sliding back into financial chaos. A third concern is that as the […]
Stock Profits from Increasing Employment Numbers
The United States is slowly but surely emerging from the recession. According to the Department of Labor 227,000 new jobs were added to the US economy in February of this year. Certainly, companies with growing business and growing profits add employees, but can one make stock profits from increasing employment numbers? We are turning the […]
Invest in Hewlett Packard
With Meg Whitman at the helm of HPQ is it time to invest in Hewlett Packard? Hewlett Packard is a world leader in printers, personal computers, and servers using Intel chips. It has a long and illustrious history of research and development. Nevertheless the company seems to have lost its way. There were the merger/acquisition […]
Compare Stock Earnings to Stock Price
Pundits are predicting a 15,000 to 17,000 Dow in the next year or so, up 16 to 31% from the 12,880 level at this writing. Compare stock earnings to stock price and the results of fundamental analysis tell us to buy stocks. Compare stock earnings to stock price and it is apparent that something other […]
Is Facebook a Good Investment?
Is Facebook a good investment? The social media company is expected to announce that it will go public with an initial public offering, IPO, valued at around $5 Billion. If you are a big institutional investor and favored client of Morgan Stanley, who will be handling the IPO, you get to buy Facebook stock at […]
Choosing Conservative Stock Investments
Many investors today are choosing conservative stock investments. Preservation of capital is the first priority for many in light of the up and down market of last year. The likelihood of extremely low interest rates and a still uncertain economic recovery have convinced many that the best bets are strong dividend stocks. Parking your money […]
Investing in Kodak During Bankruptcy
The 131 year old company that invented the personal camera has filed for bankruptcy. For the astute investor it might just be time to consider investing in Kodak during bankruptcy proceedings. As the picture taking world has moved to digital Kodak has had problems keeping up. Even before this foreign companies like Fuji were undercutting […]
Profitable Investment Timeline
Success in both short and long term investing often has to do with developing a profitable investment timeline. Investment opportunities come and go. Successful investors routinely carry out fundamental analysis of the stocks, commodities, real estate, and other assets in which they invest. Unfortunately, fundamentals can change quickly in today’s economy. In today’s chaotic markets […]