Stock Market Investing
Hedge Interest Rate Risk with a Bond Ladder
Is it time to hedge interest rate risk with a bond ladder? We are living in a period of historically low interest rates. The United States Federal Reserve has been buy US treasuries and thereby driving down interest rates. They are doing this to help promote investment in increased employment. They are succeeding to a […]
Weak Chinese Manufacturing Report
A weak Chinese manufacturing report helped drive stocks lower recently. Although the problem of decreased industrial output may be in China much of the cause lies in Europe. As the Euro Zone increases it lending limit again, it has become apparent that the European debt crisis is far from over. The Euro zone put in […]
Investment in Sustainable Fracking Technology
The United States is in the midst of an oil and natural gas boom. A new technology called hydraulic fracturing, fracking for short, is making that possible. The government has only recently tightened regulations meant to reduce air pollution that occurs in the last stages of drilling an oil or gas well. This investment in […]
Marriott Invests in Latin America
As the Latin American middle class grows it travels and stays in hotels. Meanwhile Marriott invests in Latin America. According to a recent press release from the US based global hotel operator, Marriott, MAR, will double its number of rooms in Latin American and the Caribbean over the next five years. This will mean seventy […]
Profit From the End of ObamaCare
With the United States Supreme Court ready to strike down the Affordable Care Act investors may wish to think of ways to profit from the end of Obamacare. Much of the talk these days centers on the constitutionality of provisions in Obamacare. However, many insurance companies have invested and are investing heavily to profit from […]
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 […]
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 […]