Stock Investing

Investing Tips

The best investing tips commonly have to do with how to go about the business of investing. Specific investing tips from your broker, your best friend, investment advisors, or news sources should be investigated by both fundamental analysis and technical analysis before they are acted upon. The problem with second hand investing tips is that […]

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Economic Stimulus Stock Gains

Economic stimulus stock gains come to mind with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke scheduled to speak shortly at an annual Federal Bank conference at Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The Fed Chairman will speak at the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank’s annual get-together. As usual when the Fed chairman speaks markets listen. There is speculation that the US […]

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Smart Investing Tips

Are there any smart investing tips in today’s dismal stock market? Smart investing tips should always include staying current on fundamentals of the market. Fundamental analysis of stocks is essential even though it can be depressing as today there is a lot of bad news to digest. Technical analysis is necessary to follow stocks in […]

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Online Long Term Investing

Online long term investing would seem, to many, to be a contradiction in terms. We typically think of online investing and trading as being short term and taking advantage of fluctuations in the prices of stocks, options, futures, and commodities. However, a recent survey of Canadian investors indicates that many engage in online long term […]

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Bringing Corporate Cash Home

US multinationals bringing corporate cash home could provide a boost to the US economy. US multinationals commonly bank their overseas profits overseas. This allows them to fund foreign ventures without sending cash from home. It also allows them to avoid paying corporate taxes of 35% on income gained offshore. It should be noted, however, that […]

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Investing in US Auto Makers

We posed the question last fall, “ Is GM a good investment ?” In fact, is investing in US automakers in general a good idea? Most recent sales figures would indicate that this might be the case. The Chevy Cruze is now the bestselling US car and Chrysler’s Jeep Compass sales went up nearly three […]

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Invest in Japan

Is now the time to invest in Japan or will the fallout from the worse earthquake and tsunami in Japanese history need to drop the markets even further before prices bottom out? The world looks in shock at the photos and video coverage of the devastation on Japan’s main island. Just as the tsunami brought […]

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What Makes You a Successful Investor?

What makes you a successful investor over the long term is to be able to focus on just that, the long term. Two things in the news support this thought. One is the violence and threat of chaos in North Africa and the other is Warren Buffet’s yearly letter to investors. On the one hand […]

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Dividend Stocks

For an investor who wants steady income as well as growth, investing in dividend stocks can fill the bill. There are quite a few companies that have paid increasing dividends without a break for decades. There are even companies that have not missed a dividend payment for more than a century. This short list includes companies that have been paying dividends for more than 120 years!

Exxon Mobile
Johnson Controls
Coca Cola
Colgate Palmolive
Consolidated Edison
Procter & Gamble
UGI
York Water
Eli Lilly and Company
Stanley Black and Decker

(List courtesy of The Motley Fool)
A common misconception is that dividend stocks are not growth stocks. However, over five and ten […]

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Guide to Smart Stock Investing

Smart stock investing is a skill that is not easily learned. If you want to learn to invest your money wisely, be it by investing in the commodities markets or stock picking, you must first develop your own unique style and strategy with which to approach your investment decisions. FREE MASTERCLASS: 3 Secrets to Take […]

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