Stock Investing
Investing in Active Stocks
Beware when investing in active stocks. When a stock hits the front pages of the financial news because of high trading volume it may not be because the company is doing well. A current example is JPMorgan. The largest bank in the United States, JPMorgan Chase is in the news because of trading losses of […]
Uncertainty over a Slowing United States Economy
Uncertainty over a slowing United States economy is driving stock prices lower and raising the VIX. Investors worry about the debt crisis in Europe, slowing of exports out of China, and whether or not the United States Federal Reserve will resume stimulus measures if the economy lags too much. On the other hand United States […]
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 […]
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 […]
Best Places on Earth to Invest
Where are the best places on earth to invest? How about Japan, as it recovers from the worst earthquake and resulting tsunami in its recorded history? Or does Europe look promising as it takes care of its sovereign debt crisis. Is Vietnam going to become the workshop for outsourcing from China as Chinese wages rise? […]
Invest in Apple for the Dividend
Is it time to invest in Apple for the dividend instead of projected growth? It has been about fifteen years since Apple last paid a dividend. Now the new CEO, Tim Cook, says that Apple will be paying a quarterly dividend and will be buying back shares. According to Apple the combined dividends and stock […]
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 […]