Essentially, there are three main elements which will point to a strong, and legitimate, stock market rally: bank stocks leading the charge, industrials cranking away and the transportation sector moving-on-up. It has been said that no rally is a true rally without the banking sector leading the way; and, given that the U.S. economy is […]
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Fundamentals (The Nitty Gritty of Investing)
Catch me a fish and I will eat today, teach me to fish and I will eat every day. One of the most important tasks an investor must undertake is the careful oversight of his or her investments. Like that of an employer, investors must learn to watch over their investments as if they were […]
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It Pays To Be Bored With Monthly Dividends
Disclosures: I own shares of AT, O, PGH and VCLT, but I have no business or personal relationships with any of the companies discussed herein. I have written on this subject in the past but it bears repeating — and enhancing. One of the things I seek when looking to invest in stocks, mutual funds […]
Cruising the Yield Field
Like so many other investors who are in the same camp, I have been desperately seeking safe (a relative term these days) places to invest some of our family’s hard-earned cash. My wife and I have worked very hard to build a nice, little nest egg for our little girl’s future college expenses, and for […]
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Know Your Sources, Know Your Surroundings And Know Yourself
Recently, I was reading an article from my Web hosting provider about the art of research. The article mentioned all of the well-known online search engine tools like Bing, Google and Yahoo, and it introduced a few other tools that were more specific to bloggers. And though the article offered a variety of new and […]
Save For The Future But Live For Today
In late August of 2012 (one day after my birthday) my wife learned that she had breast cancer (not the best birthday present I have ever received). At the time, the news was devastating and very depressing. Since then, however, we have come to realize that the diagnosis is not the death sentence we initially […]
Outsiders Sometimes Know Best
After posting my last article, I decided to go back in history to locate some information that I thought would be pertinent for this particular moment in time. I decided to do so because I felt very strongly that it would be important to provide readers with certain reminders, especially given that: “Those who cannot […]