Daily Posts Archive

Trading volume was relatively light on the NYSE with 750 million shares changing hands. The Advance-Decline (A-D) line was positive but the number of stocks making new 52-week lows was unacceptably high at 85 (versus only 53 new highs)....

From Barclay’s Capital Equity Research DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.’s (DFT) 4Q14 results and 2015 outlook suggest that data center fundamentals remain solid. That said, 2015 FFO/share guidance of ($2.27-$2.47) was below our estimate ($2.61) and consensus ($2.57). Light guidance was primarily driven by the announcement that a large tenant, Net Data...

Today I have two ideas for your watch list (or possibly for small new buys if you’re so inclined).

The data for January 2015 shows that Americans are spending more money eating in restaurants than in grocery stores.

One of the most curious aspects of the current global financial situation is the slow spread of negative interest rates in Europe.

One of my favorite mutual funds used to be an offering from a big Boston investment house called “The Cocktail Party Fund.”

Utility stocks are known for being low risk—they’re often called “widow and orphan stocks”.

March 5, 2015
Should you make a Date with a Target-Date Fund?

Thanks to the stock markets’ great recovery since 2009, individual investors have returned to buying stocks at a rate not seen since the third quarter of 2007. According to the Federal Reserve’s Z.1 Release in October 2014, households now have...

When the markets are strong and giving us buy signals, a a few set of worries shows up.

Last week, reviewing the 10 Revolutionary Stocks, I asked you which ones you owned.