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Today, I want to speak to a very specific group: those who have 10 years to go before you retire.
The market uptrend holds but the current rally is showing some signs of maturing, with nearly all averages holding at just-achieved record highs. Indicator charts remain bullish but also show movement to their prior overbought top levels. That points to increased risk. While overbought conditions can...
Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores (CBRL) operates 608 combination full-service restaurant and gift shops in 42 states. The restaurants, which feature home-style country cooking menus, accounted for 79.6% of fiscal 2013 revenues. The gift shops (20.4% of sales) feature rocking chairs, apparel, toys, cookware, ceramics, and an array of food items. Consensus...
Here’s an introduction to stock chart reading, something that’s key to my growth stock methodology.
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Portfolio Protection Step #4 By Nancy Zambell Editor, Investment Digest and Dividend Digest Adding dividend-paying stocks to your portfolio helps you increase your gains from appreciation and can also boost your returns in a down market cycle. This is a crucial key to a well-balanced portfolio—the fourth step in my article, “5...
Portfolio Protection, Step #3: In my article “5 Steps to Protect your Portfolio” the third step I discuss is diversifying your investments to reduce the volatility and risk of your portfolio. You can think of diversification simply as this, “Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.” Instead, create a...
Portfolio Protection Step #2: By Nancy Zambell Editor, Investment Digest and Dividend Digest In “5 Steps to Protect your Portfolio” the second step I talked about was the importance of setting stop-loss orders. A stop-loss is simply an order—either formally placed with your broker—or a ‘mental’ reminder—to sell your stock when it reaches...
Portfolio Protection Step #1: By Nancy Zambell Editor, Investment Digest and Dividend Digest In my, “5 Steps to Protect your Portfolio,” I list Setting Price Targets as the #1 step to help protect your portfolio, by instilling a “sell” discipline that will help you realize actual, not just paper, profits. I’m frequently asked...
Whatever your attitude toward Boomers, you have to admit that the potential problem is enormous.