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“We are in a very interesting period in which poor economic data is actually viewed somewhat favorably by equity investors (as was the case following Monday’s PMI news) in that weak stats suggest that Ben Bernanke & Co. will delay the start of the tapering of its Quantitative Easing program,...
A few weeks ago, I wrote here about investing in master limited partnerships, or MLPs, and invited you to send in your questions about owning MLPs. (You can read the original article here if you missed it.) The tax issues surrounding these high-yield investments can get pretty complicated,...
If you’re going to be a long-term investor in TSLA you’ve got to realize that stocks seldom sell for fair value.
Last month was a lousy month for most yield-focused investments, including both fixed-income securities like bonds and high-yield instruments like MLPs and REITs. The ostensible reason was the Fed’s suggestion that it might start “tapering” off its asset purchases and allow interest rates to rise. The possible implications of that...
Many individual investors are having a hard time deciding when (or whether) to jump back into the market.
If there is one great truth about investing, it’s that risk and reward always present themselves as a team.
“While restaurant food on balance is far less nutritious than home-cooked meals, Americans now spend half their food money eating out while consuming more than twice as many calories at restaurants than at home. ... For investors, we looked for food companies with the potential to maintain rapid growth and...
One stock I’m watching closely is Qihoo 360 (QIHU) which could be a follow-on opportunity to Baidu.
Bitcoins are not issued or regulated by any central authority. The currency system works as an online peer-to-peer network.
Even with Friday afternoon’s nosedive, the major indexes ended last week less than 2.5% below where they started it. The Dow and S&P 500 ended the week only about 2% off their recent highs, and the Nasdaq fell even less. Overall, the major indexes ended the month of May—supposedly the...