Daily Posts Archive
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is based on S&P options, where option pricing reflects traders’ volatility expectations.
With the market still in a downtrend, now is a good time to be looking for value-priced portfolio candidates. Today’s two recommendations are both available at a deep discount to their recent highs. The first, from Stephen Leeb’s The Complete Investor, is a turnaround play that has lost about 30%...
Now is the time to remember to think and aim big. Truly big things are possible in the stock market. Remember that.
Holiday sales can make a huge difference in the lives of retailers, and the stock market will pay close attention to shopping numbers.
“Corning, Inc. (GLW) is the leading designer and manufacturer of glass and ceramic substrates found in liquid crystal displays, fiber-optic cables, automobiles and laboratory products. The company has five primary divisions—display technologies, telecommunications, environmental technologies, specialty materials and life sciences. Despite posting Q3 EPS of $0.34, beating analyst estimates by...
Investors hate stock market volatility. Watching your holdings fly up and down—especially when they’re losing value—is unsettling, and makes it very difficult to make rational investment decisions. That’s why I frequently remind readers to take a step back from the market and try to ignore the day-to-day action of their...
Putting together a balanced portfolio is a lot like rolling a Skee-Ball game—you have to assess your skill level and goals accordingly.
Take more risk when the market is rewarding risk-takers and take less risk when the market is penalizing risk-takers.
Dividend-paying stocks have been growing in popularity for years now, as legions of retirees are forced to look beyond low-yielding government bonds to maintain their income. So in this latest installment in our Dick Davis Digest contributor interview series, I talked to Dividend Detective Editor and Digest contributor Harry Domash...
Here’s the list of 10 Dividend-Paying Companies that I believe will perform well during the next year and beyond.