Daily Posts Archive
In honor of Cabot Wealth Advisory’s fifth anniversary, Publisher Timothy Lutts is re-running an old favorite on Music.
Higher education is more important than ever. The unemployment rate for college graduates, currently 4.6%, is less than half that of high school grads (at 11%). And workers with a college degree earn, on average, almost twice as much as those with only a high school diploma. Unfortunately, the advantages conferred...
Today I’ll give you a short list of the biggest challenges of bull markets, plus a little advice about how to deal with them.
Having faith in the market is the only way to make any sort of significant gains when it comes to investing.
“Although bank stocks still have some readjustments to make before I can add more to our Model Portfolio; other areas of the financial industry are showing promise. One of these is Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN), also known as Franklin Templeton Investments. It is currently trading at a little...
“Las Vegas is a poster child for the excesses of the real estate bubble. Land that was bid up to astronomical levels now sits vacant, strewn with half-finished projects that were abandoned when funding dried up. Overcapacity from the construction boom has made life difficult, even for experienced operators. Just...
In this edition of What Wall Street Experts Are Saying This Week, I review several recent measures of analyst sentiment. The “stubborn pessimism” still lingering after 10 weeks of positive stock market action should provide plenty of fuel for a continued upmove.
Every now and again I like to sit back and look at the market’s big picture ... the very big picture.
One of the most important elements of investing is having a system and following it consistently. A good system makes investing easier, freeing you from constant decision-making. Even a simple rule like “sell after a 10% loss,” for example, frees you from constantly re-evaluating your holdings and deciding which, if...
Capital doesn’t care about the politics of the people who run countries.