Daily Posts Archive
Stocks take the stairs on the way up and the elevator on the way down.
I’m finally home from my European tour, with many great memories and new insights into the world. One of my favorite stops that I haven’t written about yet was Berlin. In 1892, Mark Twain wrote of Berlin, “It is a new city; the newest I have ever seen.” His observation seems...
How to avoid being overwhelmed by the many technical analysis tools available.
From DRIP Investor: “Newport Corp. (NEWP)—This provider of laser systems is seeing strong profit growth, which has helped the stock price rebound in recent months. Still, these shares have shown the propensity to...
Here are seven steps that you can take to become a better investor.
From Global Investment Strategist: “Metallurgical ‘met’ coal is used in blast furnaces to produce steel and bears little resemblance to thermal coal, a form of coal with a lower energy content that’s burned in power plants to produce electricity. As emerging markets such as China and India build out their...
Here are the answers to a few questions that I have not been asked very often.
The IPO looked like a triumph for the company and a very bullish sign for the IPO market.
So many column inches were dedicated to the recent doomsday predictions that an alien visitor, landing at a newsstand, could be forgiven for assuming that a significant number of Americans were actually expecting the world to end on Saturday, May 21. Although enough believers existed to provide sufficient news fodder...