Daily Posts Archive

The pros and cons of the rise of the Internet and similar technology.

Today, I’m going to share some quotes from the world’s most famous investors. Please write in to share your favorite if it doesn’t appear on this list; I might print it in a future column.

When investors sit around and tell stories of their favorite stocks, it’s always nice to hear about a company that took on a bigger rival and won by re-imagining a business model that everyone took for granted. And that’s exactly what happened with Netflix, Inc. (NFLX, Nasdaq), the little company...

Today’s discussion stems from three points that have coalesced in my mind during the past few weeks, mainly in response to subscriber questions

“Over the past two years, Janus Flexible Bond (JAFIX for ‘T’ shares) was the 10th best performer of every fund we track in our Performance Comparison tables. Its annualized gain over this period was 10.2%, vs. 6.8% for iShares Barclays Aggregate (AGG), an indexed exchange traded fund for the intermediate-term,...

Find out the criteria for the S&P 500’s dividend that is most likely to be cut

With the global economic recovery showing spotty results and equity markets trying to cough up a fur-ball, it’s a ticklish time for investors.

Get to know the editor of Cabot Options Trader, Rick Pendergraft.

Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (LPHI, Nasdaq) is the only publicly-traded company that engages in the business of viatical and life settlements. This is an industry with a checkered past. The market for “viaticals” first materialized over 20 years ago, when it was predominantly AIDS patients who sought a way to...

How to know when you should and shouldn’t average down in “good” stocks.