3 Steps to Beating the Retirement Income Shortage
One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. This is an apt description of retirement income…
One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. This is an apt description of retirement income…
Former high flying industry sectors like biotech (NASDAQGIDS:IBB) and social media stocks (NYSEARCA:SOCL) have crashed between 14-16% over the past month. Have hot momentum stocks…
Note to the reader: “High-frequency trading” also known as “HFT” is done by firms established for sole purpose of gaining an unfair advantage over other…
Was the S&P 500 the last proverbial man standing? Today’s -2.09% clobbering officially wiped out the S&P 500’s (NYSEARCA:IVV) YTD gain. Put another way, three-months…
Is another surge in stock market fear and volatility ahead? Will you be ready when it happens? “Public psychology is the most important single factor…
FULL DISCLOSURE: I was once in the camp of high-frequency trading (HFT) supporters. But that changed on May 6, 2010 after the U.S stock market’s…
Is the latest revelation of stock market manipulation by high-speed traders via a just released 60 Minutes report really new? Before Michael Lewis’ latest book…
What are the attributes of a world-class investment portfolio that even Warren Buffett would bless? Buffett’s 2013 letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders gives us a…
Will dividend yields test 1999 lows? That was the title of my post from a few weeks ago in which I explained to readers how…
Is so-called smart beta investing a new and improved way to invest or just another one of Wall Street’s fancy sales pitches? Smart beta strategies (formerly known…
In 2011, the oldest members of the Baby Boom generation reached retirement age and over the next 15 years, around 8,000 Boomers per day will…
When it comes to properly assessing China’s stock market, are financial experts bad or just blind? Here’s what they’ve been saying: Buck the Trend, Buy…
Commodities have outperformed stocks since the start of the year, but many investors have not benefited. Why? Because if there’s one category where most investment…
The stock market’s wild mood swings from fear to greed and back are in full swing again. And this time around, the investing public’s fear…
The Russell 2000 small cap index (NYSEARCA:IWM) just made a new all-time high, but stocks aren’t the only thing topping. U.S. public debt is at…
As if war between Russia and Ukraine wasn’t bad enough, emerging market stocks (NYSEARCA:BKF) are still dealing with two other major problems: China’s unfolding credit…
Like a sleeping giant, stock market volatility can hibernate, but it never goes away. Right now, the giant is showing signs of awakening and whether…
The past six years have been brutal for dividend and income investors. Zero percent interest rates have depressed bond yields (NYSEARCA:BOND) and with major stock…
Overpaying for anything is a bad idea. But it’s an especially bad thing when it comes to investing in the stock market. James Montier at…
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses…