Common stocks paying dividends was an idea that never really made sense, although some are now waking up to this reality more. Proponents of dividends just don’t get it though. One of the first things you encounter when you learn about stocks is that there are two main types, common stock and preferred stock. Common […]
It’s not uncommon for investors to be hesitant or even afraid to buy stocks when they or the market is at an all-time high. This is a great time to invest, and the numbers prove it. It’s not that clear where the fear of buying at the top comes from, but there are a few […]
An article promoting the virtues of leading pizza restaurant Papa John’s just ran on professional investor site SumZero.com. Has this info been priced in already? Pizza maker Papa John’s is certainly a household name, as the company has spent a lot of money over the years making their presence known. Papa John’s is also a […]
Over the din of all the moaning and groaning about low treasury yields, we told our readers to be wary of the higher risk represented by this. This is now starting to kick in. The price of a security, whether that be stocks, bonds, or anything else, is dependent upon future expectations. With a stock, […]
Wednesday, November 6 has been a date that has been looming with Uber stock since it debuted in May. That day is now here, and a flood of supply is now in the mix. During an IPO, some of the shares of a company get offered for sale at the issue price, which gets bought […]
Under Armour has already been an embattled stock, falling from the over $100 it traded at 4 years ago to hanging around the $20 area since the start of 2017. Things just got worse. When your company is under investigation by the Justice Department for fraudulent accounting practices, and it also has had some pretty […]
RAFI funds look to improve the standard value investing approach by not just investing just because a stock is doing badly. Does this approach improve this strategy enough? We somehow ended up with two different terms to describe stocks, value stocks and growth stocks. When it comes to stocks, the value of a stock and […]
Another rate cut by the Fed, continued optimism for a trade deal, and a job market that continues to expand all have propelled stock indexes to make further all-time highs. Whatever concerns we have had about the bear market ending, employment statistics haven’t been one of them. We might be late in the current cycle […]
Just about everyone was expecting a third quarter point cut in the Fed funds rate during Wednesday’s announcement, but we also got some reassurance of this as well. The Federal Reserve has been known to overreact at times sometimes on the side of being cautious about not wanting to do too much to stimulate the […]
Companies usually go out of their way to put as positive a spin as they can on their results to stroke their stocks. Grubhub just chose to tell the naked truth, and got slammed. Food delivery service Grubhub has had their stock listed for over 5 years now, starting out in March 2014 at an […]