It is said that there are eight million stories in the Naked City, some more naked than others. The one about yields putting a lid on stock growth is about as naked as they come. We always have our eyes open to what is happening in the financial world, which includes looking at what other […]
New changes that will limit how far certain beneficiaries can stretch an inherited IRA have the retirement management community concerned. This is not a big change though. Retirement advisors are scrambling to find ways that their clients can work around the new rule changes that will be implemented in the upcoming Secure Act that restricts […]
Fundamental analysts get lost in their perspective and ignore charts, where technical analysts at least are looking at the right thing. They can get lost in their charts though. Stock analysts are quite content to do their analysis and just stop there and make their forecasts. An independent observer might point out that they should […]
Normally, it is preferable to let the market determine the price of something. With something that is believed to be essential, we need to really make sure the market is free. Free markets need to actually be free markets for them to do their thing and seek out efficiency. The key word here is free, […]
In spite of only 1 in 5 active funds beating the S&P 500, plenty of investors still want to take their chances. There are better indexes than this, which active funds can’t touch. The S&P 500 is the benchmark for investing, and both individual investors and funds look to beat the returns of this index […]
According to BlackRock CEO Larry Fink, the most important thing to investors these days is climate change. He has started addressing this by getting out of coal companies. BlackRock’s Larry Fink wants to make the world’s largest fund company more “socially responsible,” and has taken the first step by announcing that the firm will no […]
There are a few ingredients that are helpful to drive a company’s stock higher. Bank of America is a nice mix of business performance, buybacks, and increased optimism. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynahan isn’t quite as famous or even as well regarded as JP Morgan Chase’s Jamie Dimon, the darling of big bank CEOs, […]
The first month of the year isn’t even half over, and Tesla stock is already up by 25%. It has more than doubled over the last 3 months. How much higher could this stock go? Tesla serves as an excellent example of how it pays to ride a stock while it’s hot. Tesla has been […]
In spite of how great the employment numbers are, there’s always room for complaints. It’s important to realize that we don’t want certain numbers to be too good though. Investors tend to look at the jobs report from the perspective of wanting to see evidence of more economic expansion. Investors love more expansion, and will […]
Unlike some big growth companies, Apple stock actually pays dividends, although the yield on this is now down to about 1%. Apple has wisely focused more on stock buybacks. There remains a big debate out there about whether companies should favor dividends or share buybacks. The fact that so many people favor dividends in the […]