When looking for the best strategies in the current market, it helps to look back and examine how market action played out in the past.  For instance, let’s travel back in time to 1982, when the dividend yield on the S&P 500 was about 5.4% and the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio… Read More

My favorite scene in Martin Scorsese’s hit movie “Casino” is when Nicky (Joe Pesci) expounds on Ace’s (Robert De Niro) uncanny knack for picking winners.  Ace’s secret to picking the winning team was finding out all the “inside stuff that nobody else knew,” like whether the quarterback was doing drugs,… Read More

The president is surrounded by a host of unsavory characters, and concerns that businesses are... Read More

The president is surrounded by a host of unsavory characters, and concerns that businesses are using the office for personal profits are beginning to brew. There’s been talk of impeachment,... Read More

Dramatic headlines, mostly related to our new president, have driven the market’s erratic... Read More

Dramatic headlines, mostly related to our new president, have driven the market’s erratic undulations since Election Day. From my perspective, many investors are reading the headlines and... Read More

An old trader once told me, “Trading is the hardest easy money you’ll ever make.”... Read More

An old trader once told me, “Trading is the hardest easy money you’ll ever make.” In theory, trading is easy enough — all you have to do is buy low and sell high, right? After... Read More

It’s one of the most frustrating things an investor can experience… Thanks to some... Read More

It’s one of the most frustrating things an investor can experience… Thanks to some supposed global calamity in the making, the stock market enters a period of insane volatility. Each bit... Read More

Charles Dow passed away in 1902, but his insights into market behavior hold up well 114 years... Read More

Charles Dow passed away in 1902, but his insights into market behavior hold up well 114 years later. Dow was among the first to realize that market action and economic growth were highly correlated.... Read More

Trading stocks involves a combination of paying attention to present factors while also forecasting... Read More

Trading stocks involves a combination of paying attention to present factors while also forecasting the future. And the closer we get to the end of the year, the more emphasis people seem to place on... Read More

While there are no sure things in the stock market, there is one thing that’s almost certain:... Read More

While there are no sure things in the stock market, there is one thing that’s almost certain: After stocks go up, bears start calling for a correction. You might remember the bears warning in... Read More

While 50% of the country is unhappy with the outcome of the election, I think we can all agree... Read More

While 50% of the country is unhappy with the outcome of the election, I think we can all agree we’re glad that it’s over. Not only do we no longer have to suffer through a barrage of... Read More