Dividend Paying Stocks with Big Capital Gains
The strength we’ve seen in the stock market over the last several years has been a boon to large-cap dividend paying stocks. An investor no longer needs to take the high investment risk of speculating...
View ArticleWhy You Don’t Need to Worry About the Sky Falling on the Stock Market
There’s no need to worry about the stock market’s gyrations after the Federal Reserve said it was time to start thinking about ending quantitative easing. No other Federal Reserve in history has been...
View ArticleWhat Rising Dividends Are Telling You About the Market
There’s a very good trend developing this year, and it’s benefiting the stock market and income investors. Dividends are going up, and not just with the usual suspects, like the big brand-name...
View ArticleGreat Dividend Stock Could Be Ready for Breakout
There are a lot of great dividend paying stocks out there, but a good number are trading right at their 52-week or all-time highs on the stock market. Equity investors know that it’s tough to buy a...
View ArticleTop Stocks to Watch This Decade
There is a lot of investment risk in the global marketplace, not to mention the risk of policy action by the Federal Reserve, lack of policy action in Washington, and slow economic growth in many...
View ArticleA Super-Stock You Can Bank On?
The best companies have a tendency to remain just that—the best. But it is true that a business cycle exists, and this is the case for individual corporations economy-wide. As a stock market investor,...
View ArticleThis Stock Market Can Go Higher
Corporate earnings are still pouring in, largely from smaller companies that take longer to put their financial results together. The numbers continue to be generally good, and if there is a trend,...
View ArticleAmerica’s Middle Class on the Chopping Block
The U.S. economy is going to be low and slow for quite a long time. Cuts to government spending, persistent unemployment, and stagnant incomes all make for a real age of austerity at both the sovereign...
View ArticleThe Final Countdown: The Stock Market’s on Its Final Leg to Recovery
Skepticism is very high among individual investors. Institutional investors who run buy-and-hold mutual funds don’t need to be as worried; they get paid to buy stocks. The stock market’s run makes...
View ArticleThe Next Big Risk to Investors
The commodity price cycle still exists but many raw materials remain in correction. Gold, silver, and oil prices are all taking a break for their own reasons. Although I wouldn’t be buying them now, I...
View ArticleThe Only Thing You Can Bank on Near-Term
The stock market is absolutely where it should be, given current earnings—and it’s across the board; from large-cap to small-cap, valuations are fair. But the real telltale sign will be first-quarter...
View ArticleProtect Yourself—Dow Jones Industrials Very Vulnerable
A lot of good news is priced into the stock market right now. Fourth-quarter earnings season is on the horizon, and it will have to be a good one for stocks to keep appreciating. There still aren’t a...
View ArticleBreakout in Transportation Stocks Gains Strength—How to Play the Disconnect
The Dow Jones Transportation Average experienced a powerful breakout this past December. And it’s been a stealth rally ever since, with an expansion in valuations, not earnings. The stock market’s...
View ArticleIn the Age of Austerity, Where’s the Next Great Trade?
The joke is on us. Record highs are always impressive, but really, the stock market has only returned to where it was in 2000. That’s a long time to go without any gains from equities, and it...
View ArticleRetail Sales Up, but Many Retail Stocks Down—What Gives?
With the uptick in stock market sentiment and economic news, first-quarter earnings season is increasingly likely to be decent. Already, the earnings reports we’re getting show solid growth,...
View ArticleDow Jones Industrials Still Hot; How to Play the Correction
Action in the stock market is robust. Some economic news has shown improvement, but really, investors are just betting on first-quarter earnings. The Dow Jones Industrials have been strong,...
View ArticleNo Place Left to Go, Institutions Buying
What goes up will come down. But the action is the action, and if you own the stock market, you should be making good money these days. The price action in the stock market and most blue chips has been...
View ArticleAgriculture; the Next Black Gold?
When the stock market experiences its next major pullback, it should be an attractive entry point to consider select large-caps that pay dividends. On the cusp of another earnings season, most large...
View ArticleWal-Mart Stock Breaks 12-Year Consolidation; Why the Retail Sector Is Looking Up
There is a resilience to this stock market, and regardless of the reason, it’s a play by institutional investors that first-quarter earnings season will be decent, as well as further earnings growth...
View ArticleThe Inflation Apocalypse: Here Comes the Next Super Cycle
Two big trends are about to collide: global warming and global re-inflation. And the result is going to create a lot of shocks and opportunity. I’ve heard people refer to the recent tsunamis, rising...
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