Monthly Archives: November, 2015

These are America’s Most Competitive States

The Tax Foundation has released its 2016 State Business Tax Climate Index. Here are the 10 best and the 10 worst states according to...

Smart Money Bailing on Stocks

What’s the smart money been doing with their money this year? Other than losing a lot of it (see hedge fund hotels Sun Edison...

Stock Market Beauty Contest: Part II

You know from Part I that this stock market is a beauty contest. Five companies account for two-thirds of the returns year-to-date for the S&P...

What is Amazon Stock Really Worth?

CNBC: Amazon is now the most expensive stock in the S&P. Discussing a fair price on Amazon stock, with Aswath Damodaran, Professor at NYU...

The Monday Melee: Dividends Break Records

Third Quarter Dividend Explosion CNBC reports that dividend growth hit a new quarterly record of 23.4% in the third quarter. A wobbly third-quarter stock market didn't...

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The Power of a Compound Interest Table

Compound interest was described as the greatest mathematical discovery...

A Rising Storm: US Targets China’s Maritime Giants

The U.S. has blacklisted China’s largest shipping line, Cosco...

Dick Young: “One Word Investors Must Avoid”

“Survival Guy,” he said, “Inertia is the foe of...

Frozen Gold: Greenland’s Riches and the Struggle to Extract Them

Greenland has vast mineral reserves critical for tech and...

Flat Tax: The Next Step in Tax Reform

You saw during the pre-Covid era in the first...

Vanguard Wellington (VWELX): The Original Balanced Fund

The Vanguard Wellington Fund (VWELX) is the original balanced...

USCBP Tightens Rules on De Minimis Exemptions

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is proposing new...

FDA Orders Removal of Cancer-Causing Dye from Food and Drugs

The Associated Press reports that the FDA is ordering...

A Survival Guy Mix of Stocks for You

Originally posted on August 9, 2024. A few years ago,...

Remember Dick Young’s Retirement Compounders?

As I mentioned to you here, I did a...