Avoid Financial Ruin
Did you know that the S&P 500 is down 5% since year-end 1999? That’s not just price; I’m including dividends here. What an atrocious...
A Wake-up Call for Investors
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 5% this week. Up until this past week, U.S. stocks marched higher despite the increasing risks...
My Favorite Leading Indicator
My favorite leading indicator is Young Research’s Moving the Goods Index. Moving the Goods is a market-capitalization-weighted index of non-airline transportation companies. Transportation companies...
Beat the S&P 500 by 2 to 1
My chart shows the long-term performance of $1 invested in the consumer non-durables sector in June of 1926 to $1 invested in the S&P...
Stay Defensive
Confidence in the economic recovery is improving, and retail investors are moving back into equities. Here are four reasons to remain defensive in the face of this renewed optimism: