Top 10 S&P 500 Stocks: 2014
You can learn a lot about the nature of a stock market rally simply by observing which stocks are leading the market. Below I...
The Only Stocks We Buy
You read last week about putting margin of safety to work in your portfolio. I told you about three strategies we use to pick...
Who’s the Sucker?
This story doesn't have a happy ending. You see this often in the late stages of a bull market. After missing the bulk of...
The Biggest Buyer of Stocks
"Stockholders as a class are king. Acting as a majority they can hire and fire managements and bend them completely to their will." -...
16-Year Bear Market Ahead
A 16-year bear market was what Dick Young faced back in 1965 as he began his brokerage industry journey at Clayton Securities in Boston....
50 Years of Bear Markets
How would your portfolio withstand a 20% decline otherwise known as a bear market? In the first decade of this century we have had...
Trading Volume Way Down
Trading volume is way down as investors lick their wounds from a brutal tech and healthcare sell-off this Spring. For those of us who...
What Goes Around…
How about these numbers reported last week in The WSJ:
Young technology-company stocks fell out of favor in the blink of an eye. But their...
Sell in May
It’s been a great year for dividend paying stocks. Not so much for emerging markets. It would be a shame to sell dividend payers...
Good ‘Ole Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett has pulled the wool over the eyes of so many with his “aw shucks” mid-western persona. But in reality he’s a self-preserving...