The very idea of stock options can invoke terror in the minds of a typical buy-and-hold investor. “Too risky,” is the common reaction from the uninformed. But why would investors have that irrational fear? Because Wall Street money managers Read More …
For the last 25 years, the markets have been driven largely by two things: Government stimulus and low interest rates. For example, after the March of 2000 dot-com crash, the Fed slashed interest rates from 6.5% down to 1.75%. And Read More …
You’re chillin’ in the heat of summer, “Julying” by the beach, or maybe just cranking the AC and taking a nap. You’d think an individual retirement account—your good old IRA—is the investing analogy to your dog days. Kind of slow. Read More …
Who knew that a nasty “good for you” food like raw spinach made great breakfast smoothies? In the land of reinvention squared, “no” is not a word American investors cozy up to. Like spinach, IRAs (individual retirement accounts) are consumed Read More …
Many professors argue that the stock market is efficient by quoting their “efficient market theory”. That is, the stock prices reflect everything that is known about a company’s prospect and about the state of the economy. There are no under-valued Read More …
If you had invested $100,000 in the S&P in 1984, you would have had $914,000 in 2000. The same invested in gold would give you $78,000. But that is not how it works anymore. If you invested $100,000 in the Read More …
Definitions: Buy Call Option: Buying Call options give the owner the right to buy the underlying asset at a strike price on or before expiration Buy Put Option: Buying Put options give the owner the right to sell the underlying Read More …
From the trading and investing point of view, could the results have been predicted with a reasonable probability of success to benefit monetarily? Let us analyze this. A “Black Swan” has the following characteristics according to Taleb: It is unpredictable Read More …
Warren Buffett bought AAPL stock worth $1B is the latest hot news while another pro investor Carl Icahn sold his position in AAPL when disappointing earnings were reported just recently. How does one go about buying a stock like AAPL? Read More …
Those of you who are some what active with trading, if at all, in your 401(K) retirement account or any other account for that matter are probably aware that the earning season is on in full swing. What it is, Read More …