Mohammed Islam is a 17-year old schoolboy in New York City who claimed he made $72 million dollars trading stocks and other securities during recess at school. His story, based on a “life-long passion” for trading, received a great deal of media attention in New York magazine and other outlets. Of little surprise to anyone […]

All investors should read Dan Weiner’s article in Kiplinger’s about market timing for equities. Basically, the article states that is it best to don’t even try to time the stock market as it does not work!!! The most important lesson from the excellent piece in Kiplinger’s, which is a fine personal magazine, is to get […]

It is hardly news that there has been a bull market for equities since March 2009. There have been a few dips along the way, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE: DIA) and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) continue to perform well.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up for the […]

Warren Buffett and Michael Lewis need no introduction to the investment community! Warren Buffett is one of the best investors in history.  He heads up Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A), which functions as a holding company for his assets.  These range from small cap companies that are completely owned such as See’s Candies to major positions […]

No matter what happens after Americans vote today, long term investors should continue buy stocks with a history of increasing the amount of the dividend such as Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), among others. The bull market has been going on for more than five years, so it is difficult […]

Actually, investors for the long term should always buy “Dividend Aristocrat” stocks such as Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), and Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), among others. A Dividend Aristocrat is a stock that has increased its dividend annually for at least the past 25 years. Dividend stocks should be a part of every portfolio, not […]

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (NYSE: SPY) is down three weeks in a row.  For some, that is a sign of a bear market looming.  The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is now off for the last week, month, and quarter of market action (chart below).  A bullish sign, though, is that legendary investor […]

The bull market rally for the past five years has rewarded those owing such blue chip stocks as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) (chart below), and many others.  For the savvy investor, that naturally raises the question of, “It it time to start buying small cap stocks?”  Legendary […]

Just because legendary investor Warren Buffett is a major shareholder of Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) does not mean that investors should overlook Pepsico (NYSE: PEP). As many articles have detailed, there is much to like about Coca-Cola. It is the same with Pepsi-Cola, too.  Like Coca-Cola, Pepsico is a Dividend Aristocrat.  That means that Pepsico has […]

It is has been a rewarding bull market for those who bought stocks such as Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), and others during The Great Recession.   As to be expected, there is now increasing discussion of a correction that will take away much of the profits.  There are three reasons […]