After waiting patiently all trading day for news from the trade dispute front, holding its breath for something substantial, we at least got the minimum, but hopes were higher. With the way that the trade dispute between China and the United States has been going, where the situation has just been getting worse with each […]

Some believe that fending off a pending recession will require all the tools we can muster, including a lot of “infrastructure spending.” Is this really warranted? We learned some valuable lessons during the Great Depression, or at least there were lessons to be learned, whether we learned them all that well or not. One of […]

The more a stock gets beat up, the more the bargain hunters salivate. These mouths have plenty of reason to water with American Airlines, but should this meal be served? Bottom picking stocks can be a challenging task, but if you can get in at the right time, these plays can turn out to be […]

Ford gets 150% of its profits from the sale of trucks, including SUVs. This in itself tells us a great deal about their business. Sales matter a lot, profit, obviously not so much. In spite of car sales have declining, truck sales in the United States are still booming. A full 70% of the vehicles […]

Target date funds are a fairly new concept where people purchase a fund which is targeted toward when they plan on retiring. Does it make sense to customize this? When you are saving for retirement and don’t want to actively manage your retirement money, which very few investors are up for, turning your money over […]

It’s not that we didn’t see this coming, but the buying frenzy that sent prices of U.S. treasuries to historic levels had to come to an end sooner or later. Sooner is here. While fundamentals do play a lot bigger role in the bond market than they do with the stock market, momentum still plays […]

A company’s business prospects don’t matter as much as many may think, but they do matter, and matter more in some cases. Ford is going in the wrong direction here. The economy may be humming along pretty nicely, but that doesn’t mean that all sectors are doing well. The car industry in particular is one […]

Government issued bonds have traditionally had a maximum term of 30 years, but longer ones are coming into fashion. We might see some longer U.S. ones soon. When we are considering purchasing bonds, one of the main things that we look at is the term of the bond. When we buy bonds, we lend money […]

Nestle stock being up 36% this year so far is only part of the story. It’s the way that this stock has risen that is really impressive. Both the present and future look bright. Nestle is the world’s largest packaged food company, and although they sell a lot of products in the United States, the […]

The Fed cutting the overnight by a quarter point does entice people to do more mortgage financing. This does stimulate the economy somewhat, but also stabilizes it. A lot of people have a mortgage but don’t really realize what shapes mortgage rates. This is good to know if you are wanting to buy or refinance […]