Ralph Nader is at it again, and he’s now accusing the stock market of promoting “casino capitalism.” Could it be that Mr. Nader is starting to figure out this a little more? Ralph Nader noticing that the stock market is like a casino might be one of the funniest remarks ever made about it. The […]

Calling the way that we advise those who consider themselves to be “income investors” clueless doesn’t quite fit. Clueless means knowing nothing, but this is worse than that. There are degrees of badness when it comes to investment advice, but there’s nothing that even comes close to the way that those who consider themselves to […]

Ralph Nader isn’t just a legend in his field, he stands far above anyone else. His field of expertise is not the stock market, although that isn’t stopping him from speaking out. You really had to be alive during Ralph Nader’s heyday to fully appreciate how big a force he was in consumer protectionism. He […]

New changes that will limit how far certain beneficiaries can stretch an inherited IRA have the retirement management community concerned. This is not a big change though. Retirement advisors are scrambling to find ways that their clients can work around the new rule changes that will be implemented in the upcoming Secure Act that restricts […]

In spite of only 1 in 5 active funds beating the S&P 500, plenty of investors still want to take their chances. There are better indexes than this, which active funds can’t touch. The S&P 500 is the benchmark for investing, and both individual investors and funds look to beat the returns of this index […]

The bull market marches on, but we’re seeing it being led by a small number of stocks. This means that it’s all the more important to focus on the strong and avoid the weak. We had a banner year for stocks in 2019, but it was a year in which the banner was certainly long […]

Bond funds have had a big target on their back after their peak last summer. Bonds had a great first 8 months of 2019, and the outlook has changed, but not for Ned Davis. It was no secret that after bonds peaked last August that we were in for a correction. With stocks, you need […]

When a stock gains 90% in a single year, as Applied Materials has in 2019, we may worry that the party may be ending soon. Things are set to improve even more though. Applied Materials has been one of the very best stocks out there in 2019, putting in a very impressive 90% gain for […]

The drop in the price of Boeing stock by 24% since the beginning of March has served as a big drag on the Dow. Now it singlehandedly may be putting down GDP by 0.5% more. Manufacturing data has been sluggish for quite a while, which in itself has spurred concerns about a potential recession. As […]

Income in retirement is far too important to be left to simple-minded calculations. We need to get off the path of simple-mindedness and actually look to figure this out right. People’s situations differ quite a bit in retirement, and the circumstances surrounding the desirability of certain investments certainly do. We can’t just throw out percentages […]