Bankruptcies are painful at any age, including late in life. The aftermath of a bankruptcy isn’t as bad as many may think, and considerably less so for people already in retirement. Declaring a bankruptcy in itself isn’t a negative thing, and in fact this is a solution to a problem and not a problem in […]

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is touting broken-down stock Exxon Mobil as their top pick for 2020 in the broken-down energy sector. This in itself doesn’t count for much though. Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch are excited about the prospects of Exxon Mobil stock over the next year, and have named the stock […]

Investment advice has always been pretty crusty, and this definitely is the case with what we do after retirement. There’s too much on the line to be stuck in the past. We’ve also come a long way with our understanding of markets and investing, at least on the leading edge, although we still are very […]

Nobel Prize winning economist William Sharpe is truly a legend in the economics of investing. Now 85 and retired, he is now focused on the issue of outliving your money. Planning for retirement properly and successfully is no small task. There are many variables involved, including how much you can comfortably save, what sort of […]

Three researchers from Boston College have just released a paper discussing shortcomings of the 401(k) retirement plan. The problems run even deeper than this. The Boston College Center for Retirement Research has a new paper out that examines some of the shortcomings of the 401(k) plan and how that is contributing to the shortfall in […]

Common stocks paying dividends was an idea that never really made sense, although some are now waking up to this reality more. Proponents of dividends just don’t get it though. One of the first things you encounter when you learn about stocks is that there are two main types, common stock and preferred stock. Common […]

An article promoting the virtues of leading pizza restaurant Papa John’s just ran on professional investor site SumZero.com. Has this info been priced in already? Pizza maker Papa John’s is certainly a household name, as the company has spent a lot of money over the years making their presence known. Papa John’s is also a […]

Companies usually go out of their way to put as positive a spin as they can on their results to stroke their stocks. Grubhub just chose to tell the naked truth, and got slammed. Food delivery service Grubhub has had their stock listed for over 5 years now, starting out in March 2014 at an […]

In spite of all the problems that Boeing has had lately with its 737 MAX aircraft, Wall St. Analysts have stood by them. The leaked emails now having them turning on Boeing. Boeing started 2019 by simply busting out of the gate. From the close of trading on December 24 to the close on March […]

It obviously took a lot for CIO David Rolfe of Westwood Partners to finally dump his Berkshire Hathaway stock, but the reasons ultimately got too overwhelming to resist. To call Warren Buffett an investing legend doesn’t quite seem to describe the level of fame that he has achieved. Warren has held the title of the […]