Even with a new CEO in place with an impressive track record in retail, and investors providing a 22% gain in one day in a vote of confidence, this is far from a solid stock yet. The retail sector has fallen upon some pretty hard times overall, taking several long-standing successful companies and washing them […]

Critics of trading used to rely on the argument that commissions make trying to trade too difficult or even futile. Now that this is gone, detractors are down to hurling insults. Jack Bogle, the founder of Vanguard and a staunch believer in the buy and hold strategy, did not quite live to see commission-free online […]

Short interest is the number of shares outstanding on the short side. There is a claim that this may be foretelling the end of our long bull market. Does this even make sense? Short interest is an indicator that is sometimes used by traders, and traders look at a lot of indicators, even ones that […]

Crude oil futures are already known to be pretty volatile, but events over the weekend really set things spinning. Monday brought a huge spike, but we calmed down more Tuesday. Saudi Arabia is already scrambling to recover from the drone attacks on Saturday that caused serious damage to a large oil processing facility and an […]

You don’t see all that many articles on options plays in the popular financial media, but Barron’s columnist Steven Sears is known to provide a few, and has another for us now. Not a lot of people invest in options, and with good reason. They just don’t know their way around options and may not […]

Dividends are a nice bonus with a stock, but with common stocks, the bigger part of the story is always going to be price movement. We need to be careful to enter at the right time. Back on July 11, Barron’s ran an article on how nice Prudential’s 4% dividend was looking, and had some […]

Retirement accounts such as 401(k)s can be valuable tools to put you in a better financial position in retirement. It is important not to commit mistakes with them though. The biggest mistake people make with their 401(k) retirement accounts is not contributing as much as they could. It is not that these people have so […]

GE has taken quite a bit of heat for their alleged accounting irregularities surrounding their managed care insurance divisions. GE denies any wrongdoing, and Goldman Sachs agrees. General Electric, commonly known as GE, has a very storied history, beginning all the way back in 1892. Among their founders were Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan. Edison […]

This week’s trading has been a real ping-pong match so far. On Wednesday, the bears served up another big losing day, with yield inversion fears back in full force. The usual suspects on the bear side were in full force on Wednesday, causing a loss of 800 points on the Dow in the biggest one-day […]

While investors are advised to seek professional guidance when it comes to managing their retirement savings, we shouldn’t necessarily just rely on the advice of others. When stock markets move significantly, especially when they move downward or may be expected to, this often attracts a lot of attention from retirement savers. Knowing what to do […]