The corn market got hit with a surprise on Monday as the USGA’s latest projections on the current crop season hit the street. Things aren’t as bad as the market thought. Between the middle of May and the middle of June of this year, corn prices really heated up due to all of the rain […]

Many investors who are disappointed by the low yields on bonds are now eyeing dividends from stocks, including high yield dividend funds. Does this make sense? There are three main classes of assets, which are categorized as growth, income, and savings. In terms of securities, the growth segment consists of common stocks, the income class […]

2019 has been a year where both the stock and bond market have performed extremely well, but also one that worries about the economy have also gone on and on. Just looking at all the noise on the street, you would think that we were facing some difficult times with the economy which are set […]

The talk of the bond market being in trouble, or at the very least undesirable, has been going on for a while. Bonds have gotten even more bullish lately, which is scaring them more. While we could say that there are a lot of people who don’t really understand the stock market that well, most […]

Some IPOs are better than others. Uber’s IPO is definitely in the less exciting category, but things could have gone a lot worse so far. Uber is holding up pretty well but for how long? Uber stock hit the market as a very anticipated IPO back on May 10, opening at $42 a share. It’s […]

People have been worrying about a recession for some time now, and they are really starting to worry now that the trade war is heating up. Is this a reason for concern? Recessions involve a period of 6 months or more of negative growth, and are indicative of a contracting economy, the opposite of our […]

U.S. President Donald Trump may have thought that he hit a good serve with his “small” new tariffs, but China returned his serve right into his face over the weekend. The trade war between the United States and China has heated up in a big way over the last few days, and the gloves may […]

With their flagship iPhone sales in decline, earnings down year over year, and all the concerns about tariffs, Apple stock is still up 30% for the year and 17% since June 1. There is a certain mystique that has always surrounded Apple, which we might even want to quantify as a value-added component of their […]

Retailers are quick to blame outside factors like Walmart, Amazon, and now tariffs. The reality though is that they just overextended themselves and are now faced with fixing this. Retailers are up in arms about President Trump’s planned tariff escalation set to happen this September 1. It’s not that we don’t have tariffs now, and […]

Bond funds have experienced a huge leap in popularity recently. While bond funds can be a useful tool, it is important that we understand their proper uses to get the most of them. A lot of people invest in stocks as their primary holding, and they understand pretty well how stocks work and what they […]