With European rates being underwater for so long, and U.S. treasury yields really plummeting now, some are wondering how much longer the U.S. can stay positive. Negative yields on bonds are a new phenomenon, and are completely counter-intuitive, as it should appear to be pretty odd indeed that people would lend money at a loss. […]

Fundamental analysts tend to miss a lot when they analyze stock plays, but they don’t usually get it all wrong. The idea of entering Morgan Stanley right now is just brutal. Whether Morgan Stanley deserves to be called a buy at some point down the road, it certainly isn’t now. We’d actually have a hard […]

While a lot of traders prefer to trade individual stocks, trading the major stock indexes offers some significant benefits, especially for amateurs who need to focus on simplicity. The great majority of amateur traders struggle mightily, and the biggest challenge for them is to come up with a trading strategy that actually works. While there […]

While those who know little about how monetary policy works might be happy with the half-point rate cut the Fed laid down on Tuesday, those in the know are left bewildered. There have been only a handful of Americans that have been diagnosed with the COVID-19 coronavirus, but much of the country has been gripped […]

It shouldn’t be that hard for an active fund manager to beat the market, and do it consistently, if we focus on what matters. Baron Capital is one of the few funds that do. Fund manager Ron Baron of Baron Capital is getting some publicity these days for his extremely bullish take on Tesla, especially […]

China’s massive effort to try to contain the coronavirus definitely is having an effect on their economy, but now that the incident is winding down, they are starting to heal already. Through all the panicking that is going on in the world about the potential spread of the coronavirus, we’re somehow not noticing that things […]

Many people love to bash corporations, but for the wrong reasons. If we are looking to do this and want to make more sense, we need to attack their actual weakness. It’s not even that clear why so many people hate big public corporations, as opposed to smaller ones or even the actual small businesses. […]

While investors were left reeling from what is considered an absolutely terrible week for stocks, it provided unbelievable opportunities to those who are good at trading indexes. This week was as tough as they come for investors, with the first four days producing massive losses and the fifth being in massive loss territory until the […]

With the stock market falling in leaps and bounds every day this week, many investors are looking for a better place to park their money. There are several ways to do this. So many of us invest without a plan, and may not even think that one is needed, or even useful. They just keep […]

Whenever we see a meaningful drop in stock prices, people start lining up for a rate cut. The recent cuts may have made at least some sense, but one now just does not. When the news that China had locked down over 50 million people a little over a month ago, as part of a […]