2020 Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais fancies himself as a comedian, and maybe even a good one, given how much of a fool that he made of himself on this awards show. The saddest thing about British comedian Ricky Gervais taking potshots at companies like Apple, Amazon, and Disney is that this actually was pretty […]
If we want to go with a stock that lags over ones that don’t, including the index itself, we should need some very good reasons to do it. Coke does have its time and its place. The news on Coca-Cola stock is that the Street sees more upside for it in 2020. It’s hard to […]
With the potential for conflict between Iran and the United States at hand, while we should not overestimate the risk to stocks, some are advising that we hedge our bets. Stock markets don’t like conflict, and especially do not like ones that risk putting up the price of oil considerably. While President Trump certainly raised […]
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 it comes to designing a stock picking strategy, we tend to make things a lot more complicated than we need to. We can do well just by using a couple of basic principles. It is no wonder why so many investors throw up their hands when it comes to picking their own stocks. While […]
A lot of investors are intrigued by the Dogs of the Dow strategy, which goes with the top 10 dividend yielding Dow stocks and beats the market. This doesn’t mean it’s that great though. Looking to beat the overall market is a goal of a whole lot of investors, including the great majority of those […]
If you believe that price to earnings ratios are a big constraint on stock prices, you probably don’t expect much from stocks in 2020. This wall is only made of paper though. People are only calling for a very modest year for stocks next year, only expecting single-digit gains, and it’s actually pretty amazing that […]
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 […]
Sector SPDRs group the market in 10 categories, where we can select the ones we want and the ones we don’t. Going with the better half of these makes a lot of sense. We can categorize stocks into two categories, the ones that outperform and the ones that underperform. If we buy a stock market […]
We want to avoid stocks that are more likely to lose us money than not, but there’s another type to avoid, tired old dogs that haven’t kept up with the pack for many years. Is there really anything to like about Berkshire Hathaway stock these days? How could anyone choose an old dog like this […]