As an investor who loves to simply buy, hold and collect returns from my investments, I usually hate the idea of having to sell one of the stocks in my portfolio.#-ad_banner-# After all,… Read More

We live in an age of instant gratification. Patience has become a lost virtue, especially with the advent of the smartphone and personal computer. And nowhere is this truer than in the stock… Read More

The past year was a profitable one for most investors: The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly 10%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose around 15% each. Toss in dividends, and total returns were a few percentage points higher. Of course, the goal of… Read More

Looking for stocks poised to make a major move? Then find the companies that are loved and hated by investors. These three hotly-debated stocks have been in the headlines recently as bulls and bears duke it out. And depending on which camp… Read More

The best time to pick up outsized gains is when everyone’s bearish. And there’s plenty of bearishness on the Street right now.#-ad_banner-# Third-quarter earnings were flat, with margins compressing for the first time in… Read More

As investors stepped away from their computers during the holidays, they may have failed to notice an absolutely stunning headline. In the days before Christmas, the Federal Reserve announced that a typical U.S. household spent 10.6% of its after-tax income on debt payments in the third quarter. This measure, known… Read More

It’s every investor’s dream. And this one came true… For lucky shareholders in this formerly tiny maker of automated medicine dispenser machines, last November’s election changed everything. No, not that election. And, no, not just any medicine.#-ad_banner-# I’m referring to the state ballot in Massachusetts… along with a medical treatment… Read More

America is looking over the precipice of the fiscal cliff and it appears that a deal will not be reached before the New Year. About $600 billion in spending cuts and new taxes will begin… Read More

The most important thing to know as an investor is that the future is uncertain. No matter what kind of analysis and forecast study is conducted, the future is always a mystery. But there are rules of thumb investors can rely upon when it comes to forecasting the future course… Read More

By the simplest of measures, it was a good year for stocks. The S&P 500 rose 12%, extending a bull market that began in March 2009. Yet the bull is showing his age. Sharp… Read More