So the market is up a bunch in the past year, what should you do? Here are my answers: You are retired and drawing upon your savings You should probably already have a balanced portfolio that can weather ups and downs. Not too much in bonds, not too much in stocks, but not so little… Read More »
Covid. The Election transition. Christmas. The market sure hates uncertainty, and the virus is getting worse. It will probably continue until we have a good vaccine in enough volume. The election transition looks like it’ll play out until January 20. Hopefully not. With the downturn this year, Christmas shopping season is less than certain. And… Read More »
I kept my cash bar pretty high over the last 3 or 4 months, but maybe you have been more daring. As we head into record territory yet again, maybe it is a good time to look at your cash position and decide whether to beef it up. Cash in this case is uninvested cash… Read More »
I am starting to write this as tech stocks have declined over the past couple three weeks. But market values have no real view into a company’s stock values. They really show the emotion of the market participants. So as a reason to buy or sell, market values mean nothing. Similarly, the larger economy, changing… Read More »
Smart money or dumb money. Truth is we are all somewhere in between. Including those that trade for a mutual fund or ETF. Or even professional stock analysts. To be dumb in stock market investing means that you trade based on information that has little relevance. For instance, what other traders say on bulletin boards.… Read More »
You could say that I am a business owner. I have my own corporation that does technology consulting for other companies. There is a problem with it though: I am my only employee. I trade my time for money. It is not the ideal business. So what is an ideal business and how do we… Read More »
Here is a video I recorded to show you other ways you can evaluate a stock on MSN: The rules of thumb I use to evaluate whether a stock would be one I want to buy are as follows: Cash Position – Current ratio greater than 1 Current ratio is how much cash a company… Read More »