If I’m seeing my ideas repeated, does that mean that people are copying me? Or does that mean that a lot of analysts are seeing the same thing? I figure the latter. Here are some highlights of the echo chamber that I hear right now: The market is overvalued The market is at it’s highest,… Read More »
Profit (or earnings) is the amount a business earns over all of its expenses; including taxes and what it pays to the managers. Profit ultimately belongs to the company’s owners, such as stockholders. Usually P/E is what we use to determine a profit percentage. For instance, if P (price) is 100 and E (earnings) is… Read More »
Here is why you don’t want to generally save cash to deal with a turbulent market. Or at least ideas you should consider as you decide what to do with your savings and investments. Your general return on cash Cash is probably making around 4% in a really good savings account. Which ain’t much. Inflation… Read More »
I have mentioned that you probably want to save cash now because the stock market to GDP is at its highest point, basically ever. It’s scary high. But here are the facts you need to know. You do not need to sell your existing stock holdings I believe there is time before a big decline… Read More »
You want to own a company but what kind of company do you want to own? The company is stable Revenue and profit is stable and or growing from year to year. The company has cash enough to weather a storm A higher current ratio is a good indicator of this. It shows how much… Read More »
The unemployment rate is up. Dividends are down. Some companies are declaring bankruptcy. But the stock market is roaring. Make sense? The market will correct in a big way. It’s coming. I don’t know when, and that’s not important. Here is what you can do to be ready. If You Are Within Five Years Of… Read More »
It seems like nobody believes me. The market can only go up right? If you believe that, the top 1% in wealth will get your stock market investment. Why? Because it doesn’t feel good to “lose money”. I quote that because I mean market value. Most novice investors will sell like crazy when the market… Read More »
When we are looking at financials of a company, we need to look at them like an underwriter who is making sure that money will not be lost on a loan to the company. An underwriter is looking for risk. Risk that the company will not be able to repay. An underwriter knows their stuff.… Read More »
Here is a post I wrote on Facebook on March 23: If you didn’t sell stock after the market started to go down, you didn’t lose money. If you sell now, you’ve lost a lot. It is nearly impossible to time the market, so don’t. About the only thing you can do now is to… Read More »