And just like that, the S&P 500 is back to hitting new all-time highs. This is happening thanks... Read More

And just like that, the S&P 500 is back to hitting new all-time highs. This is happening thanks in large part to an accommodative Federal Reserve, who for the third time this year cut interest... Read More

I enjoy warm weather as much as the next person. But during the end of August when temperatures are... Read More

I enjoy warm weather as much as the next person. But during the end of August when temperatures are hitting the high 90s and low 100s, I get tired of it… quickly. I yearn for the crisp mornings... Read More

Believe it or not, but the first battery came about from the dissection of a frog. In 1780, Luigi... Read More

Believe it or not, but the first battery came about from the dissection of a frog. In 1780, Luigi Galvani was dissecting a frog affixed to a brass hook. When he touched the frog’s leg with his... Read More

This won’t make me popular, but it’s something you need to hear: Buy-and-hold investing... Read More

This won’t make me popular, but it’s something you need to hear: Buy-and-hold investing is a bit of a fallacy. Now before you send me angry emails, hear me out. When I’m looking for... Read More

The big tobacco companies are always in the crosshairs of regulators. That’s certainly no... Read More

The big tobacco companies are always in the crosshairs of regulators. That’s certainly no secret. But new scrutiny has come in the form of worries about deaths related to “vaping,”... Read More

“I think this company is going to make a killing…” My brother, an acute... Read More

“I think this company is going to make a killing…” My brother, an acute businessman and owner of a construction firm, recently told me he was thinking of putting a few grand into a... Read More

Let’s talk relative strength, and why it works… Within a group of stocks, some will... Read More

Let’s talk relative strength, and why it works… Within a group of stocks, some will perform better than others. Relative strength (RS) recognizes those differences. As the name implies,... Read More

It was a gamble. Not an investment. He swung for the fences but struck out. In fact, he did more... Read More

It was a gamble. Not an investment. He swung for the fences but struck out. In fact, he did more than just strike out, he was no longer in the game… owing his broker more than $100,000.... Read More

I’m not sure what it is about October, but it has historically been a spooky month for... Read More

I’m not sure what it is about October, but it has historically been a spooky month for investors. The haunting traces back to the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a four-day collapse of stock prices... Read More

Today I want to tell you about an investing strategy that defies logic. It shouldn’t work... Read More

Today I want to tell you about an investing strategy that defies logic. It shouldn’t work based on everything you’ve learned about the stock market. Yet it does. In fact, for over half a... Read More