Even as the broader market has rebounded from its October slump, a few sectors remain in correction... Read More

Even as the broader market has rebounded from its October slump, a few sectors remain in correction territory, and value plays have emerged from the summer’s frothy market. Shares of companies in... Read More

Stocks in the S&P 500 plunged 9% through last week for the worst October since 2008, and both... Read More

Stocks in the S&P 500 plunged 9% through last week for the worst October since 2008, and both the broad index and the Dow closed into negative territory for the year. The sell-off is worse in... Read More

The first three weeks of October were the worst for the S&P 500 since 2015, according to data... Read More

The first three weeks of October were the worst for the S&P 500 since 2015, according to data from Bloomberg. The broad index was lower by more than 5% through Oct. 19 with Industrials and... Read More

Gambling is a dirty word among investing professionals. The idea that you’re leaving your money... Read More

Gambling is a dirty word among investing professionals. The idea that you’re leaving your money up to chance is anathema to everything we believe. Nobel-laureate Paul Samuelson even said investing... Read More

Rising rates have been the top fear among investors since the Fed’s first rate hike of the... Read More

Rising rates have been the top fear among investors since the Fed’s first rate hike of the cycle back in 2015. Since then, the central bank has hiked its federal funds rate target eight times,... Read More

I love small- and mid-cap stocks for their potential return, but large-cap stocks are still the... Read More

I love small- and mid-cap stocks for their potential return, but large-cap stocks are still the biggest portion of my portfolio. Small-cap companies promise the highest returns but have the highest... Read More

Mid-cap companies — those valued between $2 billion and $10 billion — have... Read More

Mid-cap companies — those valued between $2 billion and $10 billion — have underperformed both their larger and smaller peers this year. The iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF (NYSE: IWR) has... Read More

Against a generally booming market, shares of carmakers have gone nowhere over the last five years.... Read More

Against a generally booming market, shares of carmakers have gone nowhere over the last five years. The First Trust Global Auto Fund (NYSE: CARZ) is down 8.9% over the period versus a 70% return on... Read More

Stocks of the largest companies boomed last year with the S&P 500 posting a 19% return versus... Read More

Stocks of the largest companies boomed last year with the S&P 500 posting a 19% return versus just 12.5% for small cap peers in the Russell 2000 Index. The phenomenon surprised most analysts as... Read More

Few events destroy as much shareholder value as when a company cuts its dividend. Management plans... Read More

Few events destroy as much shareholder value as when a company cuts its dividend. Management plans years ahead when setting the dividend payment because of the disastrous signal it sends when cash... Read More