Many top companies issue an overlooked type of payment back to their shareholders… They work like traditional dividends, but with one major difference — these “dividends” are completely tax-free. These under-the-radar “dividends” are a favorite of Warren Buffett… Read More
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
As the stock market surged ever higher in the 1990s, many investors were content to let mutual fund managers find the right stocks for them. After all, the nation’s leading mutual… Read More
The stock market consolidated its gains last week while waiting for news. Earnings announcements this week could push prices out of their two-week trading range. Traders… Read More
A deal on the fiscal cliff — at least the tax part — caused the “risk on” trade to go into hyper-drive on Jan. 2. The first trading session of the year saw nearly every major average, and most sectors, soar between 2% and 3% on average. This relief rally… Read More
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) is a widely followed sentiment indicator. When VIX is high, it indicates that traders are worried about… Read More
Fifty years after Yugoslavian President Josip Tito founded the Non-Aligned Movement, the economies of the association’s roughly 120 nations have grown in excess of 5% per year on average, while larger developed economies in North America, Europe and Japan have slowed to a crawl. Yet, it’s easy to forget the… Read More
Wall Street just breathed a huge sigh of relief. With a deal averting the fiscal cliff in hand, the bulls have been out in force, sending the S&P 500 to its biggest two-day rally since 1973. Although resolution of the fiscal cliff has… Read More
Market prices move in trends and traders can make, and more importantly, keep large profits if they are on the right side of the trend. Keeping profits requires investors to move out of markets that are falling and switch to… Read More