The Browns and Investor Behavior
A passion around here is football. We love talking about the Cleveland Browns, the NFL, and the analytics teams use to make better informed decisions. Any Browns fans knows how much losses hurt, we...
View ArticleDividend Investing: Small Payments Can Boost Returns
Owning shares of stock or stock funds might increase the value of your portfolio in one of two fundamental ways: capital appreciation (i.e., price increases) and dividend payments. Of the two, capital...
View ArticleMarket Update
We are in the midst of the 28th time the stock market fell between 10% to 20% since 1945. A peak to trough move in prices such as this happens every three years on average. It should be expected by...
View ArticlePicking a Stock: Not For The Faint of Heart
Jesse Livermore, considered by some the most famous trader ever, learned to trade in the bucket shops in the early 1900s. He profited from the 1929 market crash by betting it would fall, and certainly...
View ArticleThe Browns and Investor Behavior
A passion around here is football. We love talking about the Cleveland Browns, the NFL, and the analytics teams use to make better informed decisions. Any Browns fans knows how much losses hurt, we...
View ArticleDividend Investing: Small Payments Can Boost Returns
Owning shares of stock or stock funds might increase the value of your portfolio in one of two fundamental ways: capital appreciation (i.e., price increases) and dividend payments. Of the two, capital...
View ArticleMarket Update
We are in the midst of the 28th time the stock market fell between 10% to 20% since 1945. A peak to trough move in prices such as this happens every three years on average. It should be expected by...
View ArticlePicking a Stock: Not For The Faint of Heart
Jesse Livermore, considered by some the most famous trader ever, learned to trade in the bucket shops in the early 1900s. He profited from the 1929 market crash by betting it would fall, and certainly...
View ArticlePicking a Stock: Not For The Faint of Heart
Jesse Livermore, considered by some the most famous trader ever, learned to trade in the bucket shops in the early 1900s. He profited from the 1929 market crash by betting it would fall, and certainly...
View ArticleMidyear Business Tax Saving Strategies
Tax planning is probably something business owners think about twice a year: when the return is being prepared and possibly at the end of the year. This, however, is short-sighted. Now is a great time...
View ArticleGrowth, Value or Both?
The terms growth and value are often used to describe two different investment strategies, yet many investors may want both qualities in an investment. Famed investor Warren Buffett put it this way in...
View ArticleWhy Do We Love Round Numbers?
As the stock market pushes to new highs, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index is nearing a level it never breached before – 20,000. Financial news anchors are downright giddy (so we hear, watching...
View ArticlePolitics and the Markets
Economy The U.S. economy is still growing, albeit at a modest pace. Consumer confidence hit the highest level in nine years. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index also backs this up. When...
View ArticleThe Emerging Gap
Despite the high stock prices and a great run in bond prices, investors can hardly be described as exuberant. Perhaps it is because they look at the investment landscape and do not see much that they...
View ArticleUnderstanding Stock Market Indexes
No doubt you’ve seen headlines reporting that a particular stock index is up or down. But do you know what an index is, and how understanding the nuts and bolts of a specific index may be helpful to...
View ArticleMidyear Business Tax Saving Strategies
Tax planning is probably something business owners think about twice a year: when the return is being prepared and possibly at the end of the year. This, however, is short-sighted. Now is a great time...
View ArticleGrowth, Value or Both?
The terms growth and value are often used to describe two different investment strategies, yet many investors may want both qualities in an investment. Famed investor Warren Buffett put it this way in...
View ArticleWhy Do We Love Round Numbers?
As the stock market pushes to new highs, the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index is nearing a level it never breached before – 20,000. Financial news anchors are downright giddy (so we hear, watching...
View ArticlePolitics and the Markets
Economy The U.S. economy is still growing, albeit at a modest pace. Consumer confidence hit the highest level in nine years. The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index also backs this up. When...
View ArticleThe Emerging Gap
Despite the high stock prices and a great run in bond prices, investors can hardly be described as exuberant. Perhaps it is because they look at the investment landscape and do not see much that they...
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