We’re very excited because once again we’ll be hosting this Monday’s Carnival of Investing. If you’d like to submit your article for the carnival please use one of the following methods: Submit detailed information to carnivals {at} investorgeeks * com Submit with Blog Carnival. (we will confirm your submission by e-mail. If you don’t receive (more…)
FatPitchFinancials is hosting the 21st Carnival of Investing this week, and Blueprint for Financial Prosperity is hosting the 47th Carnival of Personal Finance. We’re sorry that we didn’t submit anything this week (especially because we missed a chance to get onto Jim’s awesome personal finance map), but if we did participate we would have submitted (more…)
Jason and Frank both purchased 100 share positions in Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) after its share price dropped 11% because of lower-than-expected earnings guidance. I wanted to chime in on my assessment of the company, and share why I think now is not the time to buy.
Let’s briefly talk about two indicators, ROC and Equity Growth, that are useful when looking at the strength of a company. Both these tools, used by Warren Buffett, demonstrate how fast a company can grow the money it has to invest in itself.
Investing can be tough some times. Wouldn’t it be great if you just won the lottery? Man, that would set you for life. Seriously.
Now, we’re not suggesting you run to the closest mini-mart with your life savings. The odds of winning the Big Game (a multi-state lottery open to adults in Massachusetts, Maryland, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, and Virginia) are roughly 70 Million to 1. That is only slightly better than your chances of making money going long on Overstock.com. However, there are some reasons to play. And if you are going to play, there are some strategies to follow. Read on for more.
Recently one of our readers sent us an email asking us how to invest in a foreign company. Below you’ll find their oringinal question, and a tidier version of my response to it. Which contains a bit more information than when I first responded.
Simple questions: If I found a company (Australia’s Peplin: PEP) that
looks promising, how would I buy shares? How would an American buy PEP,
for example? Could I do this through ETrade?
The Washington Post announced the Post 200 today. You can find it here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/post200
With the Enron trial featuring prominently in the news, we’re all reminded of the corporate governance issues that have recently faced the economy. It’s refreshing to see a company take a new approach to how it runs its business. In this case Progressive has changed how it distributes dividends. This new system has the potential to greatly thrill and, in turn, greatly disappoint shareholders. But either way, it’s great for the company.
After the recent release of Phil Town’s book, Rule #1 (review), many people seem to be asking about “the arrows.” What are these mysterious arrows anyway? And can you make money just by using them?
Arrows are simply a visual way to show a chart reader that a key statistic has generated a buy or a sell signal. Buy signals are usually green arrows pointing up and sell signals are usually red arrows pointing down.
Some of you may know that I play a little poker and that I used to play a lot of poker. Actually, my first trade (SIRI back in September of 2004) was funded using money I won playing poker. What can I say; gambling is in my blood. Of course my favorite forms of gambling (more…)
