There are two basic ways to analyze investment opportunities: Fundamental analysis, and Technical analysis. Fundamental analysis examines topics like the management of a company, the markets they serve, the products they create, manufacture and sell. Fundamental...
It's against human nature to be bullish these days. You don't have to think long and hard about it: the economy is in the tank, your neighborhood real estate values are falling every week, we ALL have friends who have been out of work for a year-plus...with no new...
We saw a pretty significant signal recently from the oil sector. A relative strength sell signal. This does not mean oil immediately becomes a terrible place to have money at work in March or April 2010. But longer term, it suggests oil will (likely) under-perform...
Just what the heck does that mean..."back on offense?" When I refer to "offense" and "defense" I mean which team currently controls the momentum of the market. If the defensive team is on the field, then "supply" is in control. If the offensive team is on the field,...
Interest rates -- short term interest rates turned negative on Thursday November 19th. Rates have been low and look like they could stay there awhile...but who knows? In this video, we discuss the purpose of a bank, and one possible reason rates may be so low.
Here is a quick video I put together to help explain the difference between equal-weight and cap-weight investment baskets like the S&P 500.
Taking Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers out of the commercial paper market is like taking the umpires off the field in a Little League game.
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Fundamental analysis will never tell you when to get out of an investment. Never.
There’s an old saying: People want to do business with folks they know, like and trust. Here is how to bridge that gap.
