Archive for August, 2007
August 27 – August 31, 2007: Week in Review
Quiet week in the markets. As mentioned last week, I believe the markets are entering a testing period. We’ve had our correction and now we’re trying to figure out where to go from here. We’re between earnings cycles and there isn’t a lot of major economic data on the horizon so there are no big [...]
read more »A Few Dividend Picks
After the last few posts on dividend paying stocks and their benefits. I thought I’d share a few of the dividend stocks which are on my radar. I’ve researched these these stocks to varying degrees so please don’t take this list as a buy list but more as a reference for your own stock research. [...]
read more »Dividend Reinvestment Plan
Last week we discussed the value of dividends in down markets as well as in stock returns overall. The conclusion was reached that investing in dividend paying stocks offers a terrific balance of income and stability which is important in down markets and has a positive effect on a portfolio in the long term.
For those [...]
August 24-27, 2007: Week in Review
Looking at the S&P graph, it seems that, at least for now, volatility has abated and the stock markets are beginning to bottom. We’ve had a good bounce off of the 200 day moving average, MACD has crossed over as has RSI crossed back above 50.
Supporting the idea that the markets may be bottoming [...]
read more »Dividends Rule
When markets begin to turn or have already fallen, many investors turn to fixed income to weather the storm. Typically speaking, fixed income refers to bonds which pay a fixed amount each year to their holders. Hence, fixed income each year. For those who want to continue to have exposure to the markets, a portfolio [...]
read more »Curious Investments Update
After a summer unable to touch my investments, I’m finally out from the oppression of a douchey compliance guy and I’m back! Portfolio B is going to return, while I was out of commission, my friend did not touch any of the positions so it’s still holding what it held at the beginning of the [...]
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