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If you are willing to take a calculated gamble and invest in the stock market then growth investing may be for you. Growth investing is the practice of taking a small company that has the potential to shake the market up or revolutionize a market which in turn will create large growth in a short period of time paying off for you in a very large way.
Read →Not everyone has the time to research the stock market thoroughly enough to make solid stock purchases, and for novice share traders, wadding into the stock exchange can be a frightening thought. However, by running with the Dogs of the Dow strategy investors of all skill levels can make a solid investment based on one simple formula that has been paying out almost 18% returns every year end for the last twenty years making it the closest thing to a sure thing that exists in the stock market.
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Learn How to Replicate Warren Buffett`s Genius with Technical Stock Screening Tools
Warren Buffett is without argument one of the most brilliant and profitable stock traders of the last century. Those that want to turn over a reasonable profit in the stock market as well would do well to learn by his example. However, while Buffet had to perform in-depth research in order to compile his next stock trading option, modern technical stock screening tools exist today that allow you to get the same result with considerably less of a time investment.
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Common Misrepresentations by Home Sellers
Unfortunately, you cannot always truest sellers of a home. Here are some common things that sellers misrepresent when they are trying to get a buyer to purchase their home.
Read →The world's leading branded consumer products company Proctor & Gamble (PG) generates so much money that it could afford to double the dividend without much sweat.
Read →A major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has seen BP lose $30 billion in market cap in the last few days. What does this mean for the stock and the dividend?
Read →Johnson & Johnson pays out 3.3% in dividends. Can this $175 billion behemoth maintain this payout? Actually, I think it's likely to grow!
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What is the Prime Rate and How Does It Impact Home Equity and Credit Card Rates?
When looking for a home equity line, an auto loan, or a credit card, you may often run into the Prime Rate. Often, it is used as the benchmark to set these other product rates. What is the Prime Rate exactly and how is it set? The Prime... Read →Yields have dropped to record lows--is now the time to bet against the United States Treasury?
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A New Reason To Consider Greek Bonds
The "Greece Fire" is still going on--but is there a new possible reason to buy Greek bonds?
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Mortgage Rates are Still at Record Lows
Despite some ebbs and flows in the mortgage rates, you can still get a rate near record lows. But how long will that last?
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Is Portugal Next?
The PIGS nations aren't out of the woods yet--all eyes are on Portugal as the next to fall.
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Airline Bonds Get Boost After Big Merger
United and Continental's merger had an unexpected effect on the bond market.
Read →70% of pharma giant Pfizer's (PFE) revenue is losing patent protection in the next five years. What does this mean for the dividend, which currently yields 4.2%?
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30-Year Mortgage Rate Drops to 5.06%; 5 Year ARM Down to 3.82%
After surging to 5.20% four weeks ago, the 30-year average mortgage rate has drifted down. Today's average rate is 5.06% versus 5.11% last week according to BestCashCow/Informa data. The end of the Fed's MBS buying program has been met by a shrug of indifference by the market. Part of the drop is also due to the decline in Treasury bond yields, which hit a six week low today.
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