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The Enterprising Investor Welcome to Part 2 of this “How to Start Investing” series. In Part 1, I explained all about: Brokerage accounts Index funds Dollar-cost averaging How to earn a long-term return of over 9% per year…
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On March 10, 2000, the Nasdaq closed at 5048.62. It was its highest closing ever. It was the peak of the Dot-Com Bubble. In the next 2.5 years the Nasdaq Composite Index would go on to lose 78% of its value….
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Greece, China, Russia. ISIS. Cyber security. North Korea. Oil Prices. Stock market valuations. The Fed’s interest rate policy. Open any newspaper and it’s hard to choose which headline will be the first to knock stocks back into the red and blow…
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What Happened to its Economic Moat? As you may have heard, RadioShack filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week. As part of the restructuring, 1,784 stores will be closed, between 1,500 and 2,400 stores will likely be sold to General Wireless,…
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Taking Advantage of Oil Price Fears In my last article, How to Play the Oil Crash, I reported on the current state of the oil market and described the potential investment opportunities that exist within the different oil & gas sectors….
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Investment Opportunities in the New World of Low Oil Prices The Current Situation In the simplest of economic terms, the price for any commodity is set at the equilibrium where supply equals demand. However for oil, whose supply and demand is tied to…
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Imagine this scene: A boxer sits in one corner of the ring, his shoulders hunched as his trainer pours water on his head, matting his greying hair across his forehead. He sits steady and still as his hands are wrapped…
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