Sunday, September 22, 2019
Generally, I’m not a big fan of stock screeners. I’ve found that it causes investors to be overly mechanical in their approach. However, if investors use screeners as a first step in the investing process, then I think it can help them achieve their investment objectives. With that in mind, I want to share with […]
In 2017, the Long Island Iced Tea Company came up with a novel way to increase their share price. They came out with a new product? Hardly. The company changed its name to Long Blockchain. Laugh if you must but the shares jumped 200% at the open. Under the old rules, a company had to […]
Last week I was an invited speaker at the Las Vegas MoneyShow and made several presentations concerning income and dividend stock investing. I like the Q&A portion at the end of each talk. I benefit from learning what income focused investors are most interested in. One topic that came up several times was my opinion […]
The need for an ever-increasing amount of data storage is a growth story that appears to have a very long runway. Experts estimate that the “digital universe” will double every two years (that’s a 50-fold increase in a decade). Enterprise IT, cloud computing and services, the Internet of Things, and autonomous vehicles all require larger […]
It has been a challenging start to 2019 for real estate investment trust (REIT) investors. At the start of the year, the REIT indexes zoomed higher. The last few weeks have investors wonder if the party is already over for the year. The financial media is placing blame in many places including trade wars, slowing […]
Former Fed Chairs, Janet Yellen and Ben Bernanke took great credit for steering the world recovery from the great recession. When something good happens, it’s a result of their masterful strategic planning. Why are they totally surprised when negative news gets reported? The Business Insider headline blared, “A record 7 million Americans have stopped paying their […]
Whether you watched the State of the Union address by President Trump last week or not, you, like me, probably have no illusions that the two parties will accomplish much together in the foreseeable future. One area where they reportedly have common ground is infrastructure repair and maintenance. The numbers certainly argue for a new […]
Amidst the government shutdown in the US and the destabilizing trade war with China, it’s easy to forget that the situation in the UK is not any more stable than it is here. The UK Parliament just voted down the current Brexit deal in a massive defeat for the government. In fact, it’s the biggest […]
As editor of Growth Stock Advisor, I’m always on the lookout for disruptors… trends that will change forever the way things are done. And of course, the companies that are at the forefront of the disruption and that will benefit from it. One such disruption is occurring right now in my former field of employment […]
Last week at the San Francisco MoneyShow I did a joint, dividend stock focused presentation with Kelley Wright of Investment Quality Trends. Here is an excerpt from the MoneyShow description of the event: “Dividends and dividend growth have historically accounted for the lion’s share of stock total returns. Moreover, companies that are rapidly growing their […]
