Week 1 (Jan 2 – 5): The conservative strategy is to not chase stocks when they are up, but buy on the dips instead. Maybe wait for a 1% – 2% pull back in the market or a given stock or fund. For growth, take a look at OLLI, MULE, EDIT, GBT, HUN, AME, NUAN,… Continue reading January 2018 Weekly Stock Picks
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December 2017 Stock State
December 1, 2017 update: Do not follow the herd, especially if it appears panicky. You’ll just run off the cliff with everybody else. If spent all your cash because you thought this correction would be like previous ones that were short in duration, just act like Warren Buffett and be patient. All good things come… Continue reading December 2017 Stock State
November 2017 Stock State
November 15 update: We keep doing what works until it doesn’t. Be careful about buying on small dips while assuming that tomorrow the market will upon on the upside. This may quit working with tomorrow becoming another down day. This is characteristic of a stock market that rolls-over into a larger correction . . .… Continue reading November 2017 Stock State
Weekly Stock Picks for November 2017
Week 1 (Nov. 1 – 10): Goldilocks global economy and the three bears are no where in site. Consider SQ, INTC, MMM, GRUB, MB, SAFM, ASIX, LAZ, and CRL for growth. Some of these like MMM, and LAZ also pay dividends that offer more growth. Keep cash on hand for any corrections, or for buying… Continue reading Weekly Stock Picks for November 2017
Some Thoughts on Modern Day Democracy
I’ll start with the premise that most people, including those with resources in the markets, do not want or need overregulation. Social progressivity is therefore are desirable agenda. So too is classical liberalism in which there are free markets and limited government. With regard to economics, the limited government only addresses resource misallocation caused by… Continue reading Some Thoughts on Modern Day Democracy
October 2017 Stock State
September 6 update: Investors can probably ignore this. Trades pay attention. High rates of growth, the higher the worse, combined with complacent or Pollyanna investors along with stock analysts that give in to assuming an unrelenting upward trending stocks is a circumstance that inevitably leads to a correction. Listen to Cramer (Mad Money). He has… Continue reading October 2017 Stock State
October 2017 Stocks of the Week
Warren Buffet thinks that the low-interest environment creates a situation in which stocks are NOT overvalued and that there are good buying opportunities out there. Also, the general consensus is that there are more positives than negatives that might affect the stock market in the near term. That said, some analysts continue to stress the… Continue reading October 2017 Stocks of the Week
September 2017 Stock State
September 8 update: Earnings are strong as are profits and the underlying economy. Yet there are potential problems with which we must consider. First, it is September. Typically, stocks do well up to about the middle of September and then tend to sell off such that the month ends in the red. Some technical analysts… Continue reading September 2017 Stock State
August 2017 Stock Pick Performance
The base stock portfolio and the weekly stock picks for August 2017 managed to beat all the major stock indexes (S & P 500, NASDAQ, Dow). That said, it was a difficult month for stock picks. The base portfolio had one change in that USCR took the place of ALK. The following link has the… Continue reading August 2017 Stock Pick Performance
September 2017 Weekly Stock Picks
Week 1 (9/5 – 9/8): September is generally a worse month for stocks than August, which wasn’t very good. Still, stock indexes finished August at nearly their break-even points. Adjust your expectations for September to include a greater risk for profit taking and a market correction, and for stocks to finish the month lower. This… Continue reading September 2017 Weekly Stock Picks