Investment Politics: Jobs and The Economy Who wants to be a president; the President of the United States? Social Security reform is the winning ticket....
Predicting Stock Market Movements I've been thinking about starting a stock market prediction business. Clearly, there is a huge market for timely and...
Your 401(k) Investments and the IGVSI Smack, right up alongside the head. Your 401(k) investment program deteriorated rapidly as the stock market and the...
Compound Stock Earnings Programs - Caveat Investor The caller seemed surprised that I had never heard about Compound Stock Earnings Programs, or CSEs....
Simplified Investment Performance Analysis It matters not what lines, numbers, indices, or gurus you worship, you just can't know where the stock market is...
So what do your Investment Manager and your neighborhood bartender have in common, other than the probability that you spend more time with the latter during...
Zero Overhead Real Estate Investing---Right Now Real estate investing is not nearly as complicated, financially burdensome, or time consuming as you might...
Volatility Rocks The Investment Markets Gets your attention, doesn't it? The unfortunate thing though, is that most people will react negatively to this...
Guaranteed Social Security Benefits: Make It So The comically complicated PSA (Personal Savings Account) legislation bouncing around Congress will raise taxes,...
"The time has come the walrus said, to talk of many things": Of corrections--portfolios--- and window dressing--- of market cycles--- wizards--- and reality. ...
When All Stocks Are Value Stocks - Think QDI Value stocks are those that tend to trade at lower prices relative to their fundamental characteristics than their...
Investor Politics - Corporate Income Tax Reform The investor's eye view of politics is a simplistic, practical, dot-connecting approach to sorting things out...
Good News For Income Investors Looking for good news in today's markets is like searching for the proverbial needle in a haystack. Needless to say, practically...
The McCain Tax Reform Plan For Long Term Economic Growth? The writing is on the wall (street, that is), and it is telling us that we need to reaffirm the...
Preventing Investment Mistakes: Ten Risk Minimizers Most investment mistakes are caused by basic misunderstandings of the securities markets and by invalid...
Income Investing: Go Ask Alice Jefferson Airplane has never, ever, been mistaken for a band of financial advisors, but the White Rabbit lyrics can be...
Amazon.com Investment Book Reviews: Have You Been Brainwashed? Most popular investment books are published for the already rich and famous, by an industry that...
Why 401(k) Retirement Plans Really Don't Work The good news about the Internet is the information we can get our cursors on instantly; the bad news is the...
Stock Market Meltdown – Watching Rome Burn Both presidential candidates want to crucify SEC Chairman Cox for failing to control our creative financial...
Wall Street Bailout, Congressional Cover-up, or Sarbanes-Oxley? Every new controversy demands a look at similar situations of the past. Just what is a bailout...
Last Bank Standing – The Wall Street Mega-Crash Dateline Washington, October 19th (get it?) 2010: the Peoples Bank & Trust of America has now established...
Investment Grade Value Stocks At Ten Year Lows There has never been a correction that has not proven to be an investment opportunity. While everything is down...
The Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights (SIBORAP): Part Two of Four SIBORAP includes these ten specific sections: (1) Product Transparency, (2) Regulation and...
Securities Investors' Bill Of Rights (SIBORAP): Part One of Four We the securities investors of the United States, in order to form more transparent financial...
Wall Street Garage Sale Produces Closed End Fund Bargains There's a bright light at the end of the tunnel--- finally. Most of the really well respected, long...
Wall Street Garage Sale Produces Closed End Fund Bargains There's a bright light at the end of the tunnel--- finally. Most of the really well respected, long...
Every fall, especially in opportunity rich markets like this, I encourage investors to think about some year-end strategies that make the final calendar...
A Capitalist's Social Security, 401(k), and Retirement Plan Reform Program What if there was an easy way to implement a whole new approach to retirement...