Stocks

For the last year, people have been screaming RECESSION RECESSION! This led to many going for the sidelines, taking their money out of stocks and bonds both. In some cases, this meant selling at the bottom or in the red. I think staying out of the market for too long can be a SERIOUS detriment…

For years I’ve heard investors get hyped over whether or not there would be a Santa Claus Rally. Meaning, that the last half of the year, the stock market would make a mad holiday dash and rally fast upwards. Investors expect some end of the year lavish gifts. I think this is often perpetuated by…

Today we are going to look at the questions, “Do stocks compound interest?” and determine whether it’s true. First, let’s define compound interest. There are certain components and requirements for an investment to compound interest. If it doesn’t meet those requirements, then we can’t say it compounds interest. What is Compound Interest made of? There…

One common piece of advice for young investors is to have a portfolio consisting of 100% stocks. This portfolio offers no diversification into bonds or precious metals. For older investors, this approach goes against another common philosophy of having your age in bonds or (age-20) in bonds. I’ve personally never liked generic formulas for portfolio…

There are 11 sectors in the stock market. The stock market sectors were put together by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GISC). The GISC was formed by MSCI and Dow Jones in 1999. Why do we need to understand the sectors of the stock market? For passive index investing, understanding sectors allows you to see…

In the video below, I go through how to use Fidelity’s Stock Screener. The stock screener at Fidelity greatly helps reduce the amount of stocks to research-it allows you to zero in on particular strategies. Those strategies might include dividends, growth stocks, or even stocks from a particular sector. You can set up the Fidelity…

I was trying to decide what I wanted to write about next. I kept seeing people on Reddit get all googly-eyed about buying AT&T or Verizon stock because of the correction today. They’re cheap! As if that is a good reason to buy a stock. I can’t pass up that big AT&T dividend! I’m going…

These stocks are outperforming the market over the last month I want to look at what stocks in my portfolio are outperforming the market over the last month. Some are outperforming over the last three months. A few have been under performing over the last year. Ingles Fortinet General Mills Marten Transport Ennis Cigna Putnam…

If you’ve been around my channel for any length of time, you’ll know I like trucking stocks. I’ve owned quite a few of them over the years-Schneider National Trucking, SAIA, and Marten Transport. I got out of Schneider with a small profit a few years back, but it was a frustrating experience. The stock didn’t…

What is a Limit Order? Suppose you see the price of a stock on the market listed as $24. Then you place an order to buy 20 shares, except, after the order goes through you notice you paid $24.72. That’s 3% more than expected, what happened? This sort of thing is prevented if you use…

Today I’m covering 7 of the best websites for stock research. I’ve personally used each of these in various forms for my own stock research. There are so many financial websites out there, it’s easy to get lost on where to begin. All of these sites are FREE. Most do offer a paid service if…