Types of stocks covered include dividend stocks, growth stocks, and value stocks. Large-cap, Mid-cap, and small-cap.
One thing I’m noticing is just how much doom and gloom there is all over the internet about the stock market. However, there are a few pockets of the stock market that are doing quite well. Just to name a few: Stocks that are less than 20% off of their 52 week lows. Elf Beauty,…
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 statement, “stocks compound interest” and determine whether it is 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 say it doesn’t compound interest. Components of Compound Interest Initial Investment Fixed…
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…
About Ingles Grocery: Ingles is a grocery store chain in the South Eastern United States. I used to shop there years ago; however, my local store closed down about 8 years ago and now there isn’t one near me. They used to have some really great Country Ham (ok, I know this is about stocks,…
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…
Comparing Total Market ETF’s – ITOT and VTI Today we’re going to look at two of the most popular TOTAL MARKET ETF’s, ITOT and VTI. I’ll preface by stating I own ITOT in my Traditional IRA account; here’s a prior blog where I talked about it: ITOT ETF I think every portfolio needs a good…
During this turbulent time, one question on investor’s minds is- “Will the stock market crash?” Of course it will, at some point; however, the timeline, no one knows. It could be two weeks from now or three years from now. When people question what seems like an inevitable crash, common robotic-like answers are: -You can’t…
Stock Investing Tips and Mistakes I learned from Chasing Dividends: Do not chase DIVIDENDS. You will Under perform the market. Look at the following ETF’s-ITOT vs NOBL vs DGRO. You will find that taking on the additional risk of a concentrated dividend portfolio did not provide you with any additional rewards this year. The more…