Congressmen and Insider Trading- Continued
I’m astounded at the hypocrisy of the government’s continued pursuit of insider trading ( seven more charged today) while congress …
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Recommended: Where are the Customers’ Yachts?
“Where are the Customers’ Yachts?” is a Wall Street classic about the financial management business. The title itself gives you …
Dodd Frank – Spare Us
As I mentioned in an earlier post, the “consumer” protections offered in the Dodd Frank bill to debit card holders actually …
Another Good Source of Ideas
Joel Greenblatt is a value investor who has developed a website- Magic Formula Investing- which finds stocks that have a relatively high …
More On Dividend Stocks
There have been a number of articles recently about the attractiveness of dividend paying stocks. Today’s NY Times has an …
Shareholders and Executive Compensation
A recent report that the Apple CEO was getting one million restricted shares( worth about $400mm) reminds me to actually …
Dividends are Nice but…
..don’t pay too much for them. As I mentioned in an earlier post, a company may be a great company …
A tax free loan buried in your investment
There are a number of things to considering when deciding to whether or not to hold or sell a common …
Negotiating House Prices and Future Interest Rates
Falling real estate prices and the Federal Reserve’s committment to keeping interest rates low for another year or two certainly seem …
Common Stock analysis- Price above all?
Following up on yesterday’s post, even though the S&P 500 index closed basically flat, earnings growth for this group is …
