Tag Archives: wallstreet
Should I buy Google at $420?
I’m at the lake this weekend and talking with my 19 year old nephew, Chris, about Google’s current stock price. He’s done some research and thinks at $420 per share, this company may be a buy. “It’s been over $800,” he posits. “It’s a … Continue reading
Keep it Simple
I was reading Bogle this morning (still on chapter 3) and he referrenced William of Occam, a franciscan friar and philosopher famous for his Razor theory. Here it is in three forms: “Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily” or put … Continue reading
Market Timing is a Bad Strategy. Do it Right. Invest!
Investing in the stock market as a market timer is a loser’s game. A good definition of a market timer is anyone making a trade or series of trades based on a prediction about the future. Market timers say things … Continue reading
Turnover is a Huge Money Maker – “NO LOAD FUNDS” are a Farce.
Last year I shot a video after reading an article confirming what we have known for years about the excessive buying and selling of stocks within mutual funds, aka “fund turnover.” This activity adds huge cost to the portfolio and on … Continue reading
Potential for Credit Rating decline in UK and US
This graph shows the amount of our national debt in relationship to our GDP (gross domestic product). Gross Domestic Product is, in one sense, the income for our country for a given period, usually considered annually. It is the sum … Continue reading