A Remedial Course in InvestingBy some estimates, 95 percent of the pure Internet companies that went public in the past couple of years eventually will fail. Many already have done so -- with a lot less fanfare than when they were offered. Nonetheless, their very existence scared the daylights out of many "old-line" businesses, which quickly responded with their wherewithal, existing infrastructure, and newly energized management. These "new Old Economy" players are now wiser, stronger, and more nimble thanks to the brief threat from on-line competitors. I'm sure it's sweet justice for them to have the employees who jumped shop for greener pastures come running back -- even as the stocks of dot-com competitors fade faster than Fourth of July fireworks. [More] | Investors - What Separates the Good Traders from the Bad Traders?I want to start this investing online critique out with a story... On a beautiful late spring afternoon, twenty-five years ago, two young men graduated from the same college. These men were very much alike. Both, better than average students, were personable and filled with ambitious dreams for the future. [More] | Do Lifestyle Funds Provide Greater Security?The other Wall Street bright idea is the fund of funds (FOF). It sounds good, but it actually creates a double layer of costs; the cost of purchasing the fund itself, and then the expenses of the mutual funds the FOF purchases. Take for example, the Enterprise Group of Funds. It shows an expense ratio of almost 2% plus a sales charge of 4.75% according to Morningstar. Tack on the underlying expenses and you're paying out more than 3% a year in investment expenses. [More] |
NYSE & NASDAQ New Highs - New Lows With Scorecard
Below are the tables with those stocks that achieved new annual highs or lows while sporting an "extreme" Schaeffer's Equity Scorecard rating...(Read More).
Expected Earnings Releases for Week of 09/25/06
Week of 09/25/06
Earnings releases expected for Monday 09/25/06
- Before The Open
WAG, [maybe SMSC]
- During Trading
(none)
- After The Close
JLG
Earnings releases expected for Tuesday 09/26/06
- Before The Open
ALOG, LEN, SRR, [maybe SNDS]
- During Trading
(none)
- After The Close
DBRN, FUL, JBL, PAYX, RHAT
Earnin.
On a New High and an Old Price
One of the comments to my previous post, The Human Index, prompted this post.
As the Dow flirts with a new high (and the financial media tests ev.
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