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I stumbled upon this tool on CNN.com that allows you to enter personal finance information about yourself and then proceeds to give you a grade on how you’re doing. It covers categories like emergency savings, retirement savings, debt and housing payments. Overall it’s a pretty good tool but it does have a few problems. First [...] Here’s a pretty good article from Business Week that’s geared towards Gen Y Investors (if there are any of them left)… The article covers a plethora of personal finance topics including emergency funds, insurance and home ownership. The historic drop in the markets that has taken place over the past year has even the most seasoned investors shaken. Very few investors have ever seen a bear market of this stature during their investing careers, and one has to wonder whether overall risk tolerance has changed for good. Personally speaking this bear market [...] I found this interesting article that compares annual returns from the stock market vs the P/E ratio at the time of purchase. Below is a chart that shows the various returns vs P/E. Hopefully, it will give you a little bit of confidence during these trying times about the future. P/E ratio 5 to 9.9 *Current [...] Alright, despite what the SEC or anyone else tells you, insider trading is quite prevalent in today’s financial markets. In fact, if you’re paying attention and know what to look for you can probably spot it yourself. Yesterday, I was keeping an eye on shares of Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) when I noticed something odd. [...] Over the past year or two the popularity of leveraged ETF’s has increased tremendously. These ETF’s seek to double or triple the returns on various stock indexes. Leveraged ETFs function by using financial derivatives, such as options, swaps, and index futures to magnify the returns on a particular basket of stocks. (Sometimes leveraged ETF’s will [...] |
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How Long Will This Rally Last?
The markets have been in a sustained rally since hitting the March lows. Since that time, the S&P 500 has climbed more than 50% from the bottom. While we’ve seen some noticeable improvement in the economy since than, there are still many ominous signs that make me weary.
Firstly, second quarter earnings were largely viewed as [...]