Last week I commented that the current rally had run its course and the time had arrived to eliminate index exposure and focus on specific stock ideas.  Beginning August 8th, I sold exposures to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow), large cap growth, small cap and mid cap indices at prices that range between [...]

                By nature, investment capital seeks return.   Our goal is to accumulate wealth through investment decisions.  There are two ways to do so.  The first would be to make massive gains in a quick manner.  However, with this search for quick gains, the risk of loss naturally increases.  Since losses are emotionally difficult to handle [...]

                Since I was a child, I always found enjoyment in solving riddles.  Looking at obscure facts, massive information with no value and contrasting opinions, I would attempt to derive a clear answer to any problem.  In today’s markets, these skilled are much needed.  If anything, the past few months have served as one giant [...]

                Last week I described how the equity markets are severely oversold and that history has taught us that buying stocks in this environment ultimately yields substantial rewards.  Since then, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) has declined 360 points (3.2%).  This represents a significant move that pulls us deeper into oversold territory as investors [...]

“Even though [most investors] are going to be net buyers of stocks for many years to come, they are elated when stock prices rise and depressed when they fall. Only those who will be sellers of equities in the near future should be happy at seeing stocks rise. Prospective purchasers should much prefer sinking [...]

                 Where do we go from here?  That has always been the most important question that any investor can ask.  As a person who reads volumes of research each day, I see that most commentators focus on what events have occurred in the past and how those events can be used to determine where we [...]

                Eleven weeks ago (March 18th), I wrote an article decrying the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) handling of the economic crisis.  My argument was that although the Fed had taken every step imagined to unlock the credit market and bolster the stock market, little had been accomplished.  Having just reduced their overnight lending rate 75 basis [...]