S&P stocks generated $1 trillion in profit in 2016 to fill the corporate cash coffers. Most of these profit funds were used to improve shareholder value through stock buybacks or dividend distributions. According to Bloomberg, more than 90% of profits are spent…
Corporate profits, including quarterly earnings, are regularly released for eager market watchers. The eagerly anticipated new season starts in mid-April. Usually, the information is priced in with analyst consensus numbers, with the over/under level to follow. Earnings and revenue numbers above…
Imagine getting paid every three months for 25 years straight. Not a single missed payment just from owning a stock. How is this possible? I wish I had a super secret investment to tell you about, but it’s simply dividends….
Purchasing stock shares is now extremely easy with just the click of a computer mouse using an online brokerage account. For retail investors, going long makes up for an inordinately large portion of their trading activity, leaving out significant profit opportunities on…
The RSI, or Relative Strength Index, is a momentum oscillator that attempts to show overbought or oversold conditions within a financial market. The oscillator has a range from 0 to 100, with levels above 70 indicating a possible overbought condition…
Trying to call market tops and bottoms gets such a bad rap from many traders and investors. Phrases like “calling tops and bottoms is the quickest way to go broke” are often thrown around when the discussion turns to these…
Not only can dividend investing help you achieve your long term financial goals, reinvesting dividends can accelerate your wealth building. A dividend is s sum of money that is paid out by a company to its shareholders on a regular…
Much of the 2016 stock market downfall began with banks. Pressure percolated as European financial markets tumbled to multi year lows as commodity exposure became a concern. American banks had moved higher since the financial crisis lows but barely above…
