Investment

Fundamental analysis will never tell you when to get out of an investment. Never.

I look at the charts in your 401k plan continuously. If none of the charts are going up, here is our plan: we stay on the sidelines. Pretty simple.

Probably the toughest part of covered call writing is finding the right idea.

How to get help with your 401k from Mullooly Asset Management. This process will also help you with your 457 deferred compensation plan — or your 403(b) annuity at work.

You're probably not aware of this, but in the financial services industry, firms and advisors are strictly prohibited from running testimonials of any sort.

Someone is actually holding Jim Cramer responsible for some of the advice he has given, and also for the fact that CNBC has "morphed" into an entertainment channel.

By re-inflating the value of many securities on hand at banks, this will automatically raise the capital ratios at these banks.

OK, so your employer announces the following regarding:
Your 401k: No more match.
Should I keep contributing?
In a word, absolutely. (…)

I received a phone call this afternoon from someone who found my firm online.  The gentlemen has received no guidance regarding his 401k at work.  Last July, he had $286,000 in his plan. (…)

Throwing good money after bad into these banks is not the answer. (…)

Steve Forbes wrote an article back in October for his magazine. (…)

Take a walk with me down Memory Lane:
1973: S&P down over 17%  (ouch)
1974: S&P down over 29%. (ouch again)
The bottom for the S&P was reached in October 1974. (…)

Like crossing the equator on a ship — should buy and hold investors get some kind of recognition (or have some celebration) for crossing the line?  The S&P 500 crossed 1100 in 1998 (twice), 2001 (3X!), 2002, 2004 and 2008.  Look, when I drive around the same block twice, even I ask for directions!  Oh, and today the S&P 500 is at 940.  Ready for 9 passes in ten years? (…)

The Treasury announced they will begin to inject capital (money) into banks, under terms created under the bailout bill.  This article will try to walk through, in English, what this all means. (…)

Quick history lesson: Mark-to-the-Market was a practice originally begun by futures and commodity traders in the 19th century.  Essentially, mark-to-the-market means your holdings must be "priced" every night…at the price they can be sold at. (…)

Lost in the bailout mess comes this bit of interesting news for the automakers. (…)

Recently, oil and commodities dropped 20 to 25% in four very fast weeks, catching nearly everyone off guard. But as fast as the drop took place, we start to see signs of a reversal back up. (…)

Exxon reported nearly $12 billion in profits for the previous quarter recently. $12 billion! More net profits in one quarter, than ever recorded in the history of mankind.
And what did the stock do? (…)

Bank Failures in Nevada and California
The headlines this past weekend showed that US regulators took over two banks Friday afternoon and sold them both to Mutual of Omaha bank. (…)

I'm going to paint a word picture for you.
Suppose you own a stock that gave three successive buy signals last summer — in 2007. The stock ran from $28 per share up to $34 a share. (…)