by Bill DeShurko | Apr 30, 2020 | dividends, economy, Finance, Financial Planning, Investing, Investment Management, Investments, money management, portfolio, retirement investing, Retirement Planning, starting to invest, Wealth Management
A book review by Jim Kilgore CFP® and Bill DeShurko There are thousands of books on the market aimed at individual investors who are attempting to go it alone and invest on their own. Whether that be for retirement or some other financial goal, investing is a...
by Bill DeShurko | Feb 13, 2020 | dividends, economy, Finance, Financial Planning, Investing, money management, portfolio, retirement investing, Retirement Planning, stocks, Wealth Management
I love statistics. My favorite book is “Money Ball” by Michael Lewis about how Billy Beane turned around the Oakland A’s baseball team with the help of Paul DePodesta. The two combined to rethink how to evaluate talent – removing the “gut feel” of a scout and...
by Bill DeShurko | Apr 12, 2017 | dividends, economy, Finance, Investing, money management, portfolio, retirement investing, starting to invest, stocks
WILLIAM DESHURKO’S ANSWERS How can a nontraditional college student gain more income to provide for a brighter future?Well you could try and win the lottery, search www.ancestory.com for an unknown rich relative, or marry rich. Rule those out and your best alternative...
by Bill DeShurko | Nov 6, 2014 | dividends, Finance, Investing, portfolio, stocks
One of our more popular holdings, McDonald’s (MCD) has come under a bit of pressure lately – both in the media and on Wall Street. After reaching a high near $102 a share in May of this year the stock price has dropped to below $90 a share in...
by Bill DeShurko | Oct 24, 2014 | dividends, Investing, money management, stocks
The stock market has had a five week “correction” followed by a one week recovery – that recouped 70% of the corrections losses. While sentiment has seemingly shifted from an extreme doom and gloom outlook over the past few weeks, statistically the stock market...
by Bill DeShurko | Oct 10, 2014 | dividends, eclipse, Finance, Investing
For sometime now we have remained fully invested, but very nervous. Starting in mid-September, I have been cutting back on our risk exposure. Our Seasonal Growth model has been in more conservative (lower beta) equities since May. In addition we are now about 25% in...
