by Bill DeShurko | Sep 18, 2014 | dividends, Finance, Investing, portfolio, retirement investing
While the markets have shown some recent volatility, the one thing we can count on is our dividends and dividend increases. One of our popular holdings, Microsoft (MSFT) announced a dividend increase yesterday. Their quarterly payment has been upped from $.28 to...
by Bill DeShurko | Aug 27, 2014 | economy, Finance, Investing, money management
Below is an excerpt from our Monday report from Sterne Agee, (emphasis added): “Fed Chair Janet Yellen gave a balanced assessment of the labor market in her keynote speech at Jackson Hole last week, according to Standard and Poor’s Economics. She said there is no...
by Bill DeShurko | Aug 15, 2014 | dividends, Finance, money management, portfolio
Last week I published an article at horsesmouth.com that can be downloaded here: Liquidity Worries. The short version is that the stock market seems to be continuing along in its uptrend. Despite a few recent bumps and a little volatility the trend is...
by Bill DeShurko | Jul 21, 2014 | dividends, economy, Finance, Investing
The stock market is reaching new highs while the economy seems to be sputtering along. This has created an environment that has led Brian Nelson, CFA of Valuentum Securities appropriately using a baseball analogy during the baseball All Star Game and Home Run Derby to...
by Bill DeShurko | Jun 12, 2014 | Finance, Investing, money management, stocks
On Thursday HorsesMouth.com published an article I wrote on the market’s mixed signals. Despite most predictions to the contrary, interest rates have declined fairly substantially this year. Falling interest rates are usually a sign of (fear) of a slowing...
by Bill DeShurko | May 27, 2014 | Finance, Investing, stocks
I don’t usually post stock advice, but Apple, Inc. (AAPL) is not the usual stock. Their products have a cult-like following and owners will soon have an opportunity to buy shares of Apple’s stock at a somewhat reasonable price. But does that mean AAPL is a good...
