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 15, 2014 | Finance, Investing, stocks
Here is an article that posted on www.horsesmouth.com today. One advantage technical analysis has over fundamental analysis is that it should take the emotion out of investment decisions. Graphs and charts don’t lie, they are what they are. And what they are...
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...
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 | Sep 5, 2014 | economy, Investing, money management, portfolio
Here is a link to an article, Biotechnology ETFs Show Rebust Health In August I was quoted in posted at investors.com – the online publication of The Investor’s Business Daily (IBD). Short article focusing on two of the hottest market sectors, biotech and solar/green...
