Check out these defense stocks: They will do good since the GOP loves to spend lots of money on defense.
Lockheed Martin (LMT): see F-35
Northrup Grumman (NOC)
Shouldn't they be called "offense" stocks?
Showing posts with label Financial Investments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Financial Investments. Show all posts
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Financial Investment: A Interesting Idea if the GOP wins
If the GOP wins in 2012, look for weakening of the Affordable Care Act, dismantling of Medicare as we know it, and decreased funding for Medicaid. So how can you take advantage of these sucker punches to people who aren't me (aka the old, sickly, and poor)?
Weakening of the Affordable Care Act
Weakening of the Affordable Care Act
- Go long on health insurance stocks WellPoint (WLP), Coventry Health Care (CVH), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Aetna (AET), CIGNA (CI) and Health Net (HNT)
- These are Humana (HUM), HealthSpring (HS), Universal American (UAM) and WellCare (WCG)
- Those who provide Medicaid will lose out on business, like AMERIGROUP (AGP)
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Financial Investment: Stock Picking-the first thing you should do
Read Annual Reports...
What are annual reports?
They are the 10-K filings that every public company in the United States has to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Where can I find annual reports?
Here, they are available online for free. Courtesy of your tax dollars. There are sites that offer this info for a fee, don't encourage that economic behavior.
Why should I read annual reports?
It's what research analysts do. It's what Warren Buffett does. It's what all investment professionals do. It gives you all the important info about the business. If you read the annual reports first without anything else, you will help yourself make a non-biased valuation.
What should I look for when I'm reading?
What are annual reports?
They are the 10-K filings that every public company in the United States has to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Where can I find annual reports?
Here, they are available online for free. Courtesy of your tax dollars. There are sites that offer this info for a fee, don't encourage that economic behavior.
Why should I read annual reports?
It's what research analysts do. It's what Warren Buffett does. It's what all investment professionals do. It gives you all the important info about the business. If you read the annual reports first without anything else, you will help yourself make a non-biased valuation.
What should I look for when I'm reading?
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Financial Investment: Where you should NEVER get your stock advice
Top 10 lists of stock picks from "leading experts".
These articles on top ten stock picks usually appear on legitimate news sites such as CNNMoney, Yahoo news, Forbes, MarketWatch, other places that have an aura of journalistic expertise. Here are some examples: here, here, and here. These articles are generally pretty well written and the recommendations sound like they are based upon sound reasoning. So why am I telling you to not follow this advice?
These articles on top ten stock picks usually appear on legitimate news sites such as CNNMoney, Yahoo news, Forbes, MarketWatch, other places that have an aura of journalistic expertise. Here are some examples: here, here, and here. These articles are generally pretty well written and the recommendations sound like they are based upon sound reasoning. So why am I telling you to not follow this advice?
Monday, February 27, 2012
Financial Investment: A very interesting investing idea
Like investing in big banks?
Want to take advantage of "too big to fail?"
Scared of just investing in one big bank?
Want to diversify but you don't have enough money to adequately do it?
Want an expert to pick investments for you?
Like a 6%+ yield?
If the answer is "yes" to all of these questions, this investment might be right for you.
Want to take advantage of "too big to fail?"
Scared of just investing in one big bank?
Want to diversify but you don't have enough money to adequately do it?
Want an expert to pick investments for you?
Like a 6%+ yield?
If the answer is "yes" to all of these questions, this investment might be right for you.
Financial Investment: A pretty cool equity market graphic
View here.
This graphic has more or less of the S&P 500. It is really cool because they organize all stocks by industry and the map incorporates relative market cap. Market cap is basically the market's way of determining firm size. You can see how the common stocks of these firms perform, given the parameters that you set up. Because of the map structure, you can visually map out things like industry performance, large cap performance, etc.
For practical purposes, it might not be that useful because past performance does not guarantee future performance, unlike many things in life. It could be useful in giving you ideas on your next trade however. This is a neat tool to sort through stocks.
This graphic has more or less of the S&P 500. It is really cool because they organize all stocks by industry and the map incorporates relative market cap. Market cap is basically the market's way of determining firm size. You can see how the common stocks of these firms perform, given the parameters that you set up. Because of the map structure, you can visually map out things like industry performance, large cap performance, etc.
For practical purposes, it might not be that useful because past performance does not guarantee future performance, unlike many things in life. It could be useful in giving you ideas on your next trade however. This is a neat tool to sort through stocks.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Financial Investment: The Safest Options
Here are the safest options in order of increasing riskiness:
1. Checking Account
2. Savings Account
3. Certificates of Deposits (CD)
4. Money Market Accounts (some)
Why are these the safest options? They are FDIC insured up to $250,000 per individual per institution. This means that if you have $250,000 in a savings account with Bank of America, $100,000 in a checking account with the same bank, and Bank of America fails, you only get $250,000 back from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
1. Checking Account
2. Savings Account
3. Certificates of Deposits (CD)
4. Money Market Accounts (some)
Why are these the safest options? They are FDIC insured up to $250,000 per individual per institution. This means that if you have $250,000 in a savings account with Bank of America, $100,000 in a checking account with the same bank, and Bank of America fails, you only get $250,000 back from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Introduction to Financial Investment
The United States, along with the U.K. and Japan, has one of the 3 most developed financial markets in the world. In the U.S. itself, over half of all the 300 million people own stock in some form of another. This can be (1) owning shares themselves, (2) owning a mutual fund, or (3) participating in a pension fund that owns stock.
This post, along with others of this type, are meant to be informational and as a foundation for further research. They are not meant to be a final authority on anything. Financial Investment is so important especially if we ever want to retire. Given the dire straights of Social Security, it is looking more and more likely that we will have to be responsible for our own retirement. The only way we will achieve this security is if we save money and invest it wisely.
Here is a basic rundown of basic terms we hear a lot about in the media:
This post, along with others of this type, are meant to be informational and as a foundation for further research. They are not meant to be a final authority on anything. Financial Investment is so important especially if we ever want to retire. Given the dire straights of Social Security, it is looking more and more likely that we will have to be responsible for our own retirement. The only way we will achieve this security is if we save money and invest it wisely.
Here is a basic rundown of basic terms we hear a lot about in the media:
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