Sometimes when looking for new investments, it’s good to just buy more of a winning stock that you already own.  And that’s what we’re doing in this issue as we look at Illinois-based healthcare giant drugmaker AbbVie, Inc. (ABBV). AbbVie is known for innovation and performance, and with its strong track record, offers investors the [...]

Figure 1-1. Computer Room Image courtesy of www.Wikipedia.org Does income you don’t have to work for sound interesting?  Because if it does, here’s a story that might interest you.  It’s about stocks that pay you to own them, called dividend stocks.  And anyone can buy them if they want.  And get paid, too. So this [...]

Our popular book Stock Investing For Beginners was just published in audio book form.  So for those of you who like to listen to your books, it’s now available in that format, as well as Kindle and Print.  You can go to listen to free Audible Sample here. Which is important because many people have [...]

Recently I received an email from a reader named Joe who said he’s looking to build a dividend paying stock portfolio. He went on to say that he liked the passive income idea, and getting dividend checks in the mail. But he was trying to figure out how to get started. Which led him to [...]

There are any number of ways you can invest in the stock market. And two of the more common ways are through individual stocks and stock funds. Not surprisingly, both ways have their own advantages and disadvantages. One of the clear advantages of investing in stock funds is diversification. That is to say, since a [...]

Between Covid-19, a dicey economy and a heap of election politics thrown in the mix, we are in some challenging times at the moment. However, as shaky as everything feels right now, I tend to think we’ll get through it all, as we usually do. But the trip may be a bit bumpy from time [...]

These are strange investing times, with the COVID-19 pandemic, damaged economy, and a volatile stock market setting record extremes in both directions.  And while I remain fairly optimistic we’ll pull through this, at the moment there’s real doubt on where to invest, or not, while we’re going down this path. That’s because investors are living [...]

100 Oz Silver Bars – About 7 Pounds Each Silver is one of the least appreciated precious metals investments in today’s markets.  And that can be a buying opportunity.  So I want to share with you a great way to invest in it… it’s convenient, automatic and online.  And I’ll share with you my favorite [...]

Miguel De Cervantes Circa 1615 “Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket,” comes from an old Spanish proverb that’s been around for centuries.  It first appeared in print in 1615 in the classic book Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes. This age old idiom is good life advice, and it’s good investing advice [...]

I recently took a vacation in Utah where I admired the big sky country, and amazing rock formations, out in Arches National Park.  When I returned and went through my email, I’d received the following note and great question from a reader named Leeka. Leeka asked about investing in stocks versus funds, so I thought [...]