Or have I just turned into another Quack investor? If I were to suggest that investing in plastic duck feet was an investment with big profit potential, you well might think I had gone a bit daft. Or perhaps I had watched that old classic movie The Graduate once too often – which, as you’ll [...]

For those of you who think accounting is boring and complicated, well, I suspect you are in large company with that opinion.  And I’m not going to try to change your opinion, even though I personally think aspects of accounting are interesting. But I do want to show you some accounting that is quite interesting.  And [...]

Here’s a stock buying tip for you. Find out if there is any insider buying going on when you are thinking about buying a stock. Many forms of insider buying are completely legal and this is another investment clue. You can improve your odds of successful investing by knowing when it’s happening. Insiders sell and [...]

In my last post I mentioned I would probably sell my AGNC stock because it was dropping rapidly (see blue line in chart above). But that’s not the only reason I sold.  I sold because it had dropped below a limit I had set in the past.  In other words, I knew when I bought [...]

Here’s a great example of the value of using trailing stops. Take a look at this chart.  It’s for a stock, American Capital Agency (AGNC) that I’ve been invested in since 2010.  It’s been very profitable.  But it has now gone below the trailing stop, so I will sell it today if it doesn’t turn [...]

When the stock market is going great, and most of your stocks are up, it’s all too easy to get carried away with enthusiasm and get reckless.  Which is what most investors do in this situation. Why would they do this?  Why would you do this? I’ll tell you why.  Because it just feels like [...]

There are many advantages to owning dividend paying stocks.  One of these you may not have thought of is how they can protect you from bad management decisions. You see, the CEO’s and top management of corporations are people too, which means they make mistakes and can get caught up in emotion and ego, rather [...]

You’ve probably thought about retiring sometime in the future. And perhaps you’ve been saving and investing toward that goal — that time when you no longer go to work every day. But if you’re like many people you only have a vague idea about how all of that works. Sure, you’ve seen all the complicated [...]

As a follow-up to our series on investing in silver, may I make a suggestion? And that is to get to know your local coin dealer.  It’s a smart move, and I think you’ll find the experience rewarding and enjoyable. I visit Orlando Coin Exchange just about every Saturday.  And Jason, Jerry and Harry are always [...]

Many people have run for the “perceived” security of owning bonds since the stock market crash in 2008.  But bonds aren’t quite as safe as the general perception out there. Here’s why. Let’s look at two bonds and you tell me how much you would pay for them.  First, there’s Bond-A.  Let’s say you paid [...]