by Michael Barton | Dividend Investing, Stock Investing
When we invest, it is generally to benefit from either capital growth or income. In the case of shares, that income is provided by way of a dividend payment. How the payment of a dividend benefits us as shareholders is pretty straightforward to understand, but when a...
by Michael Barton | Investing Strategy, Stock Investing
Not enough traders or investors pay the attention they should to trading volume. Traders who trade with a market making strategy – those that buy and sell shares all day, every day – rely on volume for their business model, of course. Price volatility gives them...
by Dave Scott | Investing 101, Stock Investing
Claude Rosenberg (1928 – 2008) is a name that few investors have likely ever heard. Rosenberg made his fortune as a money manager with $40 billion under management at its peak. He was pretty eccentric but delivered solid results by managing money the old fashioned...
by Michael Barton | Investing Strategy, Passive Investing, Stock Investing
A changing market environment Over the last 100 years, stocks have averaged around a 6.5% real return per annum. This is the biggest reason that investors such as Warren Buffet adopt a buy and hold strategy. It’s why investment advisors tell you that time in the...
by Michael Barton | Investing Strategy, Stock Investing
The cheaper it is, the better value it is. Right? A matter for some confusion, particularly among those new to stock investing, is the question between price and value. So used to regarding price as a measure of value in everyday life, it is sometimes easy to believe...
by Darnell Brown | Economics, Stock Investing
On September 13th, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced that the Federal Reserve would expand its holdings of long-term securities with open-ended purchases of $40 billion of mortgage debt a month in a third round of quantitative easing. This is the Federal...
