Comfort Zone Investing: When Stocks Wave Red Flags
Filed under: Comfort Zone Investing, Stocks to Buy, Stocks to SellInvestors spend most of their time looking for a great stock, anxious to buy one before others discover what they have. But equally important is knowing when to sell or when not to buy a...
Comfort Zone Investing: Two Industries Set to Recover in 2011
The stage is set for a recovery in certain industries. They've been hit hard the last three years, pounded by a slow economy. But now things are starting to change, and if you believe the worst is over, then these sectors should see good advances in 20...
Comfort Zone Investing: One Thing All Great Stocks Have
Filed under: Comfort Zone InvestingYes, there is a secret ingredient to a successful stock. It's called great management. No company sustains superior growth without management that is focused and honest. That last part is crucial. Ask investors in Tyc...
Comfort Zone Investing: Better News Is Blowin’ in the Wind
Filed under: Good news, General Electric (GE), General Motors (GM), Bank of America (BAC), Comfort Zone Investing, Initial Public Offerings, HousingSome positive signs are blowin' in the wind. Maybe they're enough to underpin a real recovery. Maybe not...
Comfort Zone Investing: What Lies Ahead For 2011 … Maybe
Filed under: General Electric (GE), Coca-Cola (KO), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), International Business Machines (IBM), Citigroup Inc. (C), Comfort Zone InvestingNobody knows what the future holds. But there are a few things shaping up that sug...
Comfort Zone Investing: Do You Have a Plan?
Filed under: Google (GOOG), Apple Inc (AAPL), Intel (INTC), Ford Motor (F), International Business Machines (IBM), Comfort Zone InvestingPlans. They're something other people make, right? And what's the use of a plan when the stock market is so volatil...
Comfort Zone Investing: Time to Buy Banks?
Filed under: Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Comfort Zone Investing, U.S. Bancorp (USB)Banks were sick for a while. Some of them died (41 in the third quarter alone, a total of 127 so far this year), ...
Comfort Zone Investing: The QE2 Is Sinking
Filed under: Comfort Zone Investing, Federal Reserve, CurrencyMost good deeds never go unpunished. That's certainly the case for the latest effort from the Federal Reserve (the Fed). It wants to pump $600 billion into the economy to keep interest rates...
Comfort Zone Investing: Should You Buy GM?
Filed under: Comfort Zone Investing, Initial Public OfferingsGeneral Motors is about to go public again. Speculation is that the stock will be priced between $26 and $29 a share, depending on demand and how much stock is sold. Is this a good investment...
Comfort Zone Investing: Keeping It Simple … Part 2
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), Comfort Zone Investing, AOL (AOL)Last week's column gave five questions for investors to ask before they buy or sell a stock. Here are five more to help sta...
Comfort Zone Investing: Keep It Simple … Very Simple
Filed under: Microsoft (MSFT), Comfort Zone InvestingWhile investing can be as complicated as you'd like to make it (stochastics anyone? perhaps collateralized debt obligation swaps instead?), the basics are very simple, especially for stock investors....
Comfort Zone Investing: The Power of Patience
Filed under: Apple Inc (AAPL), Comfort Zone InvestingPatience is the rarest commodity on Wall Street. That's why it's so well rewarded.
With all the volatility in the stock market, it's easy to understand why investors don't have much patience. They b...
