“The market can’t go up every day.” I’ll never forget that line, uttered many years ago by Investor’s Business Daily founder and investment visionary Bill O’Neil. It’s relevant in the  …

Say “volatility” to most investors, and you’ll make them twitch! We all love it when the market goes up—but just one down day can incite panic among the uninitiated. But fear  …

Depending on your level of sophistication you may be anything from a long-term buy-and-hold investor, to a periodic rebalancer, momentum trader or active trader. What typically differentiates those investment styles  …

How new are you to the world of investing? If you’ve only been in the game the last twenty years or so, you know that it’s been quite a roller-coaster—starting  …

Can the market survive a pandemic? It did once before, why not again? Today let’s look at a 106-year stock market chart, dating back to 1915. This is a chart  …

No one wants to lose money in the stock market. And day after day after day of declines can be downright frightening. So it's almost counterintuitive to think about a  …

We’re coming off an epoch year. The calendar year of 2020 is one for the ages. A global pandemic brought the world to its knees. The economy crashed as a  …

Sometimes, the best way to plan anything is to start with the end in mind. So, imagine a retirement that you look forward to—and that involves choosing the best place  …

Let’s start with some good news first involving the overall market. It turns out there have been two recent “signals” that portend nicely higher prices going forward. One occurred in early  …

It looks like the long-awaited coronavirus vaccine has finally arrived. That’s great news all around. It’s also a huge benefit for stocks. A vaccine could mean the end of this  …