Ken's Stocks Blog July 2007 Archive

If you are ready to start investing in individual stocks in an organized and thoughtful manner, you’ll want to develop your own system and strategy. This article is about your ... Read More

Stocks took it in the chops, not only in the U.S., but around the world Thursday. Investors were worried about tighter credit and a slowing economy. They voted with their ... Read More

Fundamental analysis is the process of looking at a business at the basic or fundamental financial level. This type of analysis examines key ratios of a business to determine its ... Read More

The Dow finally broke (just barely) the 14,000 mark last Thursday before retreating on Friday. A new record for the books, but not much else for the average investor to ... Read More

Companies that hold market leadership positions can be wonderful investments, until they become over-confident. That's when smaller, nimbler competitors can begin chipping away at market share. If it's not careful, ... Read More

What are we to make of the market’s mid-summer bull run? The Dow is approaching the mythical 14,000 mark, while other major indexes are bumping records also. Stocks are more ... Read More

The slowing economy is finally showing up in earnings reports, as major companies issued profit warnings. Second quarter earnings reports begin this week and the outlook for the rest of ... Read More

Investing in stocks can be as simple or as complicated as you want to make it. The important part of that sentence is the personal pronoun “you.”

If you are planning a summer vacation, don’t forget to arrange to take care of your stock positions along with the dog, the plants and your mail. You don’t want ... Read More

Do you know the rule about the percentage of stocks you should own when you are at or near retirement? Many financial advisors suggest that a balance of stocks and ... Read More

The price/sales ratio is one of the most important tools you can use to determine if the market is under or over valuing a stock’s price.