Ken's Stocks Blog August 2007 Archive

It’s hard to know what the stock market is going to do in normal times (whenever those are), however it is almost impossible to predict market direction in the midst ... Read More

Sometimes during a volatile stock market, especially after a series of dramatic down closings, you’ll see an equally dramatic rebound in key indexes. What's going on, some investors wonder?

Market corrections are part of the natural cycle of the stock market. Every bull market in the past several decades has suffered a correction of 10 percent. Don't expect this ... Read More

Does the stock market tells us what it is going to do in advance? Well, yes and no. We're all surprised when some piece of information hits the news that ... Read More

In the stock market, an old saying is often corrupted into: “a stock that goes up will go up forever and a stock that goes down will continue going down.” ... Read More

Value investing is about finding a stock that the market has under-priced. Value investors use basic fundamental analysis tools to look for potential investment candidates, but give themselves a safety ... Read More

The stock market dump Thursday is a good reminder that your portfolio needs the balance that bonds provide. Portfolios that have a good mix of stocks and bonds weather the ... Read More

The markets expected the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee to hold the line on interest rates Tuesday and the nation’s bankers didn’t disappoint anyone. The Fed held the key overnight ... Read More

With the Dow taking a beating and concerns building about a credit crunch, you may be tempted to short a likely victim if things keep going down hill. Shorting a ... Read More

What will the stock do tomorrow? Will the company continue to grow at a faster pace than the market in general – in earnings, revenue, sales, and so on. In ... Read More