Another Tax Myth Bites the Dust
Either I wasn’t clear enough, or people need to read a bit more carefully. In last week’s Myth-Busting Monday column, I set out to prove that a sudden spike in dividend tax rates wouldn’t trigger a...
View ArticleMarket Pessimism is an Illusion: Two Signs of a Big Stock Rally
The market is still struggling. The S&P 500 is still 4% below the post-crash high that it reached in September. A fear of two things has kept a true rally from taking place: the Fiscal Cliff and...
View Article10 Reasons Why the Sun Won’t Shine on SolarCity’s IPO (Part 2)
Mondays are myth-busting days for us. Even if it means busting our own falsely-held assertions. And today, I’m doing just that. Last week, I drew a comparison between SolarCity’s (Proposed Ticker:...
View ArticleThe Top Penny Stocks of the Year – And Why You Should Ignore Them
The trading volume on the pink sheets rose 57% in November, reaching a high not seen in 12 years. It’s easy to see why. After all, just look at the top performers of 2012 so far. Stock YTD Return SOP...
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The Last Great Investment of 2012
On Mondays, I normally serve up a widely held Wall Street belief on a silver platter. Then I squash it like a bug with cold hard facts to prove it’s nothing more than a myth. This week, we’re sticking...
View Article2012′s Best of Wall Street Myth Busting
As you know, for the rest of the year, we’ve been taking a look back at our best research of 2012. We’ve already covered the most popular overall, the best video posts and the hottest Friday Chart...
View ArticleFire Your Broker if He Recommends This Old-School Investment
For almost half a century, Wall Street has been telling us a whopper. Specifically, that a so-called “balanced” portfolio – 60% in stocks and 40% in bonds – is an ideal way to stay invested in the...
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When Rare Events Aren’t All That Rare
It’s Myth-Busting Monday. And that means it’s time to tackle a topic that’s potentially contentious. Today, I’m taking on the idea of rarity in the financial markets. Specifically, whether or not “rare...
View ArticleAre Stock Buybacks Always Bullish for Share Prices?
In the past few weeks, scientific-testing equipment company, Agilent (A), announced a $500-million stock buyback. Metal components and products maker, Precision Castparts (PCP), unveiled a $750-million...
View ArticleThe Biggest Myth About Taxes
Forget Manic Mondays. In the Wall Street Daily Nation, we celebrate Myth-Busting Mondays. For the newbies in the group, each week I pick a widely held belief and use the Hammer of Truth to smash it...
View ArticleIs This the Most Reliable Stock Market Indicator EVER?
I’m all for a day off in the market. But I’m not about to let Presidents’ Day keep us from busting a widely held belief on Wall Street, which we do every Monday. So welcome to Myth-Busting Tuesday!...
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Friday Charts: The Most Outrageous Economic Stimulus Plan Ever
Why use lots of words when pictures will suffice? That’s my thinking every Friday when I select a handful of graphics to put important economic and investing news into perspective for you. This week,...
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Three Charts, Three Busted Dividend Myths
“It ain’t what we don’t know that gets us in trouble. It’s what we do know that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain Who needs Warren Buffett to drop some sage investment knowledge on us when we’ve got Mark...
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10 Signs We’re Not in Another Real Estate Bubble (Part 1)
Over at Yahoo! Finance, the headline for one of the most popular articles screams, “Housing Already Shows Signs of a New Bubble.” The exact same sentiment is being shouted from the rooftops at Forbes,...
View ArticleFive More Reasons to Ignore These Real Estate Bubble Scare Tactics
Get ready for the real estate bears to step up their scare tactics. Why? Because in the last 24 hours, S&P/Case-Shiller reported December results for its widely tracked home prices indices. And...
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Bill Gross: Right on Bonds – Wrong on Stocks
Legendary bond investor, Bill Gross, just released his investment outlook for March. As always, it’s a loaded read. Some have been hailing it as a warning against a bubble in high-yield corporate debt,...
View ArticleThe Costliest Myth About Bull Markets
In the last week, the Dow came within 15 points of its all-time closing high of 14,164. Lest you think the S&P 500 Index isn’t keeping up, it’s sitting within reach of its record high, too. Given...
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Newsflash: You Suck At Investing, But We Can Change That Today
Nobody likes to fess up to their weaknesses. But I’m not here to coddle you. Nor am I going to boost your ego. I’m here to cut to the truth. Especially on Myth-Busting Mondays. Even when it hurts. And...
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The Shocking Truth About Insider Selling
Riddle me this, Batman… In the last week, the Dow hit an all-time high. Yet corporate insiders are selling shares of their own stock at the fastest pace in over a decade. As of late February, the ratio...
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Friday Charts: March Madness, Stock Mania and the Truth About Gas Prices
Thank goodness it’s Friday in the Wall Street Daily Nation! Today we abandon longwinded analysis and let some carefully selected graphics do the talking for us. So that means less writing for me… and...
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