This article examines the differences between ETFs and stocks. The difference between owning ETFs and stocks is the same as the difference between owning a car dealership and owning a car. A stock represents a piece of one company – like owning one car. ETFs hold a bunch of stocks,… Read More

Today’s article provides an overview of the best steel stocks in the stock market. Steel stocks normally are passed over for coverage in the financial media because they are standard industrial stocks that don’t attract a lot of headlines. They are cyclical investments that, in the best of times, enjoy… Read More

How would you like to earn a positive return if you think a stock is going to stay flat or swing wildly in either direction over the short term? If so, then you should check out the butterfly spread. A butterfly spread is a multi-leg options strategy that involves… Read More

A new report from the U.S. government warns of economic chaos as a result of climate change. Make these moves now to guard your portfolio.  Read More

Celgene stock has been driven down to very low levels after a couple of pipeline disappointments in the past year. Is it a bargain or a value trap? Read More

Today’s article provides a glimpse of the best agriculture stocks in the stock market. Agriculture stocks don’t get a lot of media attention because they are boring companies that do boring things. They aren’t sexy. However, as legendary investor Peter Lynch has said, boring companies are also where great values… Read More

Today’s article surveys the best railroad stocks in the stock market. Railroad stocks caught on a few years ago when Warren Buffett took a large stake in the sector. Suddenly a very boring industry became interesting after Berkshire Hathaway bought in. Railroads have always been the transportation backbone of our… Read More

Before you buy or sell an option, you need to know its strike price. The strike price is the price at which the option can be exercised. Both call options and put options have a strike price. If you buy a call option, then you want the price of the… Read More

Many risk-averse investors remain traumatized by the dotcom bust of 2000, which obliterated $6.2 trillion in household wealth over the following two years. The ingrained perception has lingered among conservative traders: technology stocks are simply too volatile. That’s a big miscalculation, because a slew of technology “disruptors” have matured into… Read More

Since October, the stock market has given back all of its gain in 2018. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) fell 10% during the first eight weeks of the final quarter, reducing its year-to-date return from plus 8% to minus 2%. At the same time, volatility has spiked and… Read More