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To those taking time off for Good Friday: "May the Force Be with You!" To those working half days, enjoy your time with your families. The U.S. stock markets are closed today and that might be best so that we all can take a breather.

Given that stock markets all around the world were up yesterday, including ours -- again ... April Fool's Day! -- even day traders expressed confidence because they obviously were willing to hold stocks knowing the long weekend left plenty of time for unforeseen bad news to to slam their positions.

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Serious Money: Dow Top Ten -- If Only the Market Was Open originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It was only a matter of time before Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) surpassed it's previous all time high of $359.59 set on December 14, 2007. I have blogged many times about ISRG in my Chasing Value column. Today, I'm delighted that the stock is rising, but I think it is getting a bit rich and the value proposition has changed -- intra-day it hit $366.50.

Intuitive has a trailing P/E ratio of 61 and a projected P/E of 46. I commonly average the two for such volatile stocks which translates to 53.5. There are certain times when that might be alright, but with a PEG ratio (price-to-earnings-to-growth) of 2.05, this is not one of them. If you own it I am not suggesting selling it, but if you do not it might be wiser to put it on your watch list and wait for the market to calm down.

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Serious Money: Intuitive Surgical Hits New Highs originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>featuredintuitive surgicalIntuitiveSurgicalISRGJapanJNJjohnson johnsonJohnsonJohnsonMDTmedtronicnew stock highsNewStockHighsrobotrobotic surgeryRoboticSurgeryserious moneySeriousMoneysheldon liberSheldonLiberTue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks List Shrinks from 26 to 21]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/09/serious-money-cheapest-stocks-list-shrinks-from-26-to-21/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/09/serious-money-cheapest-stocks-list-shrinks-from-26-to-21/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/09/serious-money-cheapest-stocks-list-shrinks-from-26-to-21/#commentsFiled under: Management, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Wal-Mart (WMT), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Campbell Soup (CPB), Chevron Corp (CVX), Chubb Corp (CB), ConocoPhillips (COP), CVS Corp (CVS), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Verizon Communications (VZ), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Entrepreneurs, Serious Money, Stock Screen, Raytheon Company (RTN), Xcel Energy (XEL), EZCORP (EZPW), Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)

While most investors are fretting the markets recent contraction, you can be quite confident that "my pal Warren" has a smile on his face, as does Peter Lynch, Ken Heebner, Bill Miller, Bruce Berkowitz, and any number of fellow value investors that know now may be a time of opportunity. That is because they have the experience and understanding to pounce when they have a chance to buy things cheap.

This is the fourth installment of my series to discover just that: cheap stocks. If you would like to get on board from the beginning then review the initial post which screened for stocks with lower than market average P/E ratios, see Serious Money: Market Looks Cheap to Me -- 35 Stocks. In the second installment, I looked at yield and PEG ratios: Serious Money: Still Cheap Market -- 35 Stocks + Yields & Growth. Then I moved on to the the P/S and P/CF metrics in Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks Yet -- From 35 to 26, cutting nine stocks.

Continue reading Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks List Shrinks from 26 to 21

Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks List Shrinks from 26 to 21 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>admaepaflazocbcopcpbcvscvxdddriezpwfeaturedgshashpqjpmkmblmtneroertnserious moneySeriousMoneysheldon liberSheldonLiberstock screensStockScreenssyytrvunhvalue investingvalue stocksValueInvestingValueStocksvzwmtxelTue, 09 Feb 2010 14:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks Yet -- From 35 to 26]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/03/serious-money-cheapest-stocks-yet-from-35-to-26/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/03/serious-money-cheapest-stocks-yet-from-35-to-26/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/03/serious-money-cheapest-stocks-yet-from-35-to-26/#commentsFiled under: eBay (EBAY), Pfizer (PFE), Wal-Mart (WMT), International Business Machines (IBM), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Altria Group (MO), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), AutoZone Inc (AZO), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Campbell Soup (CPB), Chevron Corp (CVX), Chubb Corp (CB), ConocoPhillips (COP), CVS Corp (CVS), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), General Mills (GIS), Verizon Communications (VZ), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Merck and Co (MRK), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Serious Money, Stock Screen, Raytheon Company (RTN), Xcel Energy (XEL), EZCORP (EZPW), Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)

Is the market overpriced? Maybe it is cheap, or perhaps it is fairly valued. This is the third in a series examining the issue. Still, it has been my contention that it does not make any difference because no matter how the market is valued as a whole, there are plenty of cheap stocks out there to accommodate a large amount of capital allocation even this deep into a bull run.

If you would like to follow along from the beginning, the initial post screened stocks for lower than market average P/E ratios: Serious Money: Market Looks Cheap to Me -- 35 Stocks. In the second installment, I looked at yield and PEG ratios: Serious Money: Still Cheap Market -- 35 Stocks + Yields & Growth.

Continue reading Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks Yet -- From 35 to 26

Serious Money: Cheapest Stocks Yet -- From 35 to 26 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>abtadmazobmycbcopcpbcvxdddriebayezpwfeaturedgisgshasibmjnjjpmkmblmtmrkpfertnserious moneySeriousMoneystock screensStockScreenstrvvzwmtxelWed, 03 Feb 2010 10:40:00 EST<![CDATA[Serious Money: Still Cheap Market -- 35 Stocks + Yields & Growth]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/01/serious-money-still-cheap-market-35-stocks-yields-and-growth/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/01/serious-money-still-cheap-market-35-stocks-yields-and-growth/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/02/01/serious-money-still-cheap-market-35-stocks-yields-and-growth/#commentsFiled under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), eBay (EBAY), Pfizer (PFE), Wal-Mart (WMT), International Business Machines (IBM), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Altria Group (MO), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), AutoZone Inc (AZO), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Campbell Soup (CPB), Chevron Corp (CVX), Chubb Corp (CB), ConocoPhillips (COP), CVS Corp (CVS), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), General Mills (GIS), Verizon Communications (VZ), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Merck and Co (MRK), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Serious Money, Stock Screen, Stocks to Buy, Raytheon Company (RTN), EZCORP (EZPW), Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)

Let's try and reduce the gambling by examining the facts and ignoring what the bulls and bears are chatting up at the moment. We started the process by screening for lower than market average P/E ratios, see: Serious Money: Market Looks Cheap to Me -- 35 Stocks.

Two more important criteria influence today's review: the yield, a favorite of "my pal Warren"; and the price-to-earnings-to-growth (PEG) a focus of Peter Lynch, the retired fund manager extraordinaire of Fidelity's Magellan Fund.

Continue reading Serious Money: Still Cheap Market -- 35 Stocks + Yields & Growth

Serious Money: Still Cheap Market -- 35 Stocks + Yields & Growth originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>abtadmaepaflazobmycbcopcpbcvscvxdddriebayezpwfeaturedgisgshashpqibmjnjjpmkmblmtmomrknepfertnserious moneySeriousMoneysheldon liberSheldonLiberstock screensstocks to buyStockScreensStocksToBuysyytvrunhvzwmtxelMon, 01 Feb 2010 14:50:00 EST<![CDATA[Serious Money: Market Looks Cheap to Me -- 35 Stocks]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/01/28/serious-money-market-looks-cheap-to-me-35-stocks/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/01/28/serious-money-market-looks-cheap-to-me-35-stocks/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2010/01/28/serious-money-market-looks-cheap-to-me-35-stocks/#commentsFiled under: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), eBay (EBAY), Pfizer (PFE), Wal-Mart (WMT), International Business Machines (IBM), Johnson and Johnson (JNJ), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), AFLAC Inc (AFL), Altria Group (MO), Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Campbell Soup (CPB), Chevron Corp (CVX), Chubb Corp (CB), ConocoPhillips (COP), CVS Corp (CVS), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), General Mills (GIS), duPont(E.I.)deNemours (DD), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Merck and Co (MRK), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Hasbro Inc (HAS), Serious Money, Stock Screen, S and P 500, Xcel Energy (XEL), Travelers Companies Inc. (TRV)

We frequently receive comments that the market is overpriced. Recently one of our active readers commented that the market P/E was 30, which it's not. The actual rate (S&P forecast) has been even higher at times due to the volatile market.

The average should trend closer to the long term P/E of 15.7 in the next few years. However, I have reviewed companies often covered on our site and come up with a list of 35 stocks that have price-to-earning ratios below the long-term average already. I think there are dozens of bargains regardless of the status of the overall market.

Continue reading Serious Money: Market Looks Cheap to Me -- 35 Stocks

Serious Money: Market Looks Cheap to Me -- 35 Stocks originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Best wishes to all and, next to world peace among people, we should hope for the same among world markets.

I have let some time pass before commenting on a recent example of how fragile a world we live in. This past year through a time of greater economic danger, fear and volatility than most of us has experienced in a life time, many people cannot fathom how close we came to the edge of Hades.

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Serious Money: Dubai Vaporizes $48 Trillion originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The amount of nonsense I come across misleading readers, or simply providing bad advice, makes me cringe. Sometimes our own site presents such information like discussing penny stocks and technical analysis.

In general, I distinguish bad advice, misleading or misguided information from that regarding a stock idea that simply did not pan out, of which I have been guilty too -- all of us have hits and misses. However, a post I read on Seeking Alpha promoting gold, with suggestions of doom by tailoring the data to fit the theory. The author supported his point by back-testing only ten years to a known low water mark.

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Serious Money: Is gold an investment? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you're into Apple (AAPL) or gold for the long term and you have been in for a long time you can stay put. If you are in them to make a quick buck, get out quickly!

Apple and gold are at all time highs. Yes, they may go higher, but not much and not soon.

The reason is that both Apple and gold (and probably golden apples) already include all the product info and inflation fears that could be. The next level is pure speculation. Do you want to speculate or invest? If the latter, invest elsewhere.

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Serious Money: Sell Apple, sell gold! originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AAPLApplefeaturedgoldserious moneySeriousMoneysheldon liberSheldonLiberFri, 11 Dec 2009 13:20:00 EST<![CDATA[Serious Money: Fortune's 25 leaders, final 4]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/04/serious-money-fortunes-25-leaders-final-4/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/04/serious-money-fortunes-25-leaders-final-4/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/04/serious-money-fortunes-25-leaders-final-4/#commentsFiled under: International Markets, Other Issues, Management, Competitive Strategy, General Electric (GE), International Business Machines (IBM), American Express (AXP), FedEx Corp (FDX), Deere and Co (DE), Serious Money, Stock Screen

We started this review with 25 stocks of companies noted for their quality of management and how successful they have been at nurturing new leaders as presented in Fortune magazine. After running them through a serious screening process using universally agreed upon key metrics, the list has been reduced to six candidates for potential investment.

I will reiterate that there is no imperative to invest in any of them even if they might be among the best opportunities from a select list. While I think all of the original companies listed and stocks screened are well regarded that does not mean now is the right time to invest.

Regardless of the outcome of this process, and since price and timing are critical, it would be smart to create a stock watch-list with the inclusion of all six of these companies.

Continue reading Serious Money: Fortune's 25 leaders, final 4

Serious Money: Fortune's 25 leaders, final 4 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>american expressAmericanExpressAXPDEdeere and co.DeereAndCo.FDXfeaturedfederal expressFederalExpressGEgeneral electricGeneralElectricIBMserious moneySeriousMoneysheldon liberSheldonLiberStock screensStockScreensTNTTNT PostTntPostTNTTYFri, 04 Dec 2009 17:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Serious Money: Fortune's 25 leaders, 18 remain]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/02/serious-money-fortunes-25-leaders-18-remain/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/02/serious-money-fortunes-25-leaders-18-remain/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/12/02/serious-money-fortunes-25-leaders-18-remain/#commentsFiled under: Management, General Electric (GE), PepsiCo (PEP), Intel (INTC), McDonald's (MCD), International Business Machines (IBM), 3M Corporation (MMM), American Express (AXP), FedEx Corp (FDX), General Mills (GIS), Procter and Gamble (PG), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Lilly (Eli) (LLY), Deere and Co (DE), Unilever ADR (UL), Serious Money, Stock Screen, China Mobile Limited (CHL), ICICI Bank (IBN)

This is the third screening to find value among Fortune's 25 corporate world leaders that have demonstrated an ability to regenerate themselves from within. The list has been cut to 18 and will be cut further here.

The methodology of using basic stock data points to identify potential value investments only sets the stage for success -- it assures nothing. While it is true that paying less is better than paying more and getting a higher yield is better than less, this gives you a scant picture of what is in people's hearts and minds, and that is harder to judge. Like the weather, no matter the predictions, you may not find out it is raining until you are standing in it. Regardless, it should be advantageous to start with good stock (pun intended) before you take to whittlin', and that we have.

Continue reading Serious Money: Fortune's 25 leaders, 18 remain

Serious Money: Fortune's 25 leaders, 18 remain originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yesterday I started a review of 25 companies that Fortune deemed most successful according to their peers in developing quality leadership. Today I review the remaining 20, searching to find the ones that might be worth investing in.

Price-to-book (from 11/27/09) was used as the first value screen. The theory being from a value investor's perspective that buying for a price at or near the break-up value of the company provides downside protection. Of course that is easier said than done.

Continue reading Serious Money: Fortune's 25 leaders, now 20

Serious Money: Fortune's 25 leaders, now 20 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The recent issue of Fortune magazine discusses how the best of the best train, guide and nurture top managers to become the leaders that will propel their corporations successfully forward. They list the top 25 companies, which I have used as the basis of a new review to see how they would fair against common metric screens.

In the past few months, many articles have posited that large-cap stocks should excel in the coming year based on their lagging the market behind smaller, more volatile stocks flying out of the March lows. I do not believe this is universally true. Plenty of large-cap stocks did well, such as Anadarko Petroleum (APC), Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG), while many small caps went nowhere. Even among the large caps included in Fortune's "Leadership 25," some have doubled.

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Serious Money: Fortune's 25 leaders among leaders originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yesterday it was announced very loudly that "my pal Warren" was going to acquire the 77.4% of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (NYSE: BNI) railroad, that Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) does not already own, for $100 per share, offering about a $24 premium to Mondays closing price.

Talk about putting your money where your mouth is -- yikes! Buffett has gone all in, betting the economy is healing, and silencing anyone that questioned his integrity or motives for cautious optimism saying it was all talk!

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Serious Money: Questions as Buffett's money & mouth converge on BNI originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What a week it was and it is starting off with more of the same! The day before Halloween the market gets spooked. The Dow drops 200 one day, rises 200 the next, and falls 250 to close the week. Yes, financial pundits could point to meaningful stories about the dollars rise, consumer spending sagging, the recession ending and so forth to explain market reactions but there is more to it than that.

Even among the 15 positions discussed in Where should granny put $50,000? only the Vanguard Total Bond Market exchange-traded fund (NYSE: BND) and the Kellogg Co (NYSE: K) were up last Friday. Good thing I advised "granny" to put half her funds in the ETF.

Continue reading Serious Money: Jumpy stock market but Special 'K' doing fine

Serious Money: Jumpy stock market but Special 'K' doing fine originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>BNDCITFfeaturedford motor co.FordMotorCo.Kkellogg companyKelloggCompanyserious moneySeriousMoneysheldon liberSheldonLiberTotal Bond FundTotalBondFundVanguardMon, 02 Nov 2009 14:20:00 EST<![CDATA[Serious Money: Dow 10,000 is meaningless]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/10/16/serious-money-dow-10-000-is-meaningless/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/10/16/serious-money-dow-10-000-is-meaningless/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/10/16/serious-money-dow-10-000-is-meaningless/#commentsFiled under: Major Movement, Earnings Reports, Forecasts, Good news, Rants and Raves, General Electric (GE), Intel (INTC), Market Matters, International Business Machines (IBM), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Serious Money, DJIA

For the past 48 hours people have been asking me if I thought the market would pull back after the Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed the milestone of 10,000. Business journalist's and guru's alike have suggested that there might be some profit taking or "selling into strength" and the recent highs would not hold.

As the market proved yesterday, up about a half percent across the board, with the Dow closing at 10,062.94, up 47.08 in last-minute buying -- that is just a lot of noise.

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Serious Money: Dow 10,000 is meaningless originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In early May, I wrote about why I thought Williams Companies Inc. (NYSE: WMB) would outperform four other, more popular stocks. I compared it to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.B).

It was May 11 that I last followed-up on my series of posts, and since then, for about half that period WMB indeed outperformed all four stocks. Since then, however, it has fallen back to second place, behind AAPL.

Continue reading Serious Money: Williams second to Apple; still leads Berkshire, Google & Microsoft

Serious Money: Williams second to Apple; still leads Berkshire, Google & Microsoft originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>AAPLBRK.ABRK.BGOOGGSMSFTmy pal warrenMyPalWarrenSerious MoneySeriousMoneysheldon liberSheldonLiberWarren BuffettWarrenBuffettwilliams coWilliamsCoWMBMon, 31 Aug 2009 12:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Serious Money: Five more high yield, safe, diversified stocks -- Part 2]]>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/14/serious-money-five-more-high-yield-safe-diversified-stocks/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/14/serious-money-five-more-high-yield-safe-diversified-stocks/http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2009/07/14/serious-money-five-more-high-yield-safe-diversified-stocks/#commentsFiled under: Good news, Market Matters, Getting Started, Diageo plc (DEO), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Automatic Data Proc (ADP), ConocoPhillips (COP), Duke Energy (DUK), Serious Money, Oil, Stocks to Buy, Financial Crisis

The market may be entering a more volatile period or it may just go sideways for a while. The last few weeks the market has been down. Maybe it is because the rapid rise mid-March through mid-June is forcing people to stop and take a breath, or perhaps it is because investors are having second thoughts about whether the "green shoots" Ben Bernanke spoke of in regards to a healing economy were really just weeds.

All in all, I still believe that there is opportunity in this market and I have been trying to point out how investors can get in with as little risk as possible, while being rewarded for their patience now, and when a recovery ensues ---- whenever that is. To this end, two weeks ago I posted Serious Money: Five high-yield, safe, diversified stocks and decided to follow up with another five I think will produce similar results.

Continue reading Serious Money: Five more high yield, safe, diversified stocks -- Part 2

Serious Money: Five more high yield, safe, diversified stocks -- Part 2 originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In a race, when the yellow caution flag is out drivers are prohibited from advancing their position, and are subject to penalty.

In the stock market no such rule applies. When the caution flag goes up it is a sign you may be nearing an opportunity to advance your position, and it would be foolish not to do so. I think the market has definitely had the caution flag up the last two weeks as we enter earnings season.

I have written several articles regarding watch-lists encouraging our readers to be prepared for buying opportunities, and as I look at my watch-list it appears that many stocks are nearing prices that would make it attractive to add to my position.

Continue reading Serious Money: Not cheating -- market waving the caution flag

Serious Money: Not cheating -- market waving the caution flag originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After finding three stocks yesterday that were a good bet to beat the the S&P 500 index going forward, I decided to pursue this notion further. Each of yesterday's stocks was in a different industry that will have strong recurring revenue and pays a dividend; energy, food and booze.

Today's three stocks are in diversified mining, electric power utilities and high-tech defense. Going back ten years, they have all trounced the index and I'm betting they will continue to do so.

Continue reading Serious Money: Three more stocks that beat the market: BHP, RTN, SO

Serious Money: Three more stocks that beat the market: BHP, RTN, SO originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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