S&P Stocks

There’s the idea that companies with low dividend payout ratios can grow their companies faster, as they are keeping more of their earnings internally to reinvest in the company…. Read more

Believe it or not, low volatility stocks tend to outperform the market. Investing in low volatility names with steady dividends could well be a better strategy than trying to… Read more

It was a rare down week for U.S. stocks. The S&P 500 declined half a percent, actually failing to establish yet another record high for the first time in… Read more

Investing for income can be tricky business. Some stocks have high yields because their stock prices have been pushed down. In some cases, there’s a reason that a stock’s… Read more

US Steel Corp (NYSE: X) appeared on my bearish scan the other evening thanks to a bearish crossover of the daily stochastic readings. The stock has been in a downward… Read more

All is quiet on Wall Street right now. Too quiet. Stocks have scarcely budged in the last four trading days, a product of historically low volatility. The S&P 500… Read more

Once upon a time, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) was a high flying tech stock that presented the kind of return investors dream about. If you had purchased Microsoft stock at its… Read more

Sectarian violence in Iraq has escalated to the point that the U.S. military may get involved. The Federal Reserve continued to “taper” back its monthly bond buying. Projections for… Read more

Few companies are as polarizing as Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) in the general view of the public. Some people love having a Wal-Mart nearby and feel they are a… Read more