Bonds are overvalued

13 ways to make yourself a better investor in 2019:

2019-06-06T13:05:45-04:00By |Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

1)      Focus on dividends. Buy companies that have a history of raising dividends each and every year. A company that raises its dividend signals confidence for the following year. 2)     Don’t overpay. Buy companies that are trading at a Price Earnings [...]

I like stocks and I cannot lie.

2014-08-08T20:36:10-04:00By |Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , |

There are parts of the market that are frothy and there are parts that are extremely cheap. Bull market, bear market; this has always been the case.  The names may change but the culprits are always the same. When you [...]

MARKETS ARE AT RECORD HIGHS. DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY

2014-07-02T13:51:02-04:00By |Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , |

People are worried about the stock market. We can tell because we get phone calls. This happens pretty much every time the markets hit new heights, and I guess it’s not surprising. After all, we are by definition in uncharted [...]

Stocks are cheap

2013-01-21T15:03:37-05:00By |Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Now that the S&P 500 is back to a five year high, investors may be wondering if stocks are still cheap. It has been a nice run since March 2009 and maybe it’s time to cash in the chips. Not [...]

The downside to low interest rates

2012-09-07T10:53:35-04:00By |Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Governments around the world have been keeping interest rates at record low levels for about four years now.  In the wake of the great banking crisis of 2008, closely followed by the worst global recession in 80 years, central bankers [...]

Stick with stocks for the long run

2012-06-07T10:42:15-04:00By |Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

On June 4, 1992, my 40th birthday, I resigned from my job in the venture capital industry and launched Baskin Financial.  With no clients and no track record, it was a pretty scary thing to do.  Now, twenty years later, [...]

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