Mutual funds force managers to stay fully invested all the time. But if they see trouble coming, Covestor managers can move your account to cash or gold.
May, 2012 Archive
Facebook, welcome to the big leagues!
Shares of Facebook are quickly becoming the Gregg Jefferies of the stock market.
Facebook's Enviable Jailhouse Business Model
With 900 million monthly users, Facebook is a prison people want to break into.
A portfolio designed for a peaceful night's sleep
Do high-yield securities frighten you? It’s an understandable reaction.
Rising lumber prices and the homebuilders
Rising lumber prices seem to be saying something positive about a U.S. housing recovery -- and possibly about housing stocks.
After correction, stock prices will rally later in 2012
Confidence in the markets is being restored. I expect equity prices to be significantly higher by the end of the year.
Barron's comes out bullish on Intel (INTC)
Two-year upside, in their view, is $38-$40, about 50% above current levels.
Watch out: Another big Madoff-like scam is possible
Investment fraud is ongoing, even after the fall of Bernie Madoff. See my interview with former SEC enforcer Pat Huddleston about new frauds making the rounds.
The benefits of low-beta investing, high-beta trading
Buying low-beta stocks with sustainable dividends can work in the long-term. And the high-beta stocks may be best for a swing-trading strategy.
If Greece weren't enough, check out the problems in China
Here are five reasons to be worried about the Chinese economy.