by MarketArmor | Jan 7, 2019 | Featured
A year ago, I argued that tax reform would boost the economy, employment, wages, research and development, capital spending, and corporate earnings. Prominent critics like economist Larry Summers disagreed. Summers insisted that – thanks to low productivity and...
by MarketArmor | Jan 5, 2019 | Featured, Wealthy Retirement
Investors love buying dividend stocks, and Wealthy Retirement readers are no exception. In fact, dividend investing is our most popular subject. Companies know that investors love dividends too – so it’s not surprising that about 42% of our readers...
by MarketArmor | Jan 4, 2019 | Featured, Wealthy Retirement
Philip Morris is a tobacco giant. The $104 billion business operates out of New York and employs 80,600 people. Last year Philip Morris pulled in $29 billion in sales and that works out to $357,000 per employee. Philip Morris holds a credit rating of A from the...
by MarketArmor | Jan 4, 2019 | Featured
2018 was a year many investors would just as soon forget. While there were many standout opportunities along the way, most stocks, bonds, commodities and real estate investment trusts did a whole lot of nothing. Let’s hope 2019 is better. However, there are...
by MarketArmor | Jan 3, 2019 | Featured, Wealthy Retirement
It’s in times like these when the majority of stocks are in or approaching a bear market – a 20% drop from their highs – which we wonder… What now? It’s time to establish what your goals are. Are you in it for the long haul or are you a...
by MarketArmor | Jan 3, 2019 | Featured
“The financial memory is very short.” – John Kenneth Galbraith 2018 was a lousy year for investors. Despite a heroic post-Christmas Santa Claus rally, the U.S. stock market closed its worst year since the financial crisis of 2008. The Dow industrials...
