Otto von Bismarck, the "Iron Chancellor," engineered the unification of Germany in the 1870s. Bismark's close adviser and confident was a German-Jewish banker, Gerson von Bleichroeder. Bleichroeder's bank played a key role in Bismarck's ascension to power, helping to bankroll the German Empire. Now, a century-and-a-half...
The emerging Coronavirus pandemic has blindsided a bubbly stock market with sudden, unprecedented uncertainty. But uncertainty breeds opportunity. As volatility rocks the markets, watch for high conviction buying by corporate insiders to signal value in individual stocks.
As I wrote Monday, aggregate insider...
A three day (dead cat?) bounce propelled the S&P 500 over 13% higher last week, rescuing stocks, at least temporarily, from the worst stretch of performance since the dark days of 1929. During the Coronavirus crash over the last several weeks, stocks were liquidated indiscriminately, as investors...
High yielding stocks offer potential for double-barreled returns – big dividend payments and price appreciation. However, many stocks with large dividend yields are "accidental high yielders." These are stocks where some fundamental problem -- an earnings shortfall, for instance -- has put pressure on the stock price. But the...