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Peerless Splits • 1 Day, 21 hours, 35 minutes ago |
We’re watching a sector shift, as the fluctuating price of oil is keeping the energy sector unstable, and buyers are picking through the smoking ruins of financials to pick up bargains. In this volatile environment, what’s up will be down, and what’s been down will be up.
July 30, 2008 • Read More!
A Touch of Green and the Clank of Metal
In our relentless search for green companies, we found some trash worth keeping. We wanted to point out three recycling companies that have been reporting some really solid numbers—we could say solid waste numbers, given these companies’ main business, which is recycling scrap metal and other commodities.
July 10, 2008 • Read More!
Calling All Wildcatters: Looking for Gushers
Check out our Taking Stock post for general strategy. We’re continually updating this post, which is for more specific places and sectors we think are the most likely to make money for us. You’ll have to excuse us if we start talking like wildcatters. We’ve found some gushers, and we’ll keep you updated on new developments and discoveries.
July 9, 2008 • Read More!
RX for our Portfolios: Health Care Stocks
Please note that we’ve updated this section, as of July 3rd. We had been predicting a few months ago that healthcare stocks would start recovering, and it has taken longer than we expected. But some stocks in the sector are getting a clean bill of health, and this is one of the only sectors that has held up during the recent selloff. We’re adding a new company to our watch list for this sector, and noting some good news on others that have remained healthy.
July 3, 2008 • Read More!
The Top of the Heap: Our Very Best Ideas
Some of our members have asked which stocks we think are the best buys right now. That’s something we want to always keep updated for you, particularly when the market is so volatile, providing not only some scary days but some buying opportunities. If you can only afford one or two stocks, or if your portfolio is so full that you only have room for one or two more, we want to point you to the ones we think are the best possibilities right now. These are the stocks that we think will get through the tough times and that other folks will really be kicking themselves for not noticing when we did.
July 2, 2008 • Read More!
Our Success Story
We’ll admit that we had something to prove when we first opened the doors to Woman with Portfolio and invited other women to join us in our investing quest. We launched this site around Thanksgiving, 2007. It was like setting out in a new sailboat, knowing that storm clouds were on the horizon, and that we would be testing our sailing skills during a hurricane. The market was plummeting, and we had to adjust our strategy and make some key decisions to stay out of trouble and keep moving ahead. We’re happy to say that we have not only outperformed the market; we’ve been gaining steadily, even at times when nearly everyone else was losing. We’re taking advantage of the market’s volatility, which has offered some great investing opportunities, both short-term and long-term.
May 21, 2008 • Read More!
A little trend-watching by the pool
We were watching the Olympic trials for the U.S. swimming team, and we noticed that nearly all the competitors, male and female alike, were wearing a new kind of Speedo suit called a LZR Racer that makes them look like dolphins, very sleek and streamlined. Always looking for trends, we went to the Speedo Web site to check out the suits, which are super high-tech. We were looking for a little gold ourselves.
August 7, 2008 • Read More!
RISKY BUSINESS: Learning your risk tolerance
Do you like roller coasters, or do you prefer the merry-go-round? If you won a junket to Las Vegas, would you prefer watching a show to rolling the dice? With investing, as with sports and entertainment, it’s important to know how much risk you can tolerate.
June 29, 2008 • Read More!
Tricks of the Trade, Part II: All About Selling Stocks
We know that parting is such sweet sorrow, as Shakespeare said. But when it comes to stocks, it’s better to remove the rose-colored glasses and forget the romanticism. DON’T fall in love with your stocks. Most savvy investors will tell you that knowing when to sell a stock is just as important as knowing when to buy it. Investing, like dating, can be emotionally charged, and you might be inclined to hang on too long. Or you might dump a good prospect too quickly.
June 23, 2008 • Read More!
WWP Rule #3: Greed Is Contagious
Why is it that big-money people who’ve managed to lose money big-time for their clients head for Monaco, one of the most expensive places on earth, to commiserate and lick their wounds? Shouldn’t they perhaps go to a more modest destination, like Las Vegas, and pledge not to get carried away by greed and hubris? At least they could get by with cheaper lunches. Or how about Fatima, where they could humble themselves and ask for a miracle?
June 22, 2008 • Read More!
The Downdraft Effect: When Good Companies Go Bad
The market can sometimes behave like a barrel of apples, so that when one or two go bad, the rotten spots tend to spread. What we’ve seen over the past few months is a few bad apples, in the form of investment banks, going bad and spreading the rot. Bearn Stearns, widely considered the most ruthless of the investment banking firms, has already gone with the wind. And we’re witnessing yet another firm in the process of toppling. Or at least tipping precariously, like the Leaning Tower of Pisa (though apparently the tower itself has been shored up for a while, unlike the teetering investment bank).
June 3, 2008 • Read More!
Simple Solutions for Cash-Strapped Investors: What You Can Do with $100
One of the biggest barriers to investing is, well, money. Lots of women (and men, too) assume that you need a big pile of cash in order to start investing. The notion is that the stock market is a private club for rich people and pinstriped traders. But we’re out to show that the market can also be a way for the rest of us to get a goodly share of the wealth our system generates. And you can get started with just $100.
May 19, 2008 • Read More!
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