Talk about a can of worms on this one. Stock picking is the holy grail of investing, more life-changing and mind-consuming that wife-picking, career-selection and choosing the next winner at the local track. The goal is clear: pick winners. The rest quickly becomes must more complicated than this simple goal might imply. Because what makes [...]

It’s a free country, for sure. But that doesn’t mean you can buy and sell stock any time you want. At least, not on a stock exchange. And while that has changed somewhat with the advent of computer-driven after hours trading, the major stock markets continue to maintain rigid trading hours. The Major Markets The [...]

There’s nothing remotely new about software that can illustrate the price points of a stock over a given period of time. That’s as old as a computer that has double-digit memory capacity. But perhaps at no other time in trading history has this software been more necessary, and because of the evolution of technology, more [...]

Every game has its champion. Or at least an iconic name that, win or lose, exemplifies and even defines the niche in which it plays. When it comes to dividends paid on stock, General Electric (GE) is the most commonly referenced and closely watched player of all. When it comes to investment return, stocks come [...]