October 2007 - Posts

• Almost Half of U.S. Households Are Not Prepared For Retirement - Will You Be Ready?

  Wednesday, October 31, 2007 1:15 PM

  According to a study released in August 2007 by the Center of Retirement Research at Boston College, the National Retirement Risk Index (NRRI) shows that almost 45 percent of U.S. households will not have enough assets at retirement to maintain their accustomed life style Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Sirtris Pharmaceuticals Could Reward Investors

  Sunday, October 28, 2007 1:59 PM

  Sirtris Pharmaceuticals ( SIRT ), a small-cap biopharmaceutical company that went public in May 2007, is developing drugs to help control the aging process in humans and to treat loss of vision. If any of the drugs prove successful, the stock price or SIRT could soar Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Dividend Yields of Money Center Bank Stocks Are Up

  Friday, October 26, 2007 1:36 PM

  Because of the recent price decline in money center stocks, their dividend yields (annual dividend divided by stock price) have increased. Here are eight bank stocks with very attractive dividend yields: Bank of America ( BAC ), 5.40%; Citigroup ( C ), 5 Read More Posted by buyupside 1 Comments Go to top

• Amazon Moves Toward New All-time Highs

  Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:59 PM

  Amazon.com ( AMZN ) is on a roll. Sales and profits are booming and new offerings like audio and video downloads could keep the party going. The stock has had an impressive upside move since March 2007. AMZN could test, and perhaps surpass, old all-time highs that were set in late 1999 Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Mutual Fund Fees Will Reduce Your Total Returns

  Sunday, October 21, 2007 12:40 PM

  All mutual funds charge fees (some are hidden) to manage your money and high fees substantially reduce your total returns. Annual fees of one and two percent may seem small but such fees are deceptively large when you compute their arithmetic impact on long-term returns Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Comstock Homebuilding Companies Melts Down

  Saturday, October 20, 2007 2:16 PM

  Comstock Homebuilding Companies ( CHCI ) on October 19, 2007 closed at $1.65 to continue its multi-year slide after completing a double top at $30. The company announced on October 12 that it had received only three net new orders (81 new homes sold but 78 new home contracts cancelled) for the third quarter Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Falling Prices Push Up Dividend Yields

  Friday, October 19, 2007 6:26 PM

  When a falling stock market drives down the price of an otherwise good stock, you may be handed a great opportunity to buy the stock at a reduced price and capture a very attractive dividend yield. The dividend yield is computed by dividing the annual dividend by the current price of the stock Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Hot International Markets Are Too Hot

  Friday, October 19, 2007 1:02 PM

  Most international stock markets are on the upside and some are moving up at an unsustainable rate. For instance, the Chinese stock market as measured by the SSE Composite Index is up over 500 percent in just over two years. By comparison, it took the NASDAQ five years (1995 - 2000) to increase that amount Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

• Dividends Magnify Your Total Return

  Monday, October 08, 2007 3:09 PM

  Dividends are money in your pocket. As such you can spend or save them in the form of cash. Or you can reinvestment them free of charge to accumulate more shares of a stock. For an appreciating stock more shares mean more money in the long run. Suppose a stock increases in price on average three percent per year for 40 years Read More Posted by buyupside 1 Comments Go to top

• Are the Homebuilding Stocks a Buy?

  Monday, October 08, 2007 3:04 PM

  Even as home prices, existing and new home sales and new housing starts continue to decline, investors nibble at homebuilders stocks and one housing analyst at Citigroup on October 1, 2007 upgraded five big-cap homebuilders (CTX, DHI, LEN, PHM and RYL) to a buy Read More Posted by buyupside 0 Comments Go to top

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