stock picks
Most successful investors know better than to invest any money in the stereotypical “hot stock tip” —the gotta-act-quick buy recommendation that comes from a friend (or a friend of a friend). Stocks like these are supposedly sure to make you a lot of money, but they virtually never succeed. Some of these recommendations start out as honest opinions of investors who know just enough to jump to conclusions about a stock’s outlook. However, some of these naïve investors may have come under the influence of dishonest stock promoters and professional swindlers. Of course, you may feel your work gives you special expertise for investing in your own industry. Lots of tech company workers, for instance, feel that way. They have strong feelings about which tech firms are most likely to thrive and which are apt to fail. But the strength of that feeling can mislead you, for a couple of reasons....
Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on potential stock picks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. While we reserve our buy-hold-sell advice for Inner Circle members, these excerpts provide a great deal of information and analysis on stocks we’ve covered for the Inner Circle. This week, an Inner Circle member asked about a stock that practices a form of socially responsible investing. This coffee maker emphasizes fair trade principles in its business dealings—and Pat assesses just how well the company is doing under those conditions. ...
Pat McKeough responds to many personal questions on potential stock picks and other investment topics from the members of his Inner Circle. Every week, his comments and recommendations on the most intriguing questions of the past week go out to all Inner Circle members. And each week, we offer you one of the highlights from these Q&A sessions. While we reserve our buy-hold-sell advice for Inner Circle members, these excerpts provide a great deal of information and analysis on stocks we’ve covered for the Inner Circle. This week, an Inner Circle member asked about a medical products stock that specializes in breathing and sleeping problems. This U.S. firm, which makes equipment to deal with respiratory disorders such as sleep apnea, is growing through acquisitions and the development of new products. ...
We continue to advise that you shouldn’t let the current or recent investment situation play too big a role in setting your investment objectives and investment strategy. Instead, try to pursue what you might call an “evergreen” investment approach. You want to invest in such a way that you profit in good times but don’t suffer too badly during the inevitable market setbacks. Above all, you want to make sure that you don’t make the mistake of losing out on some of your best investments....
Over the course of the average month or year, we look at a great many stocks for our newsletters, our Inner Circle and our portfolio management clients. Of all the stocks we look at, we add only a tiny minority to those stocks we might think about recommending. There are several very good reasons why we are so particular with our stock choices....
Long-time readers know that we are constantly reevaluating our stock picks. Here are three stocks that have only limited growth prospects for the foreseeable future. We now see them as sells. CASH STORE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. $5.52 (Toronto symbol CSF; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative) (780-408-5110; www.csfinancial.ca; Shares outstanding: 17.4 million; Market cap: $96.0 million; Dividend yield: 8.7%) operates 573 stores under two banners: The Cash Store and Instaloans. Both chains offer consumer payday loans (advances on upcoming paycheques). The company faces increasing regulations in the payday loan industry. It has also been forced to pay a number of penalties, the latest being a March 2012 order from the B.C. government to refund its customers millions of dollars in overpaid interest and extra charges. These transactions date back to 2009....
Most investors recognize that aggressive investments have the potential to produce higher returns than the more conservative choices in your portfolio. But they can also suffer bigger losses. As well, aggressive stocks are often more highly leveraged and volatile than conservative stocks. Understanding all this, there are still very good reasons to turn to aggressive stocks. And there are ways to earn big returns without exposing yourself to excessive risk. Here are 4 principles that we use to select our growth stock picks for Stock Pickers Digest, our newsletter for the aggressive portion of investors’ portfolios.
- Limit aggressive holdings to 30% of your overall portfolio. Because aggressive stocks expose you to a greater risk of loss, we recommend limiting your aggressive holdings to no more than about 30% of your overall portfolio....
Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a beginning or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific advice, in this case showing you how we judge winning stock picks. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental piece of investing strategy, and shows you how you can put it into practice right away. Today’s tip: “Use our TSI Network ratings system to pick the right stocks: Part 2”...
Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a beginning or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific advice and insights, such as how we select our top stock picks. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental piece of investing strategy, and shows you how you can put it into practice right away. Today’s tip: “Use our TSINetwork rating system to pick winning stocks.”...
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