Readers Ask Abut Blue Chip Stocks & Here’s what’s on their minds: Question: “I am interested in investing about $100,000 in blue chip stocks. What are three stocks you’d recommend that pay good yearly dividends?” J.W. Answer: First let me make a point that you’ll want to own a minimum of ten to twenty stocks in [...]
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Up to date in less than 2 minutes: Last week U.S. stocks rose for a third week, the longest winning streak since October, as better-than-estimated economic data and company earnings boosted confidence in American growth. For the week, the Dow, S&P 500, NASDAQ, and Russell 2000 rose +2.4%, +2.0%, +2.8%, and +2.7%, respectively. Equity Performance [...]
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This past year included a lot of excitement but not much progress from an economic or stock market perspective. Extraordinary events included the near shut-down of our government; the downgrading of U.S. treasuries from AAA status; the near default of Greece; as well as a highly volatile stock market that could rise or fall several hundred [...]
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