Remember, remember the Fifth of November, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder Treason Should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, ’twas his intent To blow up the King and Parli’ment. Three-score barrels of powder below To prove old England’s overthrow; By God’s mercy he was catch’d With...Read More

I contributed a couple tips to Jimmy Atkinson’s article 101 Dividend Investing Tips from Experts: The key to getting started is getting started. If you have modest funds, that’s OK. Brokerage commissions are cheap enough these days that you can start with as little as a couple hundred dollars without the commissions eating too deeply...Read More

Note to Alphabet (GOOGL)… or Google… or whatever you choose to call yourself these days: It’s time grow up, wear your big-boy pants, and start paying a dividend. You’re a $500 billion company, for crying out loud, and your biggest rivals — Apple and Microsoft — are among the most generous dividend payers and dividend raisers in...Read More

I joined CNBC’s Adam Bakhtiar last night to chat about Boeing’s (BA) earnings: In Boeing’s report, what wasn’t said was actually more significant than what was said. The recurring theme this earnings season has been companies meeting earnings estimates but missing on revenues due to dollar strength. We’ve been hearing that excuse for the last year...Read More

Early this week, the Obama Administration announced that it had finalized the terms of its settlement with BP (BP) stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The final price tag will come in at $20.8 billion, which was higher than the $18.7 billion announced as recently as July. Nevertheless, this removes a major source...Read More