By Jeff Peterson
I have never been a big fan of stock market clichés, and one of my least favorites is “Sell in May and go away.”  To my knowledge, Dirty Harry never managed money professionally, but if he did, his response to such action might well be, “Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya?”
Some seasonal [...]

To foster financial literacy, we regularly feature discussions on common terms and concepts used in personal finance and investing. Here’s an article from Kyle Tetting on Exchange Traded Funds, or ETFs.  
An investment instrument devised originally for professional money managers is becoming more popular among individuals, with the lure of low costs and flexibility. But [...]

By Bob Landaas
This is the point where we should explain what’s been driving earnings up until now and what’s probably going to be driving them in the future – and what’s going to propel stock prices higher.
When you look at the earnings gains since the financial crisis in 2008, much of it has come because [...]

By Adam Baley
My 8-year-old nephew asked me to play a new board game with him. Ten minutes into the match, I realized he wasn’t using his best pieces. He had put them off to the side for safekeeping. 
“Jordan, why don’t you use your top pieces?” I asked him.
“These are special,” he responded, matter of fact. “I don’t [...]

By Bob Landaas
After a great start to the year, stocks sold off in late March for their biggest weekly decline of 2012. The benchmark S&P 500 index closed March 23 down for the week and suffered three daily losses in the last week of the month.
Despite those setbacks, through the first three months, the S&P [...]