Dogs Of The Dow Performance Does Not Keep Pace In 2021
One investment strategy that gets attention at the beginning of each year is the Dogs of the Dow. The Dogs of the Dow strategy is one where investors select…
Record Stock Buybacks And Record Dividends In Q3 2021
S&P Dow Jones Indices recently reported preliminary buyback and dividend data for for the S&P 500 Index through the third quarter and records were achieved for…
Just as investors become fearful of stocks, the equity market experiences a turnaround. Before today's (12/2/2021) trading the S&P 500 Index was down a little…
Inflation Contributes To Higher October Retail Sales
Wednesday's October retail sales report showed a strong retail sales increase, month over month (MoM) of 1.7% and a year over year (YoY) increase of 16.3%…
This past week saw inflation reported at a very hot level, up .9% month over month and 6.2% year over year. If this monthly rate is annualized, the Consumer…
Last Friday's Nonfarm Payrolls was reported at 531,000, better than expectations of 450,000 and the prior report for nonfarm payrolls was revised higher to 312…
Tax reform in 2021 continues to be a wild ride. Additional language was released on November 3. According to Finseca, the 2135-page legislation makes several…
Dow Dogs Lagging Broader Market Since First Quarter
The Dogs of the Dow investment strategy jumped out to a fast start during the first quarter, outperforming both the S&P 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial…