Tips by Tom Murcko
Short term investors need to be right about what and when. Long term investors only need to be right about what.
Tags: long term investing
Dividends are taxed either as ordinary income or as qualified dividends. The latter is a lower rate. In order to be taxed as qualified dividends, the...
Once a company emerges from bankruptcy, holders of the company's debt usually don't get paid off in cash (the company usually doesn't have much cash),...
A truly good stock picker should be able to make more money with small caps than large caps. Some superstar investors focus more on mid caps and large...
Tags: small caps, large caps
Risk isn't the same as volatility. For example, the Italian political system is more volatile than that of Saudi Arabia, but the latter is much more...
Be wary of companies that earn a penny a share, or that exactly meet earnings estimates or beat them by a penny a share. This can sometimes be a sign...
Tags: earnings
Investing in the technology sector has always been risky because it's more difficult for the leaders to stay ahead of competitors, but this is going...
Tags: technology
It can be risky investing in foreign stocks, since some countries have less strict accounting requirements and in some emerging markets accounting...
Wall Street's compensation structure encourages money managers to place bets which have a high probability of a small gain and a small probability of...
Financial statements are not intrinsically hard to understand. If a financial statement is hard to understand, it's probably because the company wants...
Tags: financial statements
