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20 Jan

Value Stocks Could Hit the Comeback Trail

“Already, some small cap value stocks are outperforming the broader category of small caps,” observes Sheaff Brock Managing Partner Dave Gilreath. There are various indications, Gilreath adds, that the long period in which growth stocks dominated the stock market may be moving towards an end. Growth vs. value With both growth and value stocks, there is an expectation that, over time, they will outperform the overall market, but the two types of stock don't tend to do that at the same [...]

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Walking Dogs | Dogs of the Dow Investment Strategy | Sheaff Brock | Bulls of the Dow

09 Jan

A Bullish Approach to “Dogs of the Dow”—Part Two

The well-known “Dogs of the Dow” concept focuses on choosing, out of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average, those ten with the highest dividend yield. Based on investors’ intent to “buy low, sell high,” the guiding principle of “Dogs of the Dow” is that the dividend payout can be used as a measure of the average worth of the company, with a high yield signaling that the company is near the bottom of its [...]

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Sheaff Brock | S&P 500 is a measuring stick of the 500 largest US corporations

30 Oct

Please Welcome to the Stage…the Standard & Poor’s Index!

It’s a measuring stick, a benchmark, a way to discuss our investment markets. But what, exactly, does it DO? The S&P 500 index measures the value of the stock of the country’s 500 largest corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on the Nasdaq Composite. The idea? To provide investors a quick look at the stock market and the economy. And, while many investors first check the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 index is the [...]

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Sheaff Brock Investment Advisors | Climbing the Wall of Worry about Interest Rates | Rock Climber

06 Aug

Are Investors Climbing a “Wall of Worry” About Interest Rates?

“So, as has been the case during most of the bouts of nervousness in recent years, there is no shortage of things to worry about,” writes the Calafia Beach Pundit, in answer to a question about the proverbial “Wall of Worry,” admitting that every significant decline in stock prices in recent years has coincided with a spike in market nervousness. To date, however, the author points out, all the current "panic attacks" have proven to be unfounded; the economy [...]