It’s fun to be right about a stock and I picked a real winner. Since I wrote about it on Nov. 11, 2010, this stock’s value has soared more than 35%, from around $39 a share to $53, compared with barely a 10% gain for the S&P 500. Read More
Tim Begany is an experienced investor and financial journalist who has written about many financial topics including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, international/emerging markets, retirement and insurance. He worked at several financial planning and investment advisory firms, where he participated in the development and management of stock, bond, and mutual fund portfolios and helped clients with comprehensive financial planning. His education includes a bachelor's degree in business administration and the Certified Financial Planner curriculum. He holds a Series 65 investment consultant license.
Analyst Articles
3 Forgotten Energy Stocks That Could Fatten Your Wallet
If you started the year with three wishes and one of them was for more consistency from the energy sector, you wasted a wish. Although many energy stocks are up this year, by double-digits in some cases, others are flat and still others are down (also by double-digits in some… Read More
3 Great Stocks Selling at Big Discounts
Most of the stuff that’s on sale this time of year isn’t worth the plastic it’s wrapped in. Yet almost everyone winds up dropping hundreds or even thousands of dollars on “holiday bargains” that provide a quick thrill and then are just as quickly forgotten. A better use for your… Read More
Gold’s Run is Over — I’d Much Rather Own This Stock
Gold is the worst investment around. Anyone buying it now is doing so at their own risk, near the end of a bull run that’s apt to end badly. A major clue gold’s time is up: institutions and hedge funds are starting to… Read More
What Buffett Would Say About Harvard’s Portfolio
Investing guru Warren Buffett doesn’t think much of diversification . In his view, it’s for investors who don’t really know what they’re doing. Those who do can actually lessen risk by betting big on a few investments they thoroughly understand, Buffett asserts, and will earn the greatest returns in the… Read More
4 Reasons to Buy the Bank Stock Everyone Hates
Imagine hearing this from your financial advisor: “I’ve got a great stock for you. It’s down -20%, the company lost $7 billion this year, and its reputation stinks.” You’d probably get up and walk out the door, right? But what if, just before you… Read More
Peter Lynch Would Snap up This Stock
To make money in stocks, it often helps to study history’s greatest investors. Like many finance enthusiasts, I’m a fan of Peter Lynch, who’s best known for his spectacular results as manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund from 1977 through 1990, when the fund’s total returns averaged +29% a year. Read More
Health Care Reform Won’t Stop This Medical Device Stock
Health care reform is going to be unimaginably expensive, costing roughly $1 trillion in the next decade. One of the many ways Uncle Sam plans to raise the necessary cash is with a 2.3% tax on the sale of all medical devices, starting in 2013. That’s obviously… Read More
Buy These Beaten Down Shares and Then Watch Them Soar
So many stocks are having a great year. Oil refiner Sunoco (NYSE: SUN), for example, has shot up more than +47%. Southern Copper (NYSE: SCCO) has spiked +38% and its competitor Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE: FCX) has gained about +27%. Many broad indexes are looking good, too, like the… Read More
A Mid-Cap Tech Play That’ll Beat the Pants off Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is a compelling investment. Analysts expect the software giant’s stock to return +70% to +110% during the next three or four years. Furthermore, its current price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 12 looks cheap next to its five-year average P/E… Read More