This week’s dip presents another opportunity for investors who have been itching to put more money in the stock market. There have been several pullbacks this year since the market bottomed but all of them have been shallow. Investors waiting for a really big sell-off have been disappointed and they may be yet again.

I know, I know, times are tough. Yet, by investing now in one of the many government-sponsored, energy-efficient household improvements, you can reap big savings in the form of tax credits.

The market action this week appeared ideal for further upside gains in the week ahead. Although sectors such as technology, commodities, industrials and financials led the markets higher, other sectors are beginning to participate while volume expands as more investors abandon the sidelines and take the equity plunge. I expect this to continue.

If everything goes as planned, the up-coming $300 million Federal ‘cash for appliances’ program will be ready by November 30, 2009 just in time for the holiday season. At that time, the Department of Energy will start awarding individual states their share of the loot. The program is supposed to incentivize consumers to ditch old [...]

There is a saying that markets climb a wall of worry. That aptly describes the stock market’s behavior over the last few weeks. There isn’t a day that goes by without some talking head warning that “the markets are ahead of themselves” or “valuations are rich at these levels.” That may be true but investors [...]

The report this week by the Congressional Oversight Panel that ‘”it is unlikely they (taxpayers) will receive the entire amount” of the $60 billion in bail-out money we gave to the auto industry ticks me off. No way should Americans walk away from this at a loss. The solution is simple. We should swap whatever [...]

September arrived and stocks dropped on cue right out of the box with the S&P 500 breaking the 1,000 level on Monday. For four days in a row, the indexes moved lower before once again turning higher on Thursday and Friday. It was as if all the hype about how bad the months of September [...]

There is a little-known special pension available to veterans and their spouses called The Veterans’ Aid and Attendance Special Pension. If you are disabled or fear you may become so in the future. This program could mean the difference between just scraping by and living a reasonably, comfortable life style in your sunset years.