The Independent Investor: CBD Is a Real MarketBy Bill Schmick, 05:28PM / Thursday, April 25, 2019 | |
Cannabidiol is popping up all over the country. Local drug stores, supermarkets and health food shops, among other retailers, can't seem to get enough of this stuff on the shelves. Is this a fad, a fake, or does it have some real health benefits?
It's called CBD, for short, and this oil can be eaten, inhaled, and/or applied to the skin. It is a substance extracted from the flowers and buds of the marijuana and hemp plant. And no, before you ask, you can't get high from it.
Back in the day, (when I had hair to my shoulders, along with my buckskin jacket) I simply smoked marijuana or ate it in cookies. It contained THC. THC, a 0 Comments Read More >> |
@theMarket: Investors Reach for New HighsBy Bill Schmick, 03:10PM / Friday, April 19, 2019 | |
The stock market won't quit. It has been on a tear since the day after Christmas. It feels like it wants to keep climbing. That would be a fairly simple feat at this point, since we are only a percent or so away from regaining those historical highs. What will happen once we get there.?
You may ask why am I so confident that the markets won't just give up the ghost right here, right now? A look under the hood at the underlying sectors that make up the market indices gives me a clue. Let's take the semiconductor sector. Throughout the last year or more, semiconductors, a sub-segment of the technology area of the market, have led stocks higher (and lower) time 0 Comments Read More >> |
The Independent Investor: The Cost of Rebuilding God's HouseBy Bill Schmick, 05:04PM / Thursday, April 18, 2019 | |
Sometimes a tragedy can bring people together. In the case of the devastating fire that swept Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, the world wept. But even before the fire was completely extinguished, the business community was already making plans to rebuild the 850-year-old edifice.
The price tag will likely be in the multibillion-dollar range. A preliminary assessment of the damage thus far includes two-thirds (about 100 meters) of the roof and the destruction of a spire, which the world witnessed on television. At least a 62-foot expanse of stained-glass windows was also severely damaged.
What we don't know as of yet, is how the 800-pipe organ, one of 0 Comments Read More >> |
@theMarket: Earnings Season Cause Markets to SurgeBy Bill Schmick, 04:48PM / Friday, April 12, 2019 | |
After a week of low volume consolidation, all three averages broke higher on Friday. The bulls are still in charge and seem determined to push stocks back to their all-time highs.
A trigger could be this year's first quarter earnings season, which is upon us, some of the multi-center banks reported today. They did not disappoint, beating estimates handily and expectations are that most of the big banks will also beat earnings estimates. That won't be too difficult to do given that earnings estimates have been down-graded not once, but twice, over the last three months.
Overall, the Street is expecting companies that comprise the S&P 500 Index to 0 Comments Read More >> |
The Independent Investor: Retirement Savers Could See Positive News This Year (Maybe)By Bill Schmick, 03:55PM / Thursday, April 11, 2019 | |
In this acrimonious political environment, little in the way of new legislation is expected to pass both chambers of Congress. One exception may be the Secure Act. Last Tuesday, a key House committee unanimously approved the bill, which would greatly enhance some private retirement plans.
The bill would not only increase the flexibility of 401 (k) plans but would also provide much greater access for small-business owners and their employees. The changes would hopefully encourage many more small businesses to offer private retirement benefits to their workers. It is the most sweeping legislation to come out of Congress in over a decade.
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