While many investors have taken advantage of the six-year rally in U.S. stocks, they may have overlooked attractive opportunities overseas. Despite the recent struggles of some international markets, there are powerful reasons to look outside the U.S. for equity...
Roger L. Merrill
Investment Perspective: Tick Tock
A child born 22 years ago is now scheduled to graduate from an average 4-year public in-state college. If his parents had invested a mere $140 per month, earning 6% per year1, they would have had the $76,974 needed to pay the child’s education, fees, room and board...
Investment Perspective: It’s Probably a Bad Idea to Sell Stocks Because You Fear Trump
“So should I cash out of the stock market?” This is the question often heard from those liberal-leaning investors in the last few months. They are worried that the combination of high share prices and an erratic president mean that the only direction for stocks is...
Investment Perspective: Spending and Tax Cuts
Out of all of President Trump’s proposals, the one that should help the economy the most is corporate tax reform. Typically, corporate profits are subject to two layers of tax: first, when the company earns the money; second, when that same money flows to shareholders...
Trump Rally: Real or Not?
Since the presidential election, the S&P 500 is up 8.4%, Small Caps are up almost 20%, and the Dow is closing in on 20,000. This "Trump Rally" has its detractors. This rally, they say is based on "Hope and Faith." After all, nothing has changed yet. It's wishful...
Buffett on the Markets (Post Election)
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett defended the stock market's strength and raised doubts about President-elect Donald Trump's trade agenda in a CNN interview broadcast on Friday, just days after the U.S. election. Buffett, a vocal critic of Trump, endorsed Democrat...