Initial public offering (IPO) activity has picked up, riding along with the stock market’s positive performance in 2017. In this IBD story, Bryan Anderson, Market Strategist for Beck Capital Management says being highly selective is still key for successfully investing in IPOs, as several widely touted companies like Snap and Blue Apron have disappointed investors…
DetailsAcross nearly five decades in the 20th century, Gerald M. Loeb prospered in the world of Wall Street. So what made Loeb really stand apart? In the following article by Investor’s Business Daily, Bryan Anderson, Market Strategist for Beck Capital Management recounts the impression that Loeb made on William J. O’Neil and the investing principles…
Details‘You don’t tell the markets anything. You just implement policy — slowly and smoothly.” That was the communication policy of late Fed Chairman William McChesney Martin (1906-1998), as recalled by finance professor Lewis Spellman of the University of Texas at Austin. Spellman, who worked at the Fed during the Johnson administration, remembers Martin vividly and…
DetailsChina’s growth may be slowing, but it’s for all the right reasons. U.S stocks on Thursday kicked off the start of October with losses, after nosediving last month as investors worried about slowing growth in China. True, the growth rate of the world’s second largest economy has declined from over 10% in past years to…
DetailsOn Monday, August 24 the Dow Industrials closed down 588 points on fears over the effect of recent Chinese currency devaluation. Unlike many on Wall Street, Frank Beck saw the market’s decline as a very attractive buying opportunity. Watch the video for his comments on KVUE-TV.
DetailsHave you ever met with an investment advisor to create a plan for your future, and the first thing they present is a pie chart? You are then told based on your age, what the appropriate size of each slice should be for you. These slices are typically arranged by class (small cap, mid cap, large cap, growth and value, international and bond funds, etc).
DetailsThis week, the markets’ reputation for anticipation will be put to the test. Will the Federal Reserve begin scaling back its easy-money stimulus? The market seems to think so. Investors have been paring back bonds susceptible to rising interest rates, and the 10-year Treasury yield has already jumped this summer from 1.6% to nearly 3%,…
DetailsMarket observers are fond of saying things such as “the market feels like it is a little ahead of itself “or “you should sell now because the market is set for a pullback, before proceeding.” “The market is at all-time highs” is another reason suggested for selling. None of these, the myriad of charts…
DetailsThis is an archive of the various times Frank Beck has appeared on CNBC. Click on the title above to view all of the videos.
DetailsLouis Rukeyser – interview date Oct 16, 2008; publish date Oct 20, 2008. Top of page 2, I recommended avoiding financials (financial index is down over 34% since that day), buying gold (up over 65% since), and under “What to Buy Now” I suggested FCX (+200%), MCD (+49%), YUM (+%), and APL (+327%), all included…
Details“Cue the Helicopters – Dollar Devaluation is Here” March 24, 2009 The world’s financial powers seem to understand that the U.S. needs to print its way out of this mess. In my Forbes.com column on Dec. 9, 2008, “Dollar Devaluation To Fix The Great Recession,” I suggested that the government consider an overnight devaluation of…
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