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In today’s stock market investing blog, I will discuss the upcoming buyout of the Applebee’s chain by the restaurant blockbuster IHOP. Recently, IHOP announced a deal to buyout the Applebee’s chain for about 1.9 billion dollars. The specifics on the deal can be found in the Wall Street Journal, and I will not discuss them [...]

If you want to make good stock market investment decisions, then it is important to watch economic indicators for clues as to how stocks are likely to do. Things like interest rates, retail sales, consumer confidence, inflation reports and jobs data are all things that stock investors watch to learn more about what the stock [...]

Rule of thumb: When your stock investment drops by between 5 and 10 percent, harvest your losses. Why? It can help you offset your capital gains on gains earlier in the year. When you sell your stock investments, your stock investing gains are taxed. However, your losses qualify you for a deduction. You can offset [...]

One of the biggest mistakes new stock investors make is engaging in active trading. The problem with active stock trading is that the costs tend to add up, and that cuts into your profits. Holding stock investments for longer actually allows you to make a better return because you are not constantly paying fees and [...]

While it is important to do good research on any stock that you wish to purchase, it is important to do your best to avoid information overload. In stock investing, this happens when stock investors realize how much information is available on stock investments and they begin to feel overwhelmed. They want to read every [...]

When the Federal Reserve tinkers with interest rates, that can affect the stock market. And, depending on the perception of whether it will help or hurt consumer confidence and the U.S. economy, that affects the overall performance of the stock market. The Fed will be deciding whether or not to raise interest rates on August [...]

The troubles in the Middle East have done nothing if not alert everyone to the rising cost of oil. This means that if you have already invested in oil, you are probably experiencing good gains. However, with the current geopolitical state of things, you could still probably get in on the action. The U.S. has [...]