Value: The Third Factor...

The following is a guest post from Marotta Asset Management . It’s a continuation of their first factor ( CAPM ) and second factor ( size ) posts. A stock’s valuation is the final factor of the Fama-French three-factor model of investment returns. A stock’s valuation is...

Help a Reader: Getting ...

Here’s an email I recently received from a reader: I’m a 28 year old person who is married to a lovely woman. We married only a year ago. We’re just starting our life together. I’m $30,000 dollar in debt. $12,000 of it is in credit card. Scold me for that. I used this money...

Price/Earnings to Growt...

Stocks go up in price for a number of reasons: a favorable news report, an entire sector rising, the appearance of undervaluation based on historical fundamental data, or trading by technical analysts based on bullish price and volume patterns. For a stock to sustain a steep price...

Kohl’s Charge Card Re...

When the first Kohl’s department store opened in my city, it failed to capture my attention.  They have very few signs outside, and it was years before I even knew what kind of store it was. Finally, curiosity got the best of me and I eventually decided to see what they had to...