Kraft Foods Spin-Off — What’s My Cost Basis?

Thanks for visiting www.GoodfellowLLC.com — a growth stock website available to paid subscribers  — for information about your cost basis in Kraft Foods Inc., Kraft Foods Group Inc. and Mondelez International.  When you’re done getting helpful information, below, think about how great it...

Questions from Investors — “I’m Paralyzed”

Q:  I’ve always invested in stocks.  But right now, I’m not in the market, and I feel unable to make investment decisions. A:  I make effective decisions by ignoring political and economic news. Remember when President Obama got re-elected, and we had the largest outflow of money from mutual...

Questions from Investors — Mutual Fund Performance

Q:     Why did my mutual funds only go up 5.5% per year during the last two years? A:     You probably own money market funds, bond funds, S&P 500 funds, or poorly performing stock mutual funds. Money market interest rates and bond interest rates have been very low.  There are no current prospects for...

Questions from Investors — Ford Motor Company

Q:     Why can’t I find any reviews of Ford Motor Company on your website? A:     Within my investment style, Ford Motor Company (F, $12.75) qualifies as a “low-priced stock.” I never recommend low-priced stocks, because over the years I’ve learned that their price performance...

Questions from Investors — Investment Fraud

Q:  How can you tell if your financial planner is stealing from your IRA account? A:  Wow, that’s a huge question. First of all, as a former V.P. at Morgan Stanley, I know that it would be incredibly difficult to do such a thing at a big-name compamy.  I did know one man who was prosecuted for...

What is a Stock?

I was chatting with my friend Cathy as we awaited the start of the Sarah Palin movie “Undefeated”.  (I found out while viewing that I’m in the movie!)  Anyway, we were talking about politics and business, and Cathy asked me, “What is a stock?”  Good question! A stock is a...