Value Investing News

What is it worth? We have a feeling if more investors asked that question, substance, not content, would become the order of the investing day.

When you purchase individual stocks, risk is inherit. Sometimes bad things sometimes happen to good stocks. Sometimes it is difficult when a strong leader leaves a company and creates a void that just can’t be filled. So how do you guard against these situations and disasters similar to what BP (BP) and their shareholders are currently facing?

The energy stocks have lead today's market higher right from the opening bell. During the first hour of the day the major stock market indexes struggled and traded into negative territory. However, the energy stocks did not flinch and were rallying even as the market indexes declined.