A dimming light – GE

General Electric (NYSE: GE) was founded by Thomas Edison as the Edison Electric Light Company in 1878 and has been a foundation of many investment portfolios for over 100 years.  It is a diversified company with operating segments in power, renewable energy, aviation, healthcare, transportation, lighting, capital (financing), and oil and gas.  However, over the […]

Basic Investing: Risk and Return

In a previous blog, we covered different types of investments, but this time let’s talk about Risk versus Return.  Risk is the range of uncertainty of gain for an investment combined the likely percentage of the investment you could lose should the investment go bad.  Return is the amount of gain one receives for their […]