Even in the middle of summer, the high temperature in Svalbard, Norway rarely climbs above 45 degrees Fahrenheit. At night, temperatures often dip below freezing. In the heart of winter, temperatures can dip to as low as -30 degrees Fahrenheit — at that temperature water freezes almost instantaneously. Read More
Analyst Articles
The Right Stocks for Today’s Market
Another week, another rally? The market began the current trading week on a high note once again, and it seems as if this bull just can’t be stopped. The S&P 500 has moved higher in 13 out… Read More
Is the Stock Market Overheated? Here’s my Plan…
As the market rises steadily higher, it’s getting harder to find true bargains. And though a wide range of good stocks still have reasonably-priced shares, any market pullback would send most stocks lower from their 52-week highs. … Read More
The Best “Forever” Stock to Own for a Correction
Despite widespread pessimism and a whole lot of volatility, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 have both gained roughly 25% a year for the past three years. I think the bull market could continue for quite some time, maybe another three or… Read More
Warren Buffett is no fan of short-term trends. Rather than focusing on the flavor of the minute, Buffett instead fixates on trends that will last decades. And then he makes a fortune off of them. Take his investment in Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), for example. Read More
Why I’m Watching These High-Yield Stocks Right Now
The S&P 500 is up 11% year-to-date. But there is another rally that is getting less attention: U.S. Treasury yields have been on the rise. Short-term Treasury yields have inched up throughout 2012, while longer-term Treasuries have bumped up only… Read More
The stock market is a game of expectations. And one of the best ways of gauging investor expectation is by looking at a stock’s price-to-earnings ratio, or P/E for short. As readers of my Game-Changing Stocks newsletter know, I like… Read More
1.80%. That’s the highest paying FDIC-insured bank CD I could find on BankRate.com. And that’s only if keep my money tied up for five years! The average one-year CD pays just 0.72% APY. I remember when I worked for a community… Read More
The smoke has finally cleared, and the final numbers are now in. Last year saw a frenzy of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, especially in the oil and gas sector. Between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, oil and gas companies signed a total of 191 deals… Read More
This Contrarian Stock Idea Could Pay off Big Time
Europe, as we say in the South, “is a big ‘ol mess.” Authorities have put a tiny band aid on the wound, which is also known as “Greece.” Yet massive problems lie ahead in the other Euro-peripherals: Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Italy. But, as you may know,… Read More