It just might be the biggest game-changer in energy right now. And if you’ve followed along with my recommendation and bought the best stock in this industry, then you’re sitting on a 34% gain in less than two months. And that’s just the beginning. #-ad_banner-#So what is this game-changing development?… Read More

Time to party like it’s…2007? No thanks.  Just five years ago, the phrase “subprime” started to creep into the U.S. consumer lexicon. And not long after, the phrase “subprime mess” became a household name.   #-ad_banner-#In case your memory needs refreshing, the subprime… Read More

While the stock market has been down a little in the past week, there is one market that has been on fire. Ever since temperatures across the country reached triple digits, traders have been buying contracts for corn… Read More

After a steady six-month surge, the stock markets are reversing course. The S&P 500 is off roughly 5% since early April, and signs are emerging that there may be plenty more downside on the way.  The problems for Greece — and Europe — keep mounting. The continent’s major economies have… Read More

High unemployment and slow economic growth are hardly conditions under which most companies thrive. But I’ve discovered an industry that is doing just that.  In fact, my favorite stock in this space saw annual sales gains of 8.5% in 2009, 15% in 2010 and 19% in 2011 while many other… Read More

Investors have been fretting about a weaker economy and the implications for economically-sensitive assets such as steel, copper, iron ore and other commodities. Indeed, the underlying spot prices for several key commodities are at multi-year lows and… Read More

In this low interest rate environment, investors have turned to high-yielding blue-chips as a source of retirement income. This five-part series will outline what I believe to be the top five dividend aristocrat stocks, most suitable for a retiree’s portfolio. My first three articles in our five-part series on… Read More

Cooler heads have prevailed. A showdown between the executive branch of government and the judicial branch of government looked to usher in a new era of intra-governmental rancor that our Founding Fathers sought to avoid. But the Supreme Court’s decision to let much of the Obama Administration’s health care law… Read More

“There’s no question that the earth is going to run out of oil within the next 10 years”, read the Peak Oil investment pitch that came across my desk. Citing a variety of scientists and academics, it appeared that these guys really did their homework when preparing the presentation.  It… Read More

During the past two decades, management teams at virtually every major U.S. company have identified plans to move into foreign markets. Whereas in terms of population and purchasing power, the European market offers the same opportunity as the U.S. market,… Read More