Twelve years ago, a total of $5 trillion in market value was lost when the “Dot-com” bubble burst. Many investors lost their life savings, their kid’s college funds, or their retirements as a result. Flash-forward to today, and I’m convinced many… Read More
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3 High-Yielding MLPs You Should Own Right Now
One of the best places for investors to find high yields right now is in the MLP (master limited partnership) sector. Many MLPs pay 7% dividends and yield three times higher than S&P… Read More
Circle your calendars for March 28. That’s when investors will start to talk about the biggest growth opportunity for smartphones in the months and years ahead. On that day, China Unicom (NYSE: CHU), China Telecom (NYSE: CHA) and China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) plan to roll out a… Read More
This Great-Performing Stock Just Got a Lot Better
Not long after I wrote about this big health care firm in December 2010, this stock began a nice hot streak. It’s now up 31% in the past 12 months, compared with a 14% gain for the S&P 500 during the same time. This is undoubtedly a… Read More
The Most Hated Company on Earth Is Making Investors Rich
I can’t think of a stock that’s more hated. I’ve written about this company several times before. I’ve personally owned it for years. But just about every time I mention it, I end up receiving nasty emails admonishing the fact that I would cover… let alone recommend…… Read More
When gold was first discovered at Sutter’s Mill in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains in 1848, thousands of people dropped everything and headed west with dreams of striking it rich. Within a year, San Francisco was transformed from a sleepy outpost with a few dozen… Read More
Warren Buffett is the world’s most successful investor. He’s worth $44 billion and is the third-richest person on earth. The investments made by his firm, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B), gained 513,055% from 1964 to the end of 2011. The S&P 500, including dividends, gained 6,397% over the… Read More
I've spent the last few weeks studying the potential winners and losers in case interest rates keep rising. Here's what I found... Read More
Forget Uncle Sam: The U.S. is Still SWIMMING in Natural Gas — and Investors Can Still Profit
On Jan. 26, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a report showing the United States had about 482 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of recoverable natural gas reserves in shale formations (not counting conventional basins). That’s a big number by any measure — enough to fuel U.S. Read More
What I learned From a Well-Known Stock up 3,212%
During the early 1970s, an Oregon track coach by the name of Bill Bowerman changed the world in his kitchen. Trying to develop a new running shoe that would help his athlete’s grip the surface of the track, Bowerman poured liquid… Read More