Companies must spend money to make money — at least, that’s what many investors believe. The market has long followed research and development (R&D) and capital expenditures (or… Read More

After a stunning 15% surge since mid-November, the market has struggled in the past month, trading up and down in a tight 1% band. Problems in Europe have reignited and many on Wall Street are expecting consumer spending… Read More

As most investors are probably aware, headlines and mispricings often uncover short-term profit opportunities with stocks. I actually talked about this last month, when I compared the fundamentals and… Read More

The market has been on fire lately. The S&P 500 is up more than 6% so far this year and almost 20% off last June’s lows as it approaches record highs. Inflows into… Read More

The Holy Grail of investing has always been spotting the bubble before it pops. Riding the wave of exuberance and selling out just before the market collapses has made billionaires… Read More

This phenomenon took shares of Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) down as much as 8% on 2012 fourth-quarter earnings, because the company has not been able to break into the space. It is the reason why Michael Dell intends to… Read More

Ask any economist about the future of America and you will likely get a sobering answer.  Data on exports and imports for the month of November 2012 showed the United States bought $231.3 billion of goods from foreign sources and exported only $182.6 billion… Read More

The idea to take on more risk has been sacrosanct among investors since the Dutch East India Co. issued the first publicly available shares more than 400 years ago. To this day, most financial advisors build… Read More

The idea to take on more risk has been sacrosanct among investors since the Dutch East India Co. issued the first publicly available shares more than 400 years ago. To this day, most financial advisors build their client portfolios around a combination of stocks, bonds and commodities, depending on how much these clients need at retirement and how much risk they’re are willing to take.#-ad_banner-# At least, that is the idea behind most… Read More

The idea to take on more risk has been sacrosanct among investors since the Dutch East India Co. issued the first publicly available shares more than 400 years ago. To this day, most financial advisors build their client portfolios around a combination of stocks, bonds and commodities, depending on how much these clients need at retirement and how much risk they’re are willing to take.#-ad_banner-# At least, that is the idea behind most investments. But if you want a higher return, then you have to take more risk. A “safe” asset such as the 10-Year Treasury bond, for example, won’t do a lot for your portfolio. It’s known to be “risk-free,” because it is assumed that the U.S. government will always pay its debts. The yield on the… Read More

When CERN released the World Wide Web in 1991, few thought it would amount to much. In fact, noted Author and Astronomer Clifford Stoll proclaimed in a Newsweek article that it was just a passing fad and would never catch on.  That was just before tech… Read More