Wall Street just doesn’t understand Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE). No surprise there: There’s a Rolls-Royce dealer a few minutes from the stock exchange, but the nearest John Deere dealer is more than 50 miles away, and it mostly sells lawn tractors. The massive heavy-duty agricultural equipment, the large tractors… Read More

It’s no wonder Warren Buffett loves railroads so much — they’re a simple, easy to understand business. In fact, his investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B) has a stake in three of them. This is exactly what Buffett was talking about when he said… Read More

What the mind can conceive and believe, it can insure (my apologies to Napoleon Hill). You already know from personal experience about insurance on your life, your house and your car. But maybe you didn’t know you could insure your wages, a business can insure its directors and officers, and… Read More

The government usually doesn’t make things easy. Take tax forms. Or consider the Postal Service. But rules were made to be broken. Washington’s latest pronouncement is turning the difficult task of making money in a recession into a walk in the park —… Read More

When the Lakers were looking for someone to lead them to a national championship, they turned to Hall-of-Fame coach Phil Jackson. He had a proven record: Six NBA championships during the 1990s. Hiring Jackson paid off. Since hiring this proven winner in 1999, the Lakers have won four NBA championships. Read More

The price of sugar is up +86% so far this year and has reached a 28-year high. But this isn’t the end of a bull market for the commodity, it’s only the beginning. Two separate forces on… Read More

Conventional wisdom is that stocks outperform bonds. That’s wrong. Fact: Investors who buck conventional wisdom and buy bonds are more likely to see better results than investors who focus solely on equities. Don’t let anyone tell you that bonds are staid, stodgy or that they’ll… Read More

Investing even modest sums over time can build affluence. But don’t put the cart before the horse. You’re not ready to build wealth until you understand your overall financial situation and take several key steps to make sure you build on a sound foundation. 1. Get an… Read More

It happens every quarter, and it’s beginning to grate on me. While every other company is gauged by earnings, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) is measured by a different standard than the rest of the financial world. Read More

The U.S. isn’t the only country struggling to reform its health-care system. China has a big problem on its hands: 1.3 billion people and a system that has been ignored for decades. The World Health Organization recently ranked China’s health care 144th out of 190 countries. The country recently said… Read More