The market is on the move. An April 2 article in The Wall Street Journal noted that “the eurozone has stepped back from the brink of collapse, the U.S. economy is showing continued signs of life,… Read More

They’ve become wildly popular. Their assets grew more than 30% a year during the past decade. For comparison, mutual funds saw their assets rise just 5-6% per year, according to McKinsey & Co. And there are no… Read More

In most instances, it pays to focus your investment research on companies that are delivering great results. Rising profits, thanks to market share gains, hot new products, international expansion and other factors often lead to a surging valuation for a company. Yet for some types of… Read More

Ask investment buffs why they spend so much more time researching and picking securities than most people, and they’ll probably tell you they want the best performance possible from their portfolios. They certainly don’t want to track the S&P 500, and they may not even be satisfied to beat it… Read More

Here’s an old Wall Street saying that investors should “Sell in May and go away.” While there’s no identifiable rationale to explain why that should be good advice, there is an element of empirical truth. A study by Plexus Asset management shows that… Read More

If you’re like a lot of investors, then you might be getting prepped to “sell in May and go away,” shedding stocks in anticipation of the historical market-wide weakness that kicks in during the middle of the year. And the math supports this assumption. Every month from May through September… Read More

Earlier this week, I looked at a range of commodity stocks that look quite attractive in relation to the value of their assets. I focused on Freeport McMoran (NYSE: FCX) as a clear example of a stock that looks quite appealing… Read More

I first warned readers about these stocks last month. Since then, many of them have fallen — including one that fell 25% and another 27%. Now, recent actions by some of the companies in this industry have solidified my opinion. I’m still convinced millions of investors are… Read More

Sometimes it takes guts to be an income investor. A few weeks ago, the S&P 500 closed above 1,400 for the first time since May 2008, before the Lehman Brothers collapse led off the financial crisis. In total, the index has… Read More

Warren Buffett is back in the news, and not on the opinion pages about the so-called “Buffett Rule” that would subject high-income earners to additional taxation. Buffett is on Page One because he has prostate cancer. It’s Stage One, easily treatable… Read More