My Stock of the Month advisory is as simple as investing gets. It’s just one pick each month. And I never hold more than 12 stocks in my portfolio at a time. I like a manageable number of holdings that I can watch like a hawk. But… Read More

When the going gets tough, the tough… break out their checkbooks? After seeing stocks crater this summer, this is precisely what Warren Buffett did through his investment firm Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B). Buffett and his team invested $7 billion in the third quarter. To put that in perspective,… Read More

Amid all the gridlock in Washington, a little-known bill that could create jobs and be a crucial key to our energy future is showing signs that it could get passed any day now.  Even better, it could lead to yet another green light for investors in a… Read More

Has Warren Buffett drawn up a new playbook? The legendary mega-investor who has created vast wealth for shareholders through his investment vehicle, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B), has announced that he’s been secretly buying shares of one of the world’s largest tech… Read More

Even the world’s top investors need to move slowly when deciding to make major new investments. So when shares of health care information provider WebMD (Nasdaq: WEBMD) started falling in the spring, two billionaire investors, Carl Icahn and George Soros, likely tasked their team… Read More

You can be the best stock-picker in the world, but still lose money if you fail to monitor your portfolio for signs of stocks in trouble. So I’m always looking for signs that a company’s performance is deteriorating. I also don’t put much faith in a company’s… Read More

A recent front-page article in The Financial Times warned of the prospects of $200 oil. The respected financial publication predicted that any further tensions between Iran and the West — including a bombing raid by Israel to take Iran’s nuclear facilities off-line — would quickly create chaos in the oil… Read More

In many third-quarter conference calls this earnings season, a key question kept popping up: “How are European sales holding up in light of the budding economic crisis?” A wide range of companies noted that sales are starting to slow and things could get worse in coming quarters. GM… Read More

It’s no news that obesity rates have reached alarming proportions in the United States. Soon, it will also become a fast-growing concern in the rest of the world as well. Fortunately, there are companies around the world working on solutions. Those who get in early by investing in companies that… Read More

As economists grapple with the ongoing global crises, they’re asking themselves a pair of important questions. First, why have European policies let problems fester for so long? And second, whatever happened to the notion that trade and budget deficits impact currency values? The… Read More