One of the most successful high-yield energy investments in the world is a type of security few investors even know exists, let alone own. They aren’t stocks and they aren’t bonds, but they are the No. 1 performing… Read More

My dream investment is a high-yield stock with a fast-growing dividend. But such combinations are rare. This is because most companies that pay a fat dividend have matured out of their high-growth phase and compensate investors for slower growth by distributing more of… Read More

Score one for David Einhorn. The high-profile short-seller recently gave a series of speeches outlining concerns about one of the top-gaining stocks in 2011: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Nasdaq: GMCR). I recently looked at whether the stock might head to $120, as one sell-side analyst predicted, or would fall from… Read More

This select group of 21 stocks might be the holy grail of investments: each has delivered high yields AND sizeable capital gains. Conventional wisdom says you have to choose one or the other. Income investors usually think they have to forfeit higher returns in exchange for a… Read More

The stock market plunge in the last two months of the summer was, in hindsight, a clear overreaction. But the subsequent sharp rally may also be a false signal. Simply put, the economy remains unhealthy, Washington… Read More

Follow the smart money. That’s a classic adage in the investment lexicon, but it’s really not hard to follow the steps of all-time investment experts such as Warren Buffett, Carl Icahn and George Soros. Thanks to the 13F filing from the… Read More

Ever since the stock market began plunging in late July, a wide range of companies that had intended to conduct an Initial Public Offering (IPO) changed their mind. S-1 registrations that were on file with the Securities &… Read More

Despite the ongoing debt crisis in Europe, and the insane market volatility that comes with it, I’m going to go out on a limb and say the economy has turned a corner. In the long run, I… Read More

Focusing on “turnaround” stocks was a favorite angle for investors in the 1990s. Many companies had been run poorly, but new management could easily unlock value by focusing on a deep restructuring. The key was to find businesses that still possessed sizable… Read More