I have a friend who thought it would be a great idea to buy sports memorabilia as an investment. The stock market was a roller coaster, and he had had enough. Read More

It was late October 2008, and we were in the midst of one of the worst bear markets of all time. Short-biased traders were making a killing, but most of us bulls were getting hit daily. As a professional proprietary trader, my software… Read More

Would you ever consider putting your hard-earned investment dollars in a place like Nigeria or Kenya? It’s a question that strikes at the heart of an investor’s risk tolerance.  But how you answer it may be a key… Read More

You would think a master limited partnership (MLP) that has outperformed its industry peers by 88% and the Nasdaq by 34% in the past five years — while yielding an average of 8.8% — would be well-known to… Read More

John Paulson is one of the most famous and successful hedge-fund managers of all time. He shot to stardom in 2007 after The Wall Street Journal revealed his firm had scored a jaw-dropping $15 billion profit from… Read More

China doesn’t want your manufacturing dollars anymore. It’s set out on a five-year plan to shift its economy away from an export model to one based on consumption. That’s good — because the business world may not want China anymore, either. Read More

If you’ve ever taken a road trip, you know there are usually two ways to get to a place: the boring interstate way and the “scenic” route. The first option is usually pretty much a straight line between point A and point B;… Read More

Gold has officially entered a bear market with a 20% drop from its peak in 2011. Exchanges recently halted trading to decrease intraday volatility. The chorus of bears has grown just as loud as the… Read More

When it comes to investing, it’s all about valuation and timing. If you can find undervalued assets at the right time, you can make an absolute fortune. Some assets are priceless because they are not… Read More

In the past month, the market has been confronted with a bearish run of data warning of weakness in the economy. March’s… Read More