We can gain valuable insights into currency markets by looking at who is long and short in the futures market. The smart money in these… Read More

Employer-sponsored 401(k) retirement accounts have become the primary retirement plans for the majority of investors. They are easy, effective and automatic-saving tools. Not to mention, many employers offer matching contributions, creating a powerful strategy to build retirement wealth. On the other hand, self-directed investors… Read More

My life changed forever with one call I made from a Washington, D.C., shopping mall in 1996. Unhappy in my reporting job and 2,000 miles away from my girlfriend, I had interviewed for a job with a sports website in Austin, Texas, where I… Read More

December 2, 2004 was a pretty good day for Steve Ballmer.  On that day, the 48-year-old CEO of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) received a dividend check worth $1.2 billion.  So did Bill Gates, co-founder and Chairman of Microsoft… Read More

Every four years, the world stops to watch the winter and summer Olympic Games, as individuals and teams compete to take home the gold medal for their respective countries. Though the goal is to bring home the gold, silver and bronze medals, the simple chance to participate in the games… Read More

As I’ve been saying in the past articles of this series, diversification can take different forms. Depending on the size of your portfolio and personal interest, diversification can lead into unusual and exciting profit opportunities.#-ad_banner-# You… Read More

The Brazil turnaround story garnered headlines and investors’ attention in the first half of the past decade. But the past two years have seen an economic slowdown and a pullback in stock prices that I believe… Read More

My favorite thing about investing is that you never stop learning. No matter how much knowledge you think you have, there is always something new that can open up an entirely different perspective on a topic. Recently, I learned an interesting and lucrative piece… Read More

In his recent State of the Union address, President Barack Obama renewed his call for major upgrades to the nation’s aging infrastructure. Obama’s proposed “Fix It First” program would allocate $40 billion for urgently needed upgrades to highways, bridges… Read More