Some of the world’s best investors are betting that the U.S. housing rebound will continue in 2013. John Paulson, the billionaire hedge-fund manager, made a fortune betting on the collapse of the housing market in 2008. Yet… Read More

The 157 pages of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 will never be a best-seller. But for income investors, it was welcome news. Here are some of the highlights…… Read More

Without these technology metals, it would be near impossible to build electric cars, iPads, smartphones, wind turbines, lasers and other essential pieces of technology. Read about rare Earth elements and see how important they are to our modern world, and what China’s near… Read More

“Let your winners ride.” It’s a favorite maxim among gamblers, and also applies to a top-performing casino stock. Recently announced monthly revenue figures from the world’s newest gambling mecca… Read More

For the past two months, if you asked most investors what they feared most, then they would have said the fiscal cliff. And why wouldn’t they? Income tax rates for all Americans were scheduled to rise. The maximum qualified dividend rate of 15% was set to expire and revert back… Read More

New gas technology such as hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling have changed the complexion of natural gas in North America. Natural gas reserves in the United States have doubled since 2000, and as a result gas prices reached a low in April 2012 below $2 per mcf. This infographic… Read More

I’ll never forget seeing my first office supply superstore while in college. While searching frantically for a typewriter ribbon on the eve of a critical paper being due, my roommate advised that a new office supply store had recently opened up just miles from our dorm.  Quickly heading there, I was shocked at the size of the store and variety of office supplies available. I was able to purchase the typewriter ribbon a great price but thought to myself, “There’s no way this concept will last, these guys will be out of business… Read More

I’ll never forget seeing my first office supply superstore while in college. While searching frantically for a typewriter ribbon on the eve of a critical paper being due, my roommate advised that a new office supply store had recently opened up just miles from our dorm.  Quickly heading there, I was shocked at the size of the store and variety of office supplies available. I was able to purchase the typewriter ribbon a great price but thought to myself, “There’s no way this concept will last, these guys will be out of business soon.” I reasoned that the market for office supplies could not possibly be large enough to support the overhead and infrastructure of that giant store.#-ad_banner-# Boy, was I wrong.  This company has expanded to a global scale with nearly 2,300 locations and $25 billion in annual revenue. Not only did this visionary company nail the rising demand for corporate office supplies, but it also was perfectly positioned to benefit from the boom in home-based businesses across the globe. … Read More

Looking for stocks poised to make a major move? Then find the companies that are loved and hated by investors. These three hotly-debated stocks have been in the headlines recently as bulls and bears duke it out. And depending on which camp… Read More

The best time to pick up outsized gains is when everyone’s bearish. And there’s plenty of bearishness on the Street right now.#-ad_banner-# Third-quarter earnings were flat, with margins compressing for the first time in… Read More

One mark of a successful investor is the ability to think outside the box. There is a never-ending opportunity for investors who remain open to new horizons. Many investors get trapped with a myopic view of the possibilities — some only invest in… Read More