President Barack Obama’s first term was very good for precious metals. Silver was up an eye-popping 236% while gold added an impressive 128% gain, both handily beating the S&P 500’s 75% return. Those big gains have more than a few investors concerned about another… Read More

For centuries, land has been the status symbol for wealth and power. In fact, it wasn’t that long ago that you couldn’t even vote without being a property owner. Of course in those days, just like today, certain locales were far more desirable than others.  When President Thomas Jefferson dispatched… Read More

It’s official: The stock markets are now in a correction. At least the Nasdaq is, having fallen more than 10% from its 52-week high (it’s more than -10% right now). The challenge with… Read More

With interest rates near zero and traditional income investments like savings accounts and certificates of deposit earning next to nothing, dividend-paying blue chips have become wildly popular lately… especially in high-yield sectors such as telecommunications. Read More

Let’s face it. The so-called fiscal cliff has us all worried.#-ad_banner-# It is nothing to trifle with; it will be driven by the expiration of almost every tax cut enacted since 2001, as a whole commonly referred to as the Bush-era tax… Read More

Anyone searching for long-term gains in natural gas has been through an epic journey in the past year or so. From January 2011 to April 2012, natural gas prices fell an astounding 80%, dragging energy stocks down to new multi-year lows and creating… Read More

With every passing day, the risks are rising that Washington will soon create real havoc in the U.S. economy. The “fiscal cliff” set of measures that was agreed upon many months ago is now just seven short weeks away. To hear… Read More

The story of David and Goliath has captured imaginations for thousands of years. But many traders who look for giant slayers among the smallest companies are met with disappointment. Occasionally, however, there are stories of small-cap companies that take on giants and win, and today we have a company that… Read More

Thanks to an economy that is a bit healthier than it was a few years ago, voters handed President Barack Obama the keys to the White House for four more years. As a re-elected incumbent who campaigned on a platform of “stay… Read More

Markets can only crash when the masses aren’t expecting it. And if history is any guide, Congress just might push us right off the “fiscal cliff.”#-ad_banner-# The fiscal cliff is a combination of federal tax increases and spending cuts that are scheduled to go into effect at the end of… Read More