When most people think of hedge-fund managers, the first thing that comes to mind are brash, Gordon Gecko types with big mouths and even bigger egos.#-ad_banner-#  While this is the picture painted by the media, the reality is far different. In fact, one of the world’s top-performing hedge-fund managers could… Read More

If you had the wisdom to lock in profits in your portfolio in October 2007, then you are one of the lucky few. The market started to weaken soon after that and went on into a very deep funk during the… Read More

In less than a month, Americans will celebrate Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. People stand in line for hours to get blowout bargains, and many retailers’ cash registers will be stuffed. Immediately after Black Friday, the holiday… Read More

It’s official… Warren Buffett is bullish on real-estate. Last March, in his annual address to shareholders, Buffett advised affluent investors to invest big in residential real estate. In fact, he went on record saying… Read More

After World War II, a new U.S. economy and the desire to put money away against another Great Depression drove the investing public to mutual funds. Today, more than 44% of U.S. Read More

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting tired of hearing about the economic troubles in the eurozone. The media seem too focused on bad news, rather than reporting the tremendous progress that’s been made in cleaning up the debt mess and getting the struggling nations back on track. While… Read More

During the past five years, engineers at Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) have managed to upend the consumer electronics industry, delivering a full suite of products that have now found a home in living rooms and on office desks around the world. The rest of the industry can only sit by and… Read More

There is a big difference between a good pullback and a bad pullback in a stock. #-ad_banner-#A bad pullback happens when earnings fall more than shares, actually increasing a stock’s valuation in spite… Read More

The only good news about diabetes is that most of us don’t have to live with its effects.  And that’s why most people can’t appreciate the technology and the profit potential that a tiny company based in Ireland brings to the table. … Read More