I live in hurricane country and have personally witnessed my share of Category 3s, as well as a handful of tropical storms. One main point safety officials stress is concerning the eye of the storm. Although it brings a relative period of calm, depending on how big the eye of… Read More

The old cliche of cash being king is actually quite accurate. This is particularly true in times of economic uncertainty. Cash enables companies to act quickly on opportunity, to avoid debt and to continue to maintain a high level of operation during slow periods. It is the lubricant that keeps… Read More

Just a few weeks ago, I was looking at a group of stocks that — on the surface at least — looked like they had solid potential upside, perhaps as much as 100%.  Well, one of those stocks stuck in my craw.  #-ad_banner-#I decided to look more deeply at the… Read More

Today, I want to tell you about a true game changer in the energy industry.  Up until a few years ago, this initiative would have seemed almost impossible. It would have been the subject of sci-fi movies. #-ad_banner-#But don’t worry, what I’m about to tell you is very real. In… Read More

At the start of 2012, investors were assessing whether it was wiser to focus on the deep value that many stocks offered, or the incipient signs of a global economic slowdown that would cap any upside for stocks. They focused on the former in the first quarter, giving stocks a… Read More

The biggest trades are the ones no one sees coming. Take housing in 2006. Optimism was at an all-time high. Prices were screaming higher every quarter. The mere mention of a correction brought immediate scorn and ridicule. Until the day prices began declining, very… Read More

Bill Gates is the second-wealthiest man on Earth. His fortune is estimated to be an astounding $54 billion. If we itemize his net worth in the past 25 years at 14 hours per day, it would work out to earning $1 million per hour… Read More

If you’re an income investor, then you might think there’s a conspiracy against you. Ten-year government bond rates reached record lows around the world last month: in Germany, the United States and Sweden they were under 1.50%. In Japan, the 10-year bond… Read More

For about a decade now, investors have been worried that consumers would “cut the cord” and replace their cable TV subscriptions with free online content, which has been increasingly available.  Truth is, this probably will never completely happen. #-ad_banner-#For starters, the programming content on the leading cable networks is world-class. Read More

Do quarterly results even matter? Investors had been anticipating a fairly tough set of reports prior to the most recent earnings season, but they bid up stocks throughout March anyway. When those reports rolled in across April and early May, the numbers (and… Read More