It’s easy to overlook things… especially if you’re not really looking for them.... Read More

It’s easy to overlook things… especially if you’re not really looking for them. It’s the approach most investors have had with financial stocks. Since the crisis of 2008, the... Read More

There’s an old saying in the restaurant business: “Feed the rich, eat with the poor.... Read More

There’s an old saying in the restaurant business: “Feed the rich, eat with the poor. Feed the poor, eat with the rich.” #-ad_banner-#It’s pretty self-explanatory. The guy who... Read More

My great-grandfather owned a small department store in the Pacific Northwest. With the help of my... Read More

My great-grandfather owned a small department store in the Pacific Northwest. With the help of my great -grandmother (who, I am told, watched the cash register like a hawk), they built a successful... Read More

The Aflac (NYSE: AFL) duck is one of the strongest brands today. It’s genius marketing. But... Read More

The Aflac (NYSE: AFL) duck is one of the strongest brands today. It’s genius marketing. But there’s much more to this behemoth than a clever and enduring ad campaign. The stock is a... Read More

What’s wrong with Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO)? Seriously? That’s a good question that... Read More

What’s wrong with Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO)? Seriously? That’s a good question that the market, in its infinite wisdom, has been unable to figure out for nearly 15 years. To borrow a... Read More

I have a small television in my office tuned to CNBC. I keep the sound off. It’s not that I... Read More

I have a small television in my office tuned to CNBC. I keep the sound off. It’s not that I rely on it for information — rather, I like to have some idea of what the herd is thinking and... Read More

America is an agricultural juggernaut. #-ad_banner-#The United States has more arable land than any... Read More

America is an agricultural juggernaut. #-ad_banner-#The United States has more arable land than any other nation on the planet and some of the highest crop yields per acre. However, only 20% of the... Read More

When it comes to picking investments, stock guys like me have it easy.#-ad_banner-# Let’s say... Read More

When it comes to picking investments, stock guys like me have it easy.#-ad_banner-# Let’s say we’re looking for a stock. Well, we like spaghetti. We know that other people like spaghetti.... Read More

What do you call 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day for the next 20 years? If you’re a... Read More

What do you call 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day for the next 20 years? If you’re a big pharmaceutical company, you might call it an ATM.#-ad_banner-# Investors got a taste of this in... Read More

It boggles my mind to think about how many billions of casseroles have been made by American moms... Read More

It boggles my mind to think about how many billions of casseroles have been made by American moms and eaten by eye-rolling American kids over the past century. #-ad_banner-# That’s a weird... Read More