Last year, I wrote a somewhat bearish article on the long-term price of oil. While I am sticking to... Read More

Last year, I wrote a somewhat bearish article on the long-term price of oil. While I am sticking to my guns long-term, a recent research piece published by Confluence Investment Management’s... Read More

I had a front-row seat when I got into the investing business in the mid-1990s. I clearly remember... Read More

I had a front-row seat when I got into the investing business in the mid-1990s. I clearly remember recommending dividend stocks as investor appetite increased for growth stocks, primarily in the... Read More

As I write this, U.S. equity markets have pulled themselves out of correction territory, with both... Read More

As I write this, U.S. equity markets have pulled themselves out of correction territory, with both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising to a little better than 5% off their... Read More

My parents took me to Walt Disney World for the first time when I was five years old. One of the... Read More

My parents took me to Walt Disney World for the first time when I was five years old. One of the rides I most vividly remember, now long since gone, was Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. Based on Disney’s... Read More

When financial markets are on the upswing, it’s often said that a “rising tide lifts... Read More

When financial markets are on the upswing, it’s often said that a “rising tide lifts all boats”. That’s not exactly true.  Yes, many stocks go up during a broad market... Read More

Today’s vernacular is riddled with acronyms ending in the letter “O”: IMO, YOLO,... Read More

Today’s vernacular is riddled with acronyms ending in the letter “O”: IMO, YOLO, BOGO, and the newest one that’s most relevant to the investing racket, FOMO, which stands for... Read More

I’ll be the first to admit it — I don’t understand bitcoin. I don’t have a... Read More

I’ll be the first to admit it — I don’t understand bitcoin. I don’t have a clue about what blockchain technology entails. What I do understand is that when EVERYONE is talking... Read More

I’m going to paraphrase a hippy-dippy poster I saw in a high school counselor’s office... Read More

I’m going to paraphrase a hippy-dippy poster I saw in a high school counselor’s office back in the early 1980s: “What if the Fed raised rates and yields did nothing?” That... Read More

In 1956, geologist M. King Hubbert came up with what seemed to be an accurate prediction of... Read More

In 1956, geologist M. King Hubbert came up with what seemed to be an accurate prediction of “peak oil”, a theory regarding the maxing out of U.S. oil production that goes back to 1919,... Read More

I don’t like playing “futurist”. I’m going to try not to sound like an... Read More

I don’t like playing “futurist”. I’m going to try not to sound like an ineffective political campaign commercial, but the only way I can describe the healthcare in the United... Read More