Several years ago, an investment-manager friend told me about the thirty-second rule. It’s a... Read More

Several years ago, an investment-manager friend told me about the thirty-second rule. It’s a powerful (yet remarkably simple) way to think about investment analysis — one that has stuck... Read More

What do you do when you find a stock that absolutely dominates its industry… pays steadily... Read More

What do you do when you find a stock that absolutely dominates its industry… pays steadily rising dividends year after year… and trades at a 43% discount to the S&P 500? You buy it... Read More

If you’re starting to get nervous about the stock market, I don’t blame you. Volatility... Read More

If you’re starting to get nervous about the stock market, I don’t blame you. Volatility is hitting record levels we haven’t seen in 25 years. Growth is slowing across the globe. The... Read More

If you’ve read my premium advisory Top 10 Stocks for any length of time, then you know I like... Read More

If you’ve read my premium advisory Top 10 Stocks for any length of time, then you know I like to focus on companies that dominate their markets, that provide a product or service essential to... Read More

In 2009, Apple coined the phrase “There’s an app for that,” in a marketing... Read More

In 2009, Apple coined the phrase “There’s an app for that,” in a marketing campaign touting the iPhone 3. The phrase is still commonly quoted. It was a hands-down advertising... Read More

Many people have written America off. They think our best days are over.  Conventional wisdom... Read More

Many people have written America off. They think our best days are over.  Conventional wisdom says that American industry is “over the hill.” Many observers today believe that U.S.... Read More

The truth will make you sick. Technically it’s public knowledge, but I can tell you —... Read More

The truth will make you sick. Technically it’s public knowledge, but I can tell you — it’s Congress’ dirty little secret. Congress is rich. Unbelievably rich. And until just... Read More

It’s that time again — when nervous investors flee the market, and seasoned stock... Read More

It’s that time again — when nervous investors flee the market, and seasoned stock buyers look to make bigger profits. As I write this, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is nearly 900... Read More

Call it American ingenuity, but the things we come up with are inevitably sought after by people in... Read More

Call it American ingenuity, but the things we come up with are inevitably sought after by people in nearly every corner of the world. Even where the governments don’t like us — like in... Read More

Everyone makes mistakes, especially when it comes to investing. Some errors simply come with the... Read More

Everyone makes mistakes, especially when it comes to investing. Some errors simply come with the territory. Others are so detrimental they could be costing you upward of three, eight, even as much... Read More