Despite a continued debt crisis in Europe and a looming fiscal cliff in the United States, stocks are up more than 12% in the past four months. Whether the market was undervalued or whether the runup is simply due to the amount… Read More

A once-in-a-generation opportunity is developing for investors. The upside potential is enormous. I am talking about a change so important, it will affect the way our economy works and… Read More

Investors have cheered the central bank easing its position on the economy as the S&P 500 recovered to its highest levels since 2007. Europe seems on the way out of its multi-year debt crisis,… Read More

I am a value investor through and through, so it is extremely rare that a stock trading at 52 times next year’s expected earnings would grab my attention. The company would have to be seeing extraordinary growth and be a… Read More

Market pundits talk about how the stock market climbs a “wall of worry,” a euphemism for the ability of stocks to go up even in the face of chronic problems in the… Read More

This year, investing has been all about the red, white and blue. Troubles in Europe and China have sent international and emerging market stocks to multi-year lows. That is, with the exception of one market… Investors that once flocked to Chinese… Read More

Some companies act within so many different business segments, that it’s difficult for the market to assess what the company is really about. #-ad_banner-#This is especially true when the businesses don’t really fit together and management is unable to focus… Read More

Like many veteran investors, dividend-paying stocks have always been a staple of my investing strategy. Dividends have represented more than 50% of the total market return since 1926, according to BNY Mellon… Read More

Forbes is pushing health care stocks while CNBC’s Cramer leans on his, “Buy, buy, buy” button, assuming a Republican win in November.  Other pundits are calling their stock picks for an Obama win, and USA Today has even called in a team of astrologists to predict the outcome. Am I… Read More

For the past couple of weeks, I have been closely following the record heat and drought weather conditions across the United States and their possible implications for investors. A June 29 article of mine describes the upside potential in two stocks that will benefit from the heat and drought, Potash… Read More