There are so many reasons to invest in agriculture, it’s ridiculous.  First, global population growth, which continues to fuel demand. During the next 30 years, the United Nations estimates global population will increase by 50%, climbing to 10 billion. This will have a profound effect on demand for food resources,… Read More

Stocks trading for less than $5 have a special attraction to investors. Because of their cheap prices, smaller investors are able to buy a larger number of shares, while providing a better return opportunity than stocks in their full valuation. In… Read More

Bubbles never end with skepticism. Think about housing in 2006. Everyone in the world wanted to buy real estate because never went down. Until it did. And how about the Nasdaq in early 2000,… Read More

After the financial implosion of 2008, a string of government bailouts and massive losses, many investors simply lost their appetite for the volatility and uncertainty of the financial sector. But before the group fell from grace, bank stocks were some of the most popular and powerful investments on… Read More

Small-cap value stocks have consistently outperformed all other categories of stocks. That’s the message coming from the industry’s most respected academic and financial institutions. #-ad_banner-#Small-cap value stocks outperformed the general market by 4.3% annually from 1926-1997, according to Morningstar’s registered investment adviser subsidiary… Read More

This has been another year of extreme market volatility. In May, after rallying to a new multi-year high in the first four months of the year, the S&P 500 saw a sharp 9% pullback before retracing all those losses in June… Read More

Cybercrime is a global epidemic that is costing individuals and companies billions of dollars. Cyber-attacks are causing “the greatest transfer of wealth in history,” according to Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command. #-ad_banner-# In the past year alone, industry-leading companies… Read More

Rail shippers are one of the few industries benefiting from higher energy prices. That’s because rising crude and gasoline prices have caused many companies to switch from trucking to more cost-effective rail services to ship their goods. That fundamental shift in the shipping landscape has been a… Read More

Treasuries are still viewed as the safest assets in the world, but a closer look at the numbers reveals a very different story. In the past 10 years, the federal debt has almost tripled, climbing by more than $10 trillion to $16.5 trillion. Read More

Anyone waiting for Big Pharma to stumble on the industry’s so-called “patent cliff” has been heartily disappointed. In spite of many high-revenue products facing patent expirations in the next few years, the group continues to be a top performer, lifting the health care sector to a market-beating 9% gain by… Read More