Many investors look to the so-called BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) for emerging growth opportunities. However, these investors may be overlooking one emerging powerhouse in Southeast Asia. Overall, as an investor, I particularly like emerging-market dividend… Read More

When it comes to investing, I want to have my cake and eat it too.  While I love to find companies that rise when the markets do, I especially love stocks that buck the… Read More

Years from now, Apple employees will look back on April 18, 2013, as the day the company awoke from its slumber. That day, Apple’s shares closed below $400 — a price that was inconceivable seven months earlier, when… Read More

While watching sports on TV last weekend, I saw dozens of car commercials. It’s understandable why automakers are spending so heavily on ads these days: Put simply, business is good. An industry that struggled to sell more than 10 million vehicles… Read More

In the next 30 years, the U.S. Census Bureau expects the number of people age 65 or older to double, jumping to 80 million. That domestic trend mirrors a larger global trend: By 2050, more people worldwide will be older than 65 than… Read More

Companies must spend money to make money — at least, that’s what many investors believe. The market has long followed research and development (R&D) and capital expenditures (or… Read More

My first day working in New York City included a ferry ride across the Hudson River and then a shuttle to the office. Despite the early hour, the hustle and bustle of Midtown Manhattan was intense.#-ad_banner-# When the shuttle approached my stop, I saw a long line of teenagers and… Read More

Forget what you may have heard: The United States has not lost its way as an industrial power. Although many have lamented the country’s multidecade shrinkage in the manufacturing sector, the most important pockets of product design and development are still taking place right here in the U.S. Read More

Would you pay $2.10 for a gallon of gas? I know I would. According to AAA, the nationwide average for a gallon of gasoline is $3.59… Diesel is even more expensive at $3.91. Yet despite high fuel costs across the country, a select group of drivers are paying only $2.10… Read More

“Apple computers? Aren’t those for artists and graphic-design nerds?” I asked the salesman demonstrating an early version of the Apple Macintosh desktop computer in the early 1990s. “I need a real computer, not something to paint pretty pictures on and design flowers with.” “You… Read More