The S&P 500 is quietly having a great year. Despite recent volatility, the index has delivered... Read More

The S&P 500 is quietly having a great year. Despite recent volatility, the index has delivered a total return of 6.6% in 2016 – putting it on pace for a 12% return this year. While that... Read More

I recently found myself sitting in the warm Texas sun with a few beers, some of the best barbecue... Read More

I recently found myself sitting in the warm Texas sun with a few beers, some of the best barbecue in Dallas and friends visiting from all over — Australia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and a few from... Read More

In late 2015, before the first interest rate hike in ten years, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) released a... Read More

In late 2015, before the first interest rate hike in ten years, Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) released a note to investors about financial companies that stood to benefit from a lift in interest rates.... Read More

Today, we are in the midst of a technological renaissance. The power of a semiconductor (the heart... Read More

Today, we are in the midst of a technological renaissance. The power of a semiconductor (the heart of most of today’s technological innovation) doubles every two years, according to... Read More

If a Blue Chip stock suddenly drops 16% in one day, what do you do? Do you rush to buy? Do you step... Read More

If a Blue Chip stock suddenly drops 16% in one day, what do you do? Do you rush to buy? Do you step aside and wait for the dust to clear? Or do you give up on the stock altogether? ... Read More

Sometimes, you’d think that the worst diseases to threaten mankind come from tropical... Read More

Sometimes, you’d think that the worst diseases to threaten mankind come from tropical environments. They do.  #-ad_banner-#AIDS came from sub equatorial Africa, as did the Ebola virus.... Read More

It’s been nearly three decades since the prefix “robo” entered the popular... Read More

It’s been nearly three decades since the prefix “robo” entered the popular lexicon, thanks to the 1987 film RoboCop, in which a fatally wounded policeman returns to fight crime as a... Read More

Does anyone ever believe anybody who says, “We’ll be fine”? My guess is that this... Read More

Does anyone ever believe anybody who says, “We’ll be fine”? My guess is that this phrase is met with an awful lot of skepticism, as it should be. It’s a bit too nonchalant,... Read More

Seven years into a bull run and stocks are undeniably expensive. FactSet Research finds that every... Read More

Seven years into a bull run and stocks are undeniably expensive. FactSet Research finds that every sector but one is trading above its five- and ten-year average price-to-earnings ratio on a forward... Read More

Investor ratings can be a bit confusing… Confusing because they can be somewhat arbitrary.... Read More

Investor ratings can be a bit confusing… Confusing because they can be somewhat arbitrary. It’s not that they are fickle, per se. It’s just that different analysts place different... Read More