Investing Analysis

Will Private Infrastructure Investment Hurt Rural Areas?

President Trump has proposed financing a rebuilding of America's infrastructure with private funding, but some rural politicians are worried that will leave their constituents...

A Temporary Corporate Tax Cut Won’t Help Much

Senate procedural limits on legislation that will increase the budget deficit are hampering the potential for permanent tax rate cuts. But as Alan Cole...

Should You Dump Your Junk Bonds Now?

Despite higher yields, junk bonds today don't look to be worth the risk. If loss rates are factored in, the rosy picture of higher...

A Failed Fed Tightening

For the third time in the span of about twenty years, the Fed is in denial over an asset bubble its policies have helped...

A Lawyer Fights Exorbitant 401(k) Fees

Investors' performance can be quickly sliced down when advisers and managers take hefty fees off the top. Fee abuse has been especially rampant in 401(k)...

How Chinese Phones are Beating Apple and Samsung to New Markets

Chinese phone maker Tanssion makes the phones its customers want, it doesn't try to sell them on the phones it has. For developed markets,...

Heed This Warning from an Investing Legend

One of the many features of the stocks in Young Research's Retirement Compounders portfolio (RCs), is their dividend paying histories. Pair the RCs with...

Net Worth to Income Exceeds Prior Bubble Highs

Here is a chart that should make the Fed uncomfortable. You are looking at the net worth of American households as a percentage of...

Why is Gold Going Up?

Typically when stock market prices are rising, the price of gold is falling. But that's not the case today. Gold prices have been trending upward...

Putnam Announces 3 “Alternatives” Funds: Time to Sell?

The low hanging fruit may have already been picked in “alternatives.” And yet, Putnam has announced three new Alt mutual funds. We’ve seen this...