Investing Analysis

Bubble Stocks Dominate the First Quarter

Stocks overall had a strong first quarter, with the S&P 500 gaining 6%, but it is the FANG stocks and shares of similar companies...

This is Why You Buy Companies in Strong Competitive Positions

Imagination Technologies shares plunged as much as 69% in London trading today. Imagination Tech develops and licenses silicon and software intellectual property for system-on-chip...

Make Sure You’re Not Part of This Disturbing Trend in 401(k) Saving

According to the Investment Company Institute, a disturbing trend is growing among employees with 401(k)s, about a fifth of participants with access to 401(k)...

Record Harvests Hurting Prices of Soybeans and other Crops

The USDA expects American farmers to plant more acres of soybeans this year than any in history. The glut of soybean stockpiles and expectations for...

Will Shale 2.0 Bring OPEC to its Knees?

In 2014 Saudi Arabia engineered what might kindly be called a collapse in oil prices by inexplicably trying to gain market share by cutting...

Is The Trump Boom Already Over?

President Trump's victory in November set off a monster rally in big stocks, small stocks, stocks with high tax rates, and infrastructure stocks among...

Immigrant Robots Taking American Jobs

If you ask the typical American where all the manufacturing jobs have gone, you're likely to get one of two answers. Either they've been...

Could Inflation Be the Big Surprise of 2017?

Inflation, or measured inflation for those who take a more skeptical view of the accuracy of the government’s inflation estimates, has been subdued. Core...

Vinyl is Far from Dead

If you’re a music lover like me and own some vinyl records then you know what I’m talking about when I say vinyl is...

This Tiny State is a Leader in Wind Power

In May, America's first off-shore wind power installation, Deepwater Wind, will go online in tiny Rhode Island. Around 30MWs of power will be generated by...