Danger: 2 Stocks You’ll Be Glad You Missed
The Wall Street Journal has been chock-full of teachable moments lately. Last week we pointed readers to two pieces that highlighted the risk of...
Stock Market Beauty Contest
This stock market is like a beauty contest where the recognizable names get all the attention. So far this year Apple, Google, and Microsoft...
How Higher Interest Rates Can Stimulate Growth
The chorus of economists and investors demanding an interest rate hike from the Fed to stimulate economic growth is getting louder.
An interest rate hike...
Survey: Wealthy Investors Fear Becoming a Burden
The #1 fear for wealthy investors is becoming a burden to their children according to a survey from UBS and described here by Financial...
The Monday Melee: The 7 Fastest Growing Restaurant Chains
It seems every time you turn around there's a new restaurant chain popping up offering burgers, shakes, burritos and every other kind of food...
The Prudent Strategy for Building Wealth
We’ve written often on this site and in our monthly strategy report about the speculative nature of the stock market rally in recent years...
Stock Market Update: Has the Window of Opportunity Closed?
Many investors and strategists have been arguing that the Fed lost its window of opportunity to hike rates when the good professors panicked during...
How High are Your State’s Corporate Income Taxes?
Do you live in a bustling corporate tax paradise like Texas? Or are enduring a confiscatory nightmare like the small business owners of Washington D.C.? This...
The Next 5,000 Points for Stocks
I have no idea if the next 5,000 points for stocks will be up or down. But I do know your ability to stick...
The Monday Melee: The Cost of a Hurricane
The costs of disaster can be massive. Economies can be crippled by hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes and tidal waves. Mexico narrowly avoided a massive catastrophe by...