A 500% Return in High-Yielders
Do you invest in master limited partnerships (MLPs)? MLPs are publicly traded limited partnerships. They combine the tax benefits of a limited partnership with...
The #1 Investment in the World
You may recently have read the outstanding, in-depth article from Sports Illustrated “Sports Genes,” by David Epstein, who points out that “good genes” don’t...
Avoid Financial Ruin
Did you know that the S&P 500 is down 5% since year-end 1999? That’s not just price; I’m including dividends here. What an atrocious...
A Valuable Lesson
There is a valuable lesson for all investors in the SEC’s case against Goldman Sachs. Be sure you know it.
A New All-Time High
A $1 trillion dollar bailout of overly indebted euro-area governments has helped push gold to a new all-time high. The bailout in Europe greatly...
A Wake-up Call for Investors
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 5% this week. Up until this past week, U.S. stocks marched higher despite the increasing risks...
A Ticking Bomb
On Monday morning while driving to Boston for a meeting, I was listening to the news while waiting for the start of the award-winning...
Personal Income: Outlook Not So Good.
There has still been no meaningful recovery in real personal income. The nascent recovery in consumer spending has come out of savings and from...
Are Small Stocks Safer Than Large Stocks?
A recent study in Financial Analysts Journal (FAJ) found that a portfolio of small-capitalization stocks is no more risky than a portfolio of large-capitalization...
If Greece Fails, is Portugal Next?
Greek government bond yields have surged to over 16% in recent days. If Germany doesn’t step into to save the Greeks, a default is...