Just as the United Nations helps the world cooperate and become a better place, looking for stocks from many different countries helps your portfolio diversify and produce stronger and less volatile returns.
In our pursuit of investment riches, let’s not forget that our goal is happiness.
In a low-yield world, preferred stocks may be just what the doctor ordered for income investors.
Are junk bond investors smarter than stock investors? The evidence says no, but since both asset classes are going down simultaneously a U.S. recession remains likely.
It’s no coincidence that three huge merger deals announced today are all energy-related. Energy is a hot commodity moving higher.
Although HOLDRs are an old type of specialized-sector ETF that exhibit a few disadvantages, some of the indices underlying the new Van Eck ETFs set to replace them have severely underperformed in comparison. Read on to find out which ones.
Australia is set to impose two new taxes on its energy and mining companies. But Jim argues that the Australian economy will be stronger for them.
An upcoming House of Representatives committee hearing on the BP oil spill could be more interesting than usual. Why did President Obama want to prevent oil spill investigators from testifying?
Baseball and investing have much more in common than you might think.
Investors have enjoyed dream-like dividend yields from mortgage REITs for years, but the high-yield party may be coming to an end.
