Porsche has been steadily increasing its stake in VW during the past year. VW’s new CEO, Martin Winterkorn, is seen as a close ally to Chairman Ferdinand Piech. Piech owns roughly 13 percent of Porsche and is a Porsche family member. Read More

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The graying of America is one of the most often advertised demographic trends in the stock market. The longer people live and the more money they have, the more they spend on healthcare as they grow older. Read More

Now for episode two in what’s developing into a series on hastily conceived law gone awry. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) is just the starting point today, and we’re going to take a little different direction and find some good news. Read More

These mining stocks are successful, wealth-building businesses, not just disaster insurance that may never be used. Read More

What did work isn’t what will work always. Too often investors get so comfortable in the success of some stocks or sectors that they forget about one of the cardinal investment rules: Always look forward when it comes to stocks. Read More

A land rush is the best way to describe the demand for real estate investment trusts (REITs). The combination of strong demand for underlying land and property assets as well as the steady stream of dividend flows has boosted REITs’ popularity dramatically. Read More

KKR’s $45 billion offer for TXU would be the largest utility takeover by private equity in history. Media coverage has focused on the offer to cancel the Texas company’s plans to build controversial coal plants, an inducement for regulators to approve the deal. Read More

We own mutual funds in the Growth Portfolio because of the great companies they hold. Read More

If you understand the companies behind our Portfolio stocks, a market crisis can often reveal some great bargains. Whether it’s due to some blip in Chinese stocks, hysteria over subprime mortgages or just a little selling in a thinly traded stock, know when a great company’s stock is on sale. Knowing the difference between “crisis” and “opportunity” is one key to cashing in long term. Read More