Investment U

Editor’s Note: This week’s chart and article come to us from Managing Editor Rachel Gearhart and originally ran in The Oxford Insight, a newsletter exclusively for Oxford Club Members....

The last few years have not been kind to retail stocks. The decline of mall culture has paired up with online competition from the likes of Amazon to take a bite out of brick-and-mortar stores.Then...

In London last Wednesday, Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old Muslim, drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge, killing three people and injuring at least 50 others.He then crashed the car outside...

Wall Street is buzzing. The largest IPO in history will hit the market next year. Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil giant, Saudi Aramco, will go public in 2018. The company could be worth $2...

With the first quarter of 2017 coming to a close, investors should ask themselves a simple question... What’s the best sector to be in over the next six months? This week’s chart gives...

The Federal Reserve and America’s big banks have a close relationship. Maybe too close. This relationship formed more than a century ago. And there’s a not-so-far-fetched conspiracy theory...

Personally, I don’t fear a nuclear attack.Despite all the scripted drama and political rhetoric over a terrorist group getting its hands on a nuclear device, the reality is nukes are cost...

Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) went public last week. The much-anticipated IPO was a positive note on an otherwise gloomy day in the stock market.Most major indexes declined on the news...

The housing bubble burst in 2008... But today, it’s back in full force. Home prices are above precrisis levels. And the force pushing them to new highs is losing strength. The next housing...

“Unlike Cuba, Panama has passed the ball, not dropped it.” - Bob Adams, an American businessman in Panama While your man Alex Green was in Cuba last week, I was in Panama speaking at an...

I just returned from a great trip, The Oxford Club’s “Cultural Tour” of Cuba.While we were ostensibly there to sample the amazing food, music, dance, etc., the investors on board...

For almost three years now, low crude prices have been dragging down the economies of petrostates like Venezuela and Saudi Arabia. But on November 30 of last year, OPEC member states put aside their...

How many stocks do you own that are up 10-fold or more?If your answer is “none,” lend an ear. Because the best-managed equity portfolios aren’t made up of tons of stocks that are up...

If you’re investing for retirement, chances are that you’ve bought some bonds. But did you buy yours individually or as part of a bond index?The difference may seem insubstantial. And for...

In 2015, hungry consumers spent more money dining out at bars and restaurants than they spent on groceries. It was the first time this had ever happened. Many thought it was the start of a major trend...

We’re less than a month into Donald Trump’s presidency. But Trump anxiety is already running wild.Before the 45th president took office, his critics often heard the same counterargument....