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The 18-month plunge in global oil prices continues unabated.The price is now below $28 per barrel, thanks to even more supply streaming in from Iran. The International Energy Agency warns that the oil...

In 2015, the stock market’s valuation was widely downplayed.But why would market watchers do such a thing with the U.S. stock market trading at its richest valuation in more than a decade? Well,...

Market bulls finally have something to talk about.Last week, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite Index both posted their first positive weeks of the year. Of course, the benchmarks have a long...

Stocks around the globe have seen more than $3 trillion wiped off their valuations so far in 2016.Now, I’ve been in the investment business since the 1980s, and I’ve witnessed every large...

You know that major commodities have taken a huge hit, but did you know that prices of everyday commodities, such as the material that goes into making the lowly cardboard box, have also cratered?As a...

It’s time for Twitter (N:TWTR) Inc to stick or twist.Last Sunday, the embattled social media company suffered a mass exodus of executive talent. If you believe the official statement, Alex...

Oil’s continued plunge is vying with China for the early financial headlines in 2016.Yet many U.S. investors are missing the most important aspect of oil’s collapse: the dramatic effect...

A sharp decline in stock prices has stunned investors in the first weeks of 2016. This rapid decline follows a prolonged and deep decline in commodity prices.Monetary authorities across the globe are...

In the midst of this global stock market meltdown, you’re probably wondering whether you should do nothing or something.Gurus, pundits, and advisors usually recommend doing nothing in times of...

2016 continues to be “The Year of Living Dangerously” for stock market investors. And we’re only a little more than three weeks into the New Year!So far, China has featured in most...

On January 15, Standard & Poor’s unexpectedly downgraded Poland’s credit rating from A- (positive) to BBB+ (negative), or just three notches above junk.In its report, the agency said...

In this car crash of a stock market, it may well be worthwhile to focus on the companies that will largely endure whatever investors throw at them.Indeed, companies that significantly outperform the...

The market meltdown in China this year has caused many commentators to proclaim the end of Chinese economic growth.Yet geopolitically, the United States is much weaker today than it was 20 years ago,...

So far in 2016, financial markets around the world have been buffeted by what’s occurring in China.The mainstream financial media likes to play the situation up as if China is in dire straits....

One of the most popular income investing strategies is to buy the “Dividend Aristocrats,” those few companies that have increased their dividends every year for 25 years or...

It was only a matter of time…Last week, relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran worsened sharply. First, the Saudis executed a Shia cleric. Then a mob attacked Saudi Arabia’s Tehran...