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If Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen were incapable of telling a lie, she might say something like, “We appear perpetually optimistic because we’re afraid of the market reaction if...

There are numerous strategies tycoons use to build tremendous wealth, such as investing in emerging blue chips. But today, I’m going to focus on a broader characteristic tycoons possess that any...

Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (N:CMG) can’t wait for 2015 to end. Two foodborne illness outbreaks. Rising food and labor costs. A sinking stock.And now, investors are asking a lot of tough...

Not long ago, my colleague, Alan Gula, wrote that the U.S. banking system was the envy of the world.Is this right? Well, it all depends on how you measure banks. After all, there are many ways to peel...

Argentina has inaugurated a new pro-market president, Mauricio Macri.Venezuela has elected a two-thirds congressional majority in opposition to leftist President Nicolas Maduro. And Brazil’s...

Last week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) voted to admit China’s renminbi currency to the Special Drawing Right (SDR) starting October 1, 2016.Its 10.92% weighting will be the third...

By early 2007, homeowners in the United States were already in trouble. Many were having serious problems making their mortgage payments.But former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke downplayed the...

Over the last few weeks, we’ve taken an in-depth look at hedge funds.You’ve learned how to see what the billionaires are buying and how to decrypt their elusive trading strategies through...

Last week, the IMF admitted the Chinese renminbi to the Special Drawing Right with a surprisingly large weighting of 10.92%.That makes it the third-largest weighting, more than the weightings of...

If you’ve ever traded options, you’re likely aware of the “Greeks.”Delta, which compares the change in price of an underlying asset with the corresponding change in the price...

The quickest and surest way for investors to lose money is to invest in companies where the management is, to put it politely, incompetent.Numerous instances exist throughout history. But we’re...

It seemed like only yesterday – it was 2011, in fact – that the International Energy Agency (IEA) published a report on the bright future of natural gas.Titled Are We Entering a Golden Age...

Try to imagine a zebra without stripes, Thanksgiving without turkey, or a pair of Nike’s without the iconic “swoosh.”Of course, it’s nearly impossible to envision certain...

When most of us think about “the market,” stocks – Apple (O:AAPL), Microsoft (O:MSFT), Johnson & Johnson (N:JNJ), General Electric Company (N:GE) – are front of mind.This...

Have you ever wished you could see inside the mind of a billionaire investor?Well, four times a year, you can. At the end of each quarter, hedge fund managers are required to report their portfolios...

The news from the oil patch is, in a word, ugly.Despite decent growth in demand, oil inventories around the globe are growing as oil producers like Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Iraq are pumping oil at...