Wall Street Daily

I’ve never been known to be a gold bug. But even I can see that, in this climate, it makes sense to buy a bit of gold, or even build on your position.You see, all signs are pointing to a market...

I often caution against running with the investing herd, especially when it comes to higher-yielding securities. Well, Bank of America recently put out a report warning about “a cleansing drop...

Mexico gets no respect as an emerging market. To some extent, though, that’s justified. Even under the conservative governments of 2000 to 2012, the country achieved economic growth of less...

In November 2007, the relatively unknown hedge fund manager David Einhorn raised major concerns about the accounting at Lehman Brothers. It led him to bet against the company and short the stock.No...

Just when it looked like it was time to jump back into the uranium market, prices have faltered yet again.Uranium prices have taken a turn for the worse due to a combination of factors that pulled the...

As an income investor, you’ve probably heard of the illustrious “Dividend Aristocrats.” These 54 companies have continuously raised their dividends over the last 25 years or...

Naysayers, doomsday theorists, and sell-in-May advocates are eating their words after forecasts of $20 oil proved to be dead wrong. Yes, crude oil continues to gallop higher, with prices rising 50% in...

In the first quarter of 2015, U.S. economic growth came in barely above zero. Similarly, corporate profits have been coming in consistently below estimates.In both cases, the culprit was the US...

Bearish bets on agricultural commodities by managed money in hedge funds are soaring close to all-time record highs. As each week passes, these funds continue to add to their shorts, betting that...

You’ve probably heard the cliché phrase: “Sell in May and go away.” But do we really know if it has any merit?To find out, I devised two strategies and put this market adage...

If you’ve driven a car in the past 15 years, odds are you’ve also used a GPS.Yet the emergence of smartphones quickly made the stand-alone GPS devices obsolete. It was a huge wake-up call...

Panic is taking hold across the country. Natural gas futures just hit a three-year low. This time a year ago, investors were licking their chops at the thought of higher natural gas prices. But...

Currency-hedged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are perhaps the hottest trade in 2015.Since the beginning of the year, over $33 billion has flowed into these ETFs, which hold foreign equities but...

Earth Day has come and gone through its 45th consecutive year in the United States.And though the movement has been around long enough to have an established career and maybe some grown kids, a big...

Oil prices moved sharply higher over the past three weeks. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude has jumped from the mid $40s to the mid $50s. A sense of euphoria is permeating the sector as investors...

A famous proverb, often attributed to Benjamin Franklin, states that nothing in life is certain but death and taxes.And while that may be true, it hasn’t stopped humankind from working to delay...