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When eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY) agreed to buy PayPal for $1.5 billion in the summer of 2002, the purchase had two dramatic effects.First, adding the world’s premier electronic payment method gave...

The financial markets were a sea of tranquility in the first half of 2014. Nonetheless, it’s been an interesting year thus far…The Federal Reserve is proceeding with its tapering of asset...

Back in April, I told Wall Street Daily readers that any fears in the copper industry were vastly overblown.The market was hesitant about future Chinese demand for the metal, including the massive...

This technology was once so niche and expensive, it was reserved for governments, the military and high-tech companies.Today, it’s spreading fast. Schools and colleges, hospitals, apartment...

In May, I told readers that U.S. coal was finding a home in Europe.U.S. coal exports this year are expected to exceed 100 million tons (mt) for the third consecutive year – a record run. Nearly...

The Leviathan gas field located in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel is among the largest offshore natural gas reservoirs in the world. When the field was discovered four years ago,...

I’ve been a strong proponent of owning British Petroleum (LONDON:BP) shares for quite some time. With good reason…With a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 10.71, the stock is still...

Over the past 20 years, the S&P 500 has produced a 9.2% annualized total return.Over the same period, Gold has returned an annualized 6.6%. And bonds? The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index...

In February, the Ugandan Ministry of Energy signed a deal with three oil companies to develop its petroleum reserves.Two of the companies are major players: France’s Total (NYSE:TOT) and CNOOC...

All of the Russell Indexes are rebalancing today.That is, the Russell Global Index, the Russell 1000 Index, the Russell 2000 Index, the Russell 3000 Index, the Russell Midcap Index and the...

What’s the most dangerous investing strategy you can imagine?In other words, if you were trying to systematically lose money, how would you go about doing it? Well, we know that value stocks...

A short squeeze in the silver market is pushing prices profoundly higher, the consequence of which could be felt for years.All told, the month of June has witnessed silver rise by over 12%. But...

Lately, the news has been obsessed with two topics: Iraq and the Russia-Ukraine fiasco. In fact, we’re even guilty of it here, too.But in the midst of this media barrage, another important story...

In the retail business, effective inventory management is the difference between success and failure.The greatest retail firms – from Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) to Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) – stay on...

Longtime readers already know the benefits of focusing on royalty plays instead of standard miners.Last week, for instance, I brought Franco Nevada (NYSE:FNV) to your attention. Just a few days later,...

Whenever an insider buys $42-million worth of stock, it gets my attention.Well, such was the case last week when Cascade Investment purchased 1.4 million shares of Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG)...