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Don Miller: Contrary to popular belief, you can earn higher returns and pay lower taxes. All you need to do is make one simple move. It’s achieved by Read more…
In today’s “Options Update,” Dominic Chu examines the S&P Oil and Gas Exploration and Production ETF, whose companies are hurt by falling oil and gas prices. He says these same companies may still have more downside risk. He speaks Read more…
Carol Pepper, chief executive officer at Pepper International, Doreen Mogavero, chief executive officer of Mogavero Lee & Co., and Komal Sri-Kumar, chief global strategist at TCW Group Inc., talk about the outlook for U.S. stocks and their investment strategies. They speak with Read more…
Ben Gersten: Over the past few years there have been unprecedented swings in the major indexes, scaring some investors out of the markets altogether. Read more…
First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust”), a provider of more than 200 investment products, many of which offer transparency, tax efficiency and a rules-based approach to stock selection, announced the launch of a new actively managed exchange-traded fund, First Read more…
Michael Johnston: Energy stocks have struggled mightily so far in 2012, as soft demand for petroleum products and progress towards alternative sources of energy have weighed on this sector. Despite the recent challenges, allocations to energy stocks remain a key component Read more…
Eric Dutram: Investing in the basic materials and energy sectors have been solid choices for investors over the long haul. However, recent trends in these segments, in addition to slumping global economies, have pushed many stocks in these corners sharply lower during 2012. Read more…
Not many markets have been written off by investors more than uranium since last March. Understandably, the Fukushima incident left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. Countries such as Germany and Japan claim they’re done with nuclear Read more…
Michael Snyder: The United States is not running out of oil. In fact, nobody on the entire globe has more energy resources than the United States does. The truth is that we are absolutely swimming in oil and natural gas and we have so much coal that we have no idea what to do with it all. At current consumption Read more…
Jared Cummans: Now that the first quarter of 2012 is in the books, investors will reflect on their holdings to see if it is time to make any adjustments. While most equities turned in one of the best first quarters in recent memory, not all commodities were quite as lucky. As always, commodity price drivers often Read more…
Toby Connor: In response to a bursting real estate and credit bubble in 2007, Ben Bernanke’s solution was to crank up the printing press and flood the world with dollar bills. Unfortunately it didn’t solve Read more…
Michael Snyder: Does it cost you hundreds of dollars just to get to work each month? If it does, you are certainly not alone. There are millions of other Americans in the exact same boat. In recent years, the price of gas in the United States has gotten so outrageous that it has played a major factor in where Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Just a few short years after the introduction of the first exchange-traded commodity product, there are several dozens of options available for investors interested in accessing this asset class. Interest in commodities has surged as this corner of the market has demonstrated the Read more…
Elliott Gue: With the ongoing EU sovereign-debt crisis conjuring painful memories of the 2008-09 financial crisis for many investors, bigger-picture concerns drove global equity markets in 2011. A surge in market volatility and the increased correlation between stocks reflect the primacy of macro Read more…
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