Two big shale deals this week shifted the West Texas oil rush into overdrive. Read More

President-elect Trump’s announcement at his press conference last week that he would not sell his ownership stake in his real estate empire, but pass management on to his sons, was seen as bullish for global real estate. (Though not so great from an ethical point of view, according to many… Read More

The dethroned fuel champ is now cheap enough to spur utility demand and further gains for our portfolios. Read More

Lots of investors were betting against Dexcom, and they all got a nasty Friday the 13th surprise when the stock surged 26% last week. On Friday Dexcom (NSDQ: DXCM) reported reimbursement approval for its glucose monitoring device from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services for use of the company’s… Read More

While I was having dinner at her house over the MLK holiday weekend, my sainted mother started to fret about likely cutbacks this year to Social Security. My mom is a professional hand-wringer, but her anxiety isn’t always misplaced. In the case of Social Security, she’s right to worry.Social Security… Read More

The stock market is in a bit of a pickle, as is maybe the entire world. Read More

We want our stocks to lull you to sleep.   Read More

When the advertising professionals of the pre-digital age roamed the halls of Madison Avenue, the technological tools for businesses to connect with customers were a tiny fraction of what’s available today.As depicted by the hard-drinking, chain-smoking character Don Draper in the TV show Mad Men, these ad execs used Nielsen… Read More

The renewable fuel sector has bucked the risk of adverse policy changes since the presidential election. But that doesn’t mean it’s in the clear. Read More

Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan, the man credited with first giving marijuana to The Beatles, sang back in the 1960s: “The times they are a-changin’.” That’s sure true when it comes to pot.During my rebellious teenage years in the Nixon Era, if you had told me that marijuana would become legal… Read More