Benjamin Shepherd is a recognized exchange-traded fund (ETF), mutual fund and stock expert with an extensive background analyzing time-tested funds, including their managers and strategies. Ben looks for investments that have proven themselves in both bull and bear markets. Ben also specializes in covering emerging markets, pinpointing the most dynamic investments in developing nations for market-beating growth.
Ben is an analyst for Global Income Edge and regularly contributes to Personal Finance, Investing Daily’s flagship product.
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This eighty-year-old firm has a new lease on life thanks to refocusing on what it does best—analogue semiconductors.This decision to refocus on its core business is a smart move that should lead to a rebound in both revenue and earnings starting in 2014. Read More
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Are your paying more for groceries? If yes, you are not alone. Since 2006, US food prices are up a total of 20 percent, significantly more than the 14 percent rise in overall inflation. In fact, the food category has seen the third-highest price increases, after energy and healthcare. Read More
Positive economic data from the global growth engine of China could lift emerging markets from their recent funk. Read More
These two companies are profiting from the spate of new and confusing government rules governing health care. Read More
Here’s how to safeguard your portfolio against the twin scourges of inflation and deflation. Read More
Mexico is on the painful but necessary path of economic liberalization and reform. Read More
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We may take a more defensive stance in months to come, but there’s no reason to abandon emerging markets now. Read More
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Japanese stimulus is lifting these stocks, prompting us to add one to the portfolio. Read More
With its low production costs for natural gas that now roughly stand at breakeven, Cimarex could easily surpass expectations if natural gas prices conform to the forecast and remain above $4 per MMBtu for the foreseeable future. This company is a solid, conservative play on rising natural gas prices. I’m… Read More
With its low production costs for natural gas that now roughly stand at breakeven, Cimarex could easily surpass expectations if natural gas prices conform to the forecast and remain above $4 per MMBtu for the foreseeable future. This company is a solid, conservative play on rising natural gas prices. I’m… Read More