Although Warren Buffett’s reputation as one of the all-time greatest stock market investors seems beyond reproach, in recent years there have been whispers on Wall Street that the “Oracle of Omaha” has lost his magic touch. Now 86 years old, Buffett adheres to a buy-and-hold approach to beating the stock… Read More

My Millennial daughter thinks her Baby Boomer dad is hopelessly square and she’s probably right. She rolls her eyes when I play music that was popular with the turtleneck-and-martini crowd during the 1960s. This past Friday night, while I nursed a cocktail, Burt Bacharach’s 1968 tune Promises, Promises popped up… Read More

There’s a new world order for advertising and data is its king. Advertisers are hooked on any and all data regarding your TV viewing and web habits. I’ve been watching this trend, trying to unearth growth opportunities. TVision Insights, a technology startup based in New York, has found a way… Read More

The Trump rally continued its momentum in February with a wild and woolly climb to new all-time highs in the major indexes. And while the market is clearly in a strong uptrend, the State of the Union Address and the lack of tangible progress by Congress in implementing the Trump… Read More

I asked our resident investment guide Jim Pearce a few questions about the state of the markets today. Jim is chief investment strategist of Personal Finance and Breakthrough Tech Profits. He also serves as director of portfolio strategy for Investing Daily. In addition to being a stock guru, Jim is… Read More

NextEra Energy just made its YieldCo subsidiary’s distribution growth a whole lot better. Read More

To beat the stock market, you have to stay in the game. Even when it looks as if you’re badly losing. This month’s winning Super Bowl performance by the New England Patriots mimicked last year’s stock market behavior. After falling far behind in the first quarter, they both came roaring… Read More

Utilities are exercising their lobbying muscle to ensure tax reform is a winner. Read More

During the tumultuous 1960s, the influential futurist Marshall McLuhan predicted that technology would transform human society into a “global village” of instantaneous communication that transcended national boundaries. McLuhan would recognize today’s online world. Just as the printing press of the early Renaissance empowered individuals, the Internet is giving voice to… Read More

ConocoPhillips trailed the oil rally for much of last year but has lately shifted into higher gear. Read More