Stock market volatility has fallen to a six-month low, and an increase in volatility should be expected. As volatility expands, we should learn the direction of the next major trend. Volatility Contraction Points to a Big Move Prices ended last week… Read More

If you think about a powerful creature plowing through the streets of Tokyo, then you probably think of Godzilla. However, I suspect there’s about to be another type of powerful animal running through one of the world’s greatest cities — and that’s a raging… Read More

In the spring of 1993, the U.S. economy was in a funk. Bill Clinton had just become president with hopes of reviving a moribund economy that was growing just 0.7% on a year-over year-basis at that time. Well, the next few… Read More

It’s a question I’ve been getting almost daily from my subscribers: “What does the fiscal cliff mean for stocks, and how can I adjust my portfolio accordingly?” To be honest, you’re not going to like my answer… it’s not something most investors… Read More

After the financial and economic implosion of 2008, many companies were forced to implement drastic operational changes to stay competitive and profitable. That included increasing productivity, reducing labor resources and lowering capital spending to build… Read More

I fondly remember watching the TV series “Dallas” with my grandparents back in the early 1980s. The show featured a wheeler–dealer, oil tycoon character named J.R. Ewing. He was a man everybody loved to hate, but secretly respected for his business acumen.  Interestingly, J.R. Ewing has a real life twin. Read More

Income investors got an early holiday gift in October, when Kraft was split into two: A high-growth international snack-food business — Mondelez International (Nasdaq: MDLZ) — and Kraft Foods Group (Nasdaq: KRFT), a North American packaged-food business that’s more focused on paying nice dividends to shareholders.#-ad_banner-# The deal was structured… Read More

Investors can be rewarded handsomely by buying beaten-down sectors at the right time. In 2008, financial stocks were at the center of the storm that threatened the global financial system. An ETF that tracks an… Read More

Christmas is just days away, and apparently, a lot of people still have a good deal of shopping to do over the next fortnight.#-ad_banner-# According to a Consumer Reports holiday poll, conducted with three weeks left before Christmas, 36% of gift givers… Read More