Gold bugs have a lot to be excited about right now… For the past couple of months, gold has been forming a consolidating triangle pattern. In the week of July 27, it finally made the move we’ve been waiting for. A… Read More

Secular investment opportunities don’t come around very often. Think about Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) or Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) in the 1990s. Both companies saw huge gains as the infrastructure for a high-tech world was being paved. Any investor with the vision to see how networking equipment and operating systems… Read More

To set the stage for his most recent pursuit of “The Next Big Thing,” Andy Obermueller turned to something of an unusual source — the 1985 blockbuster Back to the Future.   No, the topic of the latest issue of Andy’s Game-Changing Stocks is not time travel. But… Read More

There’s Wall Street, and then there’s the “Wallflowers.” These are companies that go out of their way to avoid the Wall Street banking-and-research mill, content to let their businesses speak for themselves. Some companies end up as Wallflowers even if they prefer otherwise. Read More

A quick trivia question: what’s the world’s most popular brand of beer? If you answered Budweiser, give yourself partial credit. Belgium-based (yes, Belgium) Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) is the world’s largest brewer. And its top brand isn’t Budweiser — it’s actually Bud Light. Even… Read More

It used to be that owning a house was one of the best investments you could make. While that may not be the case right now, there are still ways to make a profit in real estate. As… Read More

It can easily be said that change is the only constant in the stock market, and nowhere is this fact more evident than in the technology sector. The financial world’s graveyard is littered with tech companies that failed to… Read More

Newcomers to the world of investing have much to consider: How much volatility they can handle, what asset mix to use, what securities to select, or how to keep tabs on their portfolio. Many times, though, the first thing on their mind is “Do… Read More

This year the U.S. Midwest is seeing the worst drought since 1956, sending corn prices soaring. In late June, I loaded up on the Teucrium Corn ETF (Nasdaq: CORN). Since then prices are up more than 20%.   The severe weather conditions… Read More

Thank you Mario Draghi. The president of the European Central Bank has pledged to do whatever it takes to save the euro, and investors are already feasting on the prospects. The mere expectation that an even… Read More