Every investor knows diversification is crucial in order to maintain a successful portfolio. And in times like these, with the U.S. economy on a sluggish growth path, it really pays to invest in foreign markets. Read More

Despite all the recent negative publicity surrounding solar power, such as diminishing government subsidies due to austerity measures and the Solyndra scandal (the Obama administration gave the company a $528 million loan as a part of the 2008 stimulus package, whereupon the company later went belly-up), the U.S. solar-power industry… Read More

Until recently, the long-term outlook for Norway’s energy future had been rather bleak. Its North Sea oil fields had declined rapidly from the glory days of previous decades. But all of that recently changed with Norway’s largest oil field discovery since the 1980s. And one Norwegian company,… Read More

Investors are well aware of many of the reasons for having gold as part of their portfolio. Lately, these reasons have swirled around macroeconomic concerns — the U.S. debt rating downgrade, possible sovereign defaults in the eurozone and the possibility of more money printing… Read More

Many investors are aware of the changes currently sweeping through the Middle East. Regimes in many countries have been toppled or are under extreme political pressure. Change, though not political, is also swirling through the world’s largest producer of oil, Saudi Arabia. The kingdom is central to… Read More