My friend’s grandfather dabbled in real estate and land speculation nearly his entire life. He left a substantial amount of farmland to his heirs, but this land never appreciated much, wasn’t great for farming and didn’t produce… Read More

In case you couldn’t tell from the gasoline prices in your area, oil prices have been on the move. The chart below pretty much says it all. As you can see, benchmark West Texas Intermediate Crude has seen substantial… Read More

Imagine a bullet fired at the sky. It climbs higher and higher until gravity overcomes its upward momentum. The bullet begins to fall. Now, imagine small wings on the bullet that flap while it is falling. The wings are just enough to create… Read More

A rising tide doesn’t always lift all boats. The major stock indexes are up 10% or more this year, but as I recently noted, it has been a brutal few months for commodities. But at the time, I… Read More

I have a friend who thought it would be a great idea to buy sports memorabilia as an investment. The stock market was a roller coaster, and he had had enough. Read More

You would think a master limited partnership (MLP) that has outperformed its industry peers by 88% and the Nasdaq by 34% in the past five years — while yielding an average of 8.8% — would be well-known to… Read More

John Paulson is one of the most famous and successful hedge-fund managers of all time. He shot to stardom in 2007 after The Wall Street Journal revealed his firm had scored a jaw-dropping $15 billion profit from… Read More

Gold has officially entered a bear market with a 20% drop from its peak in 2011. Exchanges recently halted trading to decrease intraday volatility. The chorus of bears has grown just as loud as the… Read More

As you probably already know, gold suffered a historic collapse this week. As surprising as it may sound, this could actually be good news for commodity investors.  But I am not about to tell you to enter into the gold… Read More

If you’ve been paying attention to the oil and gas sector for very long, then you’ve no doubt heard all about the famed Bakken and Eagle Ford shales. The Bakken has transformed rural North Dakota into an energy Mecca, with staggering daily production that would be the envy of many… Read More