If you’ve read the headlines lately, then you probably know that the future for “green” energy isn’t looking too bright these days. The Solyndra scandal, in which the U.S. government loaned $500 million of stimulus money to the solar-panel firm — which later went belly-up — has… Read More

It’s going to touch everything. It will make a difference in what we eat, where we travel, how we heat and cool our homes, even how much we save and spend. Actually, these sorts of changes are already taking place. But over the next… Read More

A chance like this doesn’t come around often… As the world’s most-followed investor, Warren Buffett’s portfolio is watched like a hawk. Investors everywhere intently follow his every move, ready to imitate his next play. #-ad_banner-#So under normal circumstances, if Buffett buys a stock, then… Read More

It’s no coincidence El Paso (NYSE: EP) and Brigham Exploration (Nasdaq: BEXP) would receive massive buyout offers on the same day. Both of these companies are exposed to a fuel source — natural gas — that has seemingly been out of favor since… Read More

A funny thing happens during corrections and bear markets. Selling begins and the usual suspects are punished: second-tier stocks, companies with shaky prospects and even shakier financials, companies with too much exposure to the area that’s creating the particular problem or perceived problem. Then the next phase hits,… Read More

In his famous book A Random Walk Down Wall Street, Burton Malkiel suggests that every stock is exactly fairly valued. There can be no such thing as an undervalued stock or an overvalued stock, since investors are armed with all knowledge impacting the value… Read More

There’s been a lot of focus on the gold market lately. The yellow metal has started to lose its value, wiping out profits for investors who have jumped on the bandwagon in recent months.  Yet in this instance, a pullback doesn’t spell… Read More

If you haven’t been following the deteriorating debt situation in Europe, then these headlines pretty much say it all. “Stocks Slide as European Crisis Grows” “Euro Debt Fears Pummel Wall Street” “Greece Default Risk Jumps to 98%” #-ad_banner-#How can a small… Read More

On Tuesday, I brought my Scarcity & Real Wealth subscribers some important news, some of it bad, some of it good. The bad news: rare earth miner Molycorp (NYSE: MCP), one of my favorite stocks in this exciting sector, was down 22% on Tuesday, Sept. 20. Since then, it’s fallen… 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