During the past couple of months, bond investors have been handsomely rewarded. The iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund ETF (NYSE: TLT) is up 14% since the beginning of March… not bad for one… Read More

The S&P Index has gained an impressive 11% so far this year. This makes bargain-priced stocks that also have safe, high dividends a bit more challenging to find. But if you do your homework, then even during a… Read More

Would you like to know your favorite stock as well as company insiders do? There is a way to gain an insider’s perspective that’s perfectly legal and available to any investor: Just look at insider stock trading data. Company insiders, who include board members and upper management, must regularly disclose… Read More

Investing in a huge, well-known company that’s an industry leader and pays a nice dividend might seem like a no-brainer, especially if the stock looks reasonably priced. But like the famous George Gershwin song says, “It ain’t necessarily so.” There’s nothing… Read More

In April 2009, the S&P 500 had lost more than a third of its value over the prior year. As recalls, “No one knew if the worst was over — or had just begun,” recalls Stock of the Month’s Amy Calistri. There’s no doubt it was a… Read More

With June’s quarterly results now in, I have a fresh take on three of my $100,000 Portfolio picks that I wanted to share with you. Cree Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), Echelon (Nasdaq: ELON) and Exide Technologies (Nasdaq: XIDE) have all announced results that reflect a very tough… Read More

Treasuries are still viewed as the safest assets in the world, but a closer look at the numbers reveals a very different story. In the past 10 years, the federal debt has almost tripled, climbing by more than $10 trillion to $16.5 trillion. Read More

This is not your grandmother’s market. You can’t invest in blue chips like Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG) or Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and expect to receive the same dividend yields of 5%… 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

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