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

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

Historically, successful value investors have always bought stocks when blood is running in the streets. Unless you’ve been on a total news fast this summer, then you probably know the streets of Europe are knee-deep in type A-negative. As expected, value hunters have been watching that… Read More

I love buying when there is blood in the streets. When negativity hits its apex and everyone is down on a particular stock, sector or economy, it’s often a sign it’s time to buy. This bottom-fishing style of investing is not easy psychologically. In… Read More

Buying Treasury bonds in 1982 turned out to be a historic investment that produced huge gains during the next 30 years. And right now, history is repeating itself. Back in 1982, the United States was struggling under the weight of high… Read More

Here at StreetAuthority, we don’t talk about Chinese stocks very much. They’ve proven too risky, and more than a few have blown up in the face of major accounting scandals. In short, the risk usually seems to outweigh the reward when it comes to… Read More

During the past ten years, China has been one of the single biggest drivers of global economic growth. The country has steadily grown its gross domestic product (GDP) by more than 9% a year since 2002. As a result, the country has… Read More

The BRICs are priced for an economic meltdown… BRIC is a grouping acronym that refers to Brazil, Russia, India and China. These 4 countries represent the largest and most influential economies in the developing world.  In the past 10 years, the BRIC countries have increased their contributions to global economic… Read More

It’s rare to find a double-digit yield from a preferred stock. It’s especially rare to find this sort of yield from one of the world’s largest companies. Here in the United States, you’d be lucky to get… Read More

The debt crisis in Europe is dominating the headlines this summer, roiling the world financial markets and keeping investors in a perpetual state of fear. The news focuses mainly on a handful of countries that have huge debt loads such as Greece and Italy, but stock markets on both sides… Read More