Commodity indices have been traditionally weighted towards energy, precious metals and agriculture. Surprisingly, when you look at today’s components, one finds a large percentage of…

The number of public companies continues to decline. The number peaked in the 1990’s with about eight thousand companies to invest in. As of March…

Has Apple (AAPL) hit a wall at $200? August was not especially kind to the stock after hitting an all-time high of $198.23 on July…

August was down, will September be even worse? Sell Rosh Hashanah, buy Yom Kippur? Markets may continue to find reasons to be nervous until October…

We have recently written on the international markets and to what extent they should be featured in your stock portfolio. Today we focus on China…

The 50-Day Moving Average: A Reliable Indicator? A recent headline on MarketWatch blared: “S&P 500 flashes a warning that stocks are likely headed lower after …

Timing the market versus time IN the market is a common phrase heard comparing investment time horizon and advantageous trading opportunities, pronouncing the importance of getting invested…

While currency movements can be tricky to predict on a fundamental basis, many view a currency’s strength or weakness as indicative of that country’s economic…

If most experienced investors were shown the following 5-year chart and were told Warren Buffett just started buying this stock, they wouldn’t believe it: It’s…

Greetings from the UK! When we look at the relationship between the 6 major asset classes, Domestic Stocks, International stocks, Fixed Income, Currency, Cash and…