Canada and Australia look like safe-haven markets in this mixed-up world. Read More

Article in Review “The Industrial Cycle” by Elliott H. Gue, May 12, 2010. Read More

Our favorite bank-loan fund sacrifices a bit of yield for safety and lower volatility. Read More

The Income Portfolio offsets its exposure to telecommunications to riskier fare with stakes in a handful of regulated utilities that boast bulletproof balance sheets and growing dividends. Read More

Strong second-quarter earnings suggest that recent economic weakness marks a short-term slowdown rather than the beginning of a prolonged downturn. Read More

You can find everything on the Internet--including consumer spending. Although US households have reined in their expenditures in favor of saving and paying down debt, online retailers continue to enjoy a growing piece of this shrinking pie. Read More

The transition from a factitious ownership society to a culture of rentership has been a painful and humbling experience. But real-estate investment trusts that focus on the residential market stand to thrive in this slow-growth economy. Read More

When investing in semiconductor stocks, it pays to focus on both macro and micro trends. Read More

In a 24-hour news cycle, media outlets are in constant competition to come up with something exciting to discuss. If you get caught up in the fervor, you will lose money. Read More

Although this recovery remains subpar by postwar standards, the US economy should perk up in the back half of the year. Read More