The increasing scarcity of water around the world is forcing a global reevaluation. In much of the developed world, wastewater infrastructure has been built on the assumption of a temperate climate. However, the problem now facing first-world countries is adapting to current wastewater infrastructure amid climate change and more extreme bouts of rainfall. Add in global warming, which will bring more severe storms and flooding interspersed with cycles of drought, and that assumption no longer holds firm. Read More

Bond markets have been battered as credit concerns remain of paramount concern to investors, and our mini-bonds haven’t been immune. But we still believe they deserve a spot in investors’ portfolios given their higher degree of security and dependable interest payments. Read More

Rising gas prices are sidelining more than just the average consumer; they’re affecting the travel industry as a whole. But there are still ways to make the system work for you this season. Read More

The three major US stock indexes tumbled today, after analyst reports fanned speculation that many in the financial sector will have to cut dividends and raise additional capital in an effort to weather a new round of mortgage-related writedowns. Read More

The three major US stock indexes rallied their way to welcome gains, as lower oil prices buoyed investor sentiment.  Read More

Is anyone who lived through and remembers the 1970s working at the Federal Reserve or the US Treasury Dept? How about the White House’s Council of Economic Advisors? Read More

After starting the day with respectable gains, a volatile day of trading saw US stocks finish in the red. Ongoing concerns about a new wave of credit losses in the financial sector intensified with approach of earnings season and deflated investor sentiment. Read More

US stocks finished mixed in abbreviated trading today, with investors largely shrugging off statistics from the Labor Dept showing a 5.5 percent unemployment rate--a higher figure than many analysts had anticipated. Read More

The five closed-end bond funds in the Cash Cow section of the Growth Portfolio have recently come under selling pressure. Read More

US stocks tumbled today, tripped up by rising oil costs and employment data that the number of private-sector jobs declined significantly in June. These two developments combined to sour investor sentiment and exacerbate ongoing concerns about the weakening US economy. Read More