When investing in bear markets, it pays to remember the old saw that it isn’t a stock market but a market of stocks. Read More

Publicly traded partnerships (PTP) haven’t been immune to the credit crunch and market malaise that began last summer. The industry benchmark Alerian MLP Index declined 23 percent from its July 2007 highs to its March 2008 lows. Read More

The world has gone wireless. Now with penetration rates exceeding 100 percent in some countries, the game has changed to wireless data. Communications service providers and equipment makers are frantically working to get their piece of the action. And the hype factor has cranked up to deafening volume. Read More

How many of you attended business school? Do you recall Lesson One about running a company? Management’s primary obligation is to enhance shareholder value. Read More

Worried markets punish credit risk, both real and perceived. And the US slowdown of the past 10 months or so has triggered selling for some of our Income Portfolio companies. Read More

Crude oil prices continue to grab the headlines, with oil recently pushing to all-time highs of more than $125 per barrel. But oil isn’t the only commodity that’s on a tear right now. Read More

Back in March, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight cut Fannie Mae’s excess capital requirement from 30 percent to 20 percent, removing the extra cushion imposed in 2006 as punishment for the firm’s accounting practices. Read More

Despite the upcoming election and speculation on the impact the results will have on America’s war efforts, unmanned vehicle manufacturers will continue to perform well as their products are retooled for civilian applications. Read More

Investment companies are on a perpetual quest to create products that make investing easier for the individual and line the pockets of management companies with cash. To that end, the exchange traded fund (ETF) was introduced to US investors in January 1993 with the debut of the SPDR on the American Stock Exchange. Read More

From racing aficionados to casual viewers who happened to catch this year’s Triple Crown races, Big Brown’s incredible athleticism as he outstripped the competition has captured the country’s imagination. Read More