General Atomics’ Predator made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) famous after it took out a Jeep-load of al Qaeda leaders traveling through the Yemeni desert. Read More

We’re not standing on ceremony, history or anything else when it comes to what investments will or won’t work right now. With the market still unsettled, our plan begins with a collection of bonds that trade like stocks. Read More

Solid earnings: That’s the key to sustaining dividends and, ultimately, to surviving whatever the market throws at you. No guarantees about the future, but that’s exactly what PF Income stocks are reporting for the turbulent first quarter of 2008. Read More

Carbon-fiber manufacturer Hexcel Corp enjoyed a nice rally in late April after reporting earnings and sales that handily beat analysts’ expectations. Hexcel also reiterated its guidance for the remainder of 2008. Read More

The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) recently reported that UK mortgage loan approvals plummeted to their lowest level since at least 1997, as banks continue to hoard capital and restrict lending activities in an effort to shore up their ailing balance sheets. Read More

Property Profits and Perils, March 14, 2007 Real estate-related investments have taken a beating over the past several months; that portion of the market has been seen as nothing less than toxic. But that opinion has been changing recently, with many REITs coming off the lows they set earlier this year. Read More

Managing bills, shopping for the best rates and holding a variety of credit have always been ways to play the good consumer. But although the game may be the same, the rules have changed somewhat. Read More

Financial institutions are still coming to grips with the glut of ill-advised lending decisions that has paralyzed capital markets worldwide. Spurred by over $300 million in writedowns, the world’s largest financial institutions are making a concerted effort to build reserves and repair ailing balance sheets. Read More

Cash Cow Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Group (Australia: BBI, OTC: BCKBF) announced today that it has acquired an interest in the Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America. This transaction will require shareholders to complete a form to prevent a US withholding tax of 30 percent from being deducted from the company’s future distributions. Read More

The Dept of Labor reported only a moderate rise in consumer-level inflation, reassuring some investors’ anxieties over consumer spending and pushing US stocks back into the green. Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE) reported a first quarter loss that was smaller than most analysts’ expectations, prompting speculation in some quarters that credit markets are beginning to stabilize. Read More