South Korea has been a PF favorite for some time. Contrary to what the majority of investors believe, the market has been performing well for solid reasons and the Korean economy will continue to surprise on the upside. Read More

WP Carey & Co is moving to simplify its tax reporting and in the process is set to make the shares even better for IRA and other qualified retirement accounts. Read More

Not many of our Portfolio stocks appear on the buy lists of the big brokerage houses. In fact, not many of them are followed, researched or even recognized by Wall Street regulars. Read More

Closed-end funds Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund and ING Prime Rate Trust have narrowed what were... Read More

Third quarter 2007 was a tough time to be conservative. First, we saw the biggest interest rate spike in five years. Then, an implosion in the mortgage market threatened to trigger a credit crunch and recession. Read More

Natural gas futures prices for delivery over the winter months remain at attractive levels. Read More

The Advantage Portfolio returned 1.1 percent in the third quarter, slightly underperforming the S&P 500's 2 percent gain. Read More

The falling dollar has driven many investors toward foreign currency exchange traded funds (ETFs) in the past quarter. However, in recent weeks these ETFs... Read More

We don't try to beat the market every quarter with the Mutual Fund Portfolio. We focus on investment themes that work over a three- to five-year time frame to achieve superior performance. Read More

Some of our favorite businesses have taken a beating of late because of the markets and negative publicity. The biggest reason is that most people don’t understand these businesses or their assets. Read More