It’s not all about the US any longer. Sure, we’re still No. 1. But that doesn’t mean that the others in the top 10 live or die on what’s going on in the US, as was once the case. Read More

Neither bond nor equity but with elements of both, preferred stocks are Wall Street’s third way to wealth. And, as the road less traveled, the yields are often sweeter and the risks less severe. Read More

If you take a peek inside one of my golf bags, you’ll see that my woods are just like yours; not a branch was harmed to forge my driver or fairway woods. Read More

From time to time, we introduce investment vehicles that don’t get a lot of attention from either the pros on Wall Street or the pop market press that so adoringly elevates them in the public consciousness. Read More

Not a day goes by without some company or market drawing our interest as a potential new investment idea. Read More

Profits are always a good thing. But they also raise the dilemma of whether a winner has more in the tank or if it’s time to take profits. Read More

We’ve been getting some mail of late that centered on this question: The market is running; are your recommendations running with it? Read More

Reminder: As is usual when there are five Wednesdays in a month, rather than four, WATCH FOR YOUR NEXT PF TO ARRIVE IN THREE WEEKS instead of two. Wage inflation and improving consumer market conditions are coming to the European Union. On April 29, after five weeks of negotiations,… Read More

Since 1999, US spending on prescription drugs has more than doubled to north of $200 billion a year. Read More

B&G Foods is issuing new stock on the New York Stock Exchange, beyond its American Stock Exchange-traded Income Deposit Security... Read More