Judging by the wild market gyrations of late 2018, what can investors expect in 2019? As Bette Davis famously warned in the 1950 movie All About Eve: “Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be a bumpy night.” These bumps include Brexit uncertainty; slowing growth in China; the unraveling of… Read More
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There’s a new entry to the lexicon of hipster jargon: “vape.” It means inhaling and exhaling the vapor created by an e-cigarette, a battery-powered device that heats liquid nicotine in a disposable cartridge. E-cigarettes (e-cigs for short) are all the rage and they pose a challenge to traditional cigarette makers… Read More
The marijuana “green rush” has overtaken Wall Street, as investors jump aboard marijuana stocks the way frenzied gold miners descended on San Francisco in the 19th century. As with the gold rush of that bygone era, some green rush investors will get rich… and others will go bust. But the… Read More
As a certain girl from Kansas said: “There’s no place like home.” A home is still the biggest asset of most Americans and remains integral to consumer confidence. When the real estate market prospers, people feel wealthier. Instrumental in generating a “wealth effect” among Americans is the steady rise in… Read More
The social media platform Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) has become a staple of modern society. Everyone seems to have a Twitter account, from your local car mechanic, to Taylor Swift, to Pope Francis, to the president of the United States. Recent statistics show that 92% of world leaders use Twitter. Read More
What’s an investor to make of Snap (NYSE: SNAP)? The concept behind the Snapchat app, the company’s core offering, is that pictures and messages are only available for a short time before they become inaccessible. While teens and millennials around the world Snapchat their latest misadventures to their friends, analysts… Read More
Strolling down the aisles of your local grocery store probably gives you a reassuring family-friendly feeling, as you seek out your favorite food brands. But the grocery store isn’t a comfort zone — it’s a war zone. Big corporations are waging a ferocious daily battle for your grocery dollar. The… Read More
Research surrounding immunotherapy is a hot scientific area, as scientists and physicians try to find a way to get the body to fight cancer by itself, eliminating the need for costly and painful techniques such as chemotherapy and radiation. In effect, immunotherapy pursues the age-old medical dream of allowing the… Read More
Lemmings are small rodents that have been known to follow each other as they charge to their deaths into raging rivers or off cliffs. Of course, these poor creatures have become metaphors for the herd mentality in humans. Likewise, investors are susceptible to blindly following conventional thinking until it takes… Read More
Oil baron John D. Rockefeller had amassed a fortune when he died in 1937 that in today’s dollars would be worth roughly $340 billion. He holds the record as the richest American ever and certainly one of recorded history’s richest persons. For generations, the Rockefeller surname has been synonymous with… Read More