Can you both fish and cut bait? Apparently so, because in the week following the Brexit vote investors ran to both riskier assets such as stocks, and to safer assets such as gold and bonds. So clearly the markets are too fickle at this point to make any rash decisions.In searching for… Read More

In the current crazy retail world, rummaging through racks of discount clothes at Burlington Coat Factory trumps buying Victoria’s Secret bras, and Walmart is beating Target with … groceries.Given consumer spending is increasing at its highest rate since last fall, you’d think all retailers would be doing at least fairly… Read More

At the start of the year, MoneyShow featured its annual Top Picks report asking leading advisors for their favorite investment ideas for 2016. In the report, 85 stocks and funds were recommended, and the stock picks that we submitted on behalf of The Energy Strategist have been among… Read More

The U.S. stock market has some unfinished business.  Two weeks ago in this space I warned that the market was vulnerable to a decline.  And I was both right and wrong, all within a few days, as the market crashed and recovered over the space of a week after… Read More

Utilities with a high concentration of Millennials and Gen Xers in their service territories could generate superior earnings and dividend growth. Read More

In only one week the reaction to Britain’s vote to exit the European Union seems to have reversed course, swinging from shock to apathy. Despite dropping more than 5% in the two trading days immediately following the vote, the S&P 500 Index mostly recovered during the next three trading days… Read More

MLP Profits subscribers bought the lows in MLPs as well as natural gas thanks to two key indicators. Read More

CIBC is anxious to diversify its earnings stream. Read More

Here we go again.Just as we were recovering from the Asian market collapse, the Brexit shock means markets will continue to be volatile. On the plus side, the dollar will continue to strengthen given its global safe-haven status, which strengthens investment trends we have long been pursuing at Global Income… Read More

The UK vote in favor of leaving the European Union shocked markets, but oil traders will not care for long.   Read More