A raft of new commodity-focused exchange-traded products employ a novel methodology to keep "contango" at bay. Read More

CSX Corp's (NYSE: CSX) recent conference coal offered plenty of insight into the market for US coal exports. Read More

A monthly conference call will occur at 1:00 p.m. ET on the second Tuesday of every month. Jim Pearce will moderate a discussion with another Investment Analyst as they answer your questions and share their insights. In the event of any changes, this page will be updated and you will… Read More

Jim laments Cisco System's mystifying decision to terminate its wildly-successful flip video mini-camcorder business. Has CEO John Chambers lost his mind? Read More

Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand's 1957 philosophical masterpiece on individual freedom, has finally made it to the silver screen 54 years after the novel's publication. Jim says the movie was worth the wait and is very timely given the current state of U.S. political affairs. Read More

Why is Google spending so much time on alternative energy? Jim thinks Google should spend more time on its core business. Read More

North American natural gas producers are eager to export their wares in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Read More

Warren Buffett doesn't think he can earn 50% annual returns anymore, but he's confident that small investors like you have a chance -- if you know what to do. Read More

Canada is full of great stocks to invest in and has great investors of its own, too. Find out who Jim thinks is the closest thing to Warren Buffett in the Great White North. Read More

Trying to time the market? Focus instead on business quality. That's the best gauge of long-term dividend sustainability. Read More