The Best and Worst Thing About Investing

A lot of new investors assume that managing money is like golf – where Tiger Woods whips the amateur who steps out on the course with him 100 times out of 100. But it’s not like that at all. In investing, unlike golf, the amateur can crush the pro for an appreciable period of time. That’s…

The Capex Comeback – Still Just Talk

The major bull thesis for 2014 amongst stock investors is centered around the potential for a capital expenditure comeback. Capex has been severely restrained since the recovery began and corporate management has displayed a lopsided preference for return of capital in the form of dividends, buybacks and other forms of financial engineering. It’s clearly worked…

Watch a Libertarian Explain Why Tesla is Bad for America

I thought this was an April Fools segment last night until about a minute into it… Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com The lesson is here is not to get too caught up in any political affiliation – especially not to the point where it becomes a religion for you. Because that will warp your…

Rigged US Stock Market Closes At Record High

How do you like your irony? I like mine drizzled with chocolate syrup and topped with chopped nuts and whipped cream. And so during a week in which the media tried to persuade us not to invest because “The Stock Market is Rigged” and high frequency tradebots are stealing fractions of pennies from us, it’s…