Way back in 1998, when stocks were hot, investment-biker and former Soros-partner Jim Rogers launched a commodity index fund, predicting a flat-out bull market in a wide range of commodities. How right Rogers was, again.
Dry bulk shipping isn't exactly the most exciting industry sector to research. Even among sea-borne freight, oil-tanker companies overshadow dry bulk shipping companies. (The price of oil will do that.) But the dry bulkers who carry cargo like...
The proverbial lump of coal is what naughty boys and girls get in their Christmas stockings. But investors who have placed coal stocks in their portfolios over the last year or two have found a gift that keeps on giving. Coal stocks soared by 125...
It's among the thorniest of issues in the investment world: At what point does an underperforming style of investment turn appealing? The style of the moment on this account most certainly is large-cap growth. It has been, bar none, the worst...
Benjamin Franklin once said, Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. My how tastes change. Today, Ben might substitute Absolut Raspberri or shiraz for beer. Booze and wine have replaced ordinary suds as the king of cool. Sure...
After announcing General Electric's company-wide push into so-called green technologies in May, Jeffrey Immelt, the company's CEO, stressed that the move is not part of some save-the-planet idealism. Rather, he said, GE's initiative is driven by...
