August was an unusual month. We had escalating nuclear tensions with North Korea, and a storm – Hurricane Harvey – that will likely go down in history as the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history once the damages are tallied. Yet perhaps shockingly, the stock market remained surprisingly quiet. Volatility ticked up modestly from its...Read More

With four months left to go in 2017, my pick — General Motors (GM) — is at least putting up a respectable fight. When I last did an update two months ago, I was in 7th place with a measely 6% year-to-date return. I’ve now moved into 5th place with a slighly more respectable 10%...Read More

Hurricane Harvey will likely be the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history. And I say this knowing there is no accurate way to measure to measure the true loss. You can get a rough estimate of damage to homes and other construction and even to personal property. But it’s impossible to estimate the lost...Read More