From Covestor: Your search for an investment adviser should start with ones who put their money where their mouths are, says Charles Sizemore, portfolio manager on the Covestor platform. Ask yourself: Why wouldn’t a manager invest in the portfolio they are managing? And if they won’t, why should you? ”You care more about it when...Read More

From Jeff Reeves at The Slant: U.S. stocks rose again on Thursday, with benchmark stock market indexes hitting fresh records. Part of it was jobless claims falling, part of it was strong earnings from blue chip stocks and part of it was Ben Bernanke talking about continued Fed support. But will the run continue? Charles...Read More

Last month, I wrote that Australia’s plain-packaging law was one of the worst setbacks for Big Tobacco in decades because it attacked the companies’ single most valuable asset: their brands. Big Tobacco has strong enough moats to survive high taxes, punishing lawsuits, and an aging and declining customer base intact.  But plain packaging threatens the...Read More

It’s been a long couple of years, but the three-ring circus that is Turkcell’s ($TKC) boardroom power struggle is finally (sort of) coming to an end. Queen Elizabeth’s Privy Council—which had jurisdiction because the holding company in question was domiciled in the British Virgin Islands (LONG story there…)—ruled last week that Mehmet Karamehmet may reacquire...Read More

From Jeff Reeves at The Slant: We’re halfway through 2013 and our Best Stocks for 2013 Buy List on InvestorPlace.com has had plenty of time to shake out. The good news: Three InvestorPlace contributors including myself, Louis Navellier and Charles Sizemore, are in the top three spots with market-beating returns. The bad news: As a...Read More