Stock buybacks get a bad reputation — and justifiably so. It seems that for most companaies, a share repurchase is little more than an expensive mop to soak up share dilution from executive stock options or other share-based compensation. So, it’s refreshing to see a company like LyondellBasell Industries (LYB). When Lyondell announces a share...Read More

With market volatility picking up this past week, now is as good a time as any to review why it’s important to take your losses early. If you lose 10%-20% in a trade, it’s not that hard to recover. It only takes 11% – 25% to get back to where you started. But if you...Read More

The following is an excerpt from Best ETFs for 2018: iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF Will Shine, originally published on InvestorPlace. It has been an ugly decade for most emerging markets. As a sector, they’ve been beaten like the proverbial red-headed stepchild. First, there was the 2008 meltdown. As the old Wall Street maxim goes,...Read More

The following is an excerpt from The 5 Best Investments You Can Make in 2018, originally published in Kiplingers. The stock market is the biggest wealth creation machine in human history, and that’s not hyperbole. Stocks give you a little piece of the U.S. economy. So if you’re bullish on America’s long-term future, you’re bullish...Read More

The following is an exerpt from 10 Top Dividend Stocks From Around the World, orginally published by Kiplingers. The United States of America is one of the largest wealth creation machines in the history of the world. According to Credit Suisse, American stocks returned an inflation-adjusted annualized 6.5% between 1900 and 2014 – behind only...Read More