Twitter (TWTR) shares were down 20% on news from the site Recode that Alphabet (GOOGL), Apple (AAPL) and Disney (DIS) were all backing out of respective bids. This leaves Salesforce.com (CRM) as the only legitimate potential suitor. Twitter has been the center of endless gossip since rumors leaked that the company was putting itself up for...Read More

  I joined Newsmax’s JD Hayworth to discuss the the possibility of the Fed following in the Bank of Japan’s footsteps and buying stocks. We also talk about 401(k) plans… and why you should be maxing out yours.    Read More

Alternative investments can both reduce risk and boost returns in a well-constructed portfolio, particularly at a time when traditional investments like stocks and bonds are expensive and priced to deliver disappointing returns. But the key word here is can. Alternative investments can deliver that holy grail of higher risk-adjusted returns if chosen carefully and in...Read More

Photo credit dilettantiquity The following is an excerpt from a piece I wrote for InvestorPlace. A stock market education is expensive, and I’m not talking about the cost of a Harvard or Wharton MBA. Those, while pricey, can actually be cheap by comparison. Unfortunately, there is no real shortcut here. All stock market education is,...Read More

Ever since the 2008 meltdown, it’s been “America the Beautiful” when it comes to investing. American stocks have consistently beaten their international peers on a level that would make our national basketball team proud. Since the bottom in early 2009, the S&P 500 Index is up about 220%. The MSCI All Country World Ex-U.S. Index — which covers...Read More