Why Invest in Alternatives? You probably have a good grasp of why diversification is important. Throwing out the financial jargon, it essentially boils down to not putting all of your eggs in one basket. But it also gets a lot more sophisticated than that. Many investors feel that they have adequate diversification because their assets...Read More

As I’m writing this, the Powerball jackpot is estimated to be worth over $1.4 billion, making it the largest potential lottery prize of any country in history. The lump sum payout is estimated to be just shy of $900 million, though these numbers are expected to climb significantly before Wednesday. We might – or might...Read More

The S&P 500 is only down about 10% from its all-time high. Yet it feels like the market is down a lot more than that. Well, there’s a reason it feels that way. The S&P 500 – which is weighted by market cap – is being supported by a handful of expensive, high-flying tech stocks....Read More

Founding family of $EPD just dumped $100 million into the stock… http://stks.co/j3i7w …and company announced a 5.2% dividend hike. — Charles Sizemore (@CharlesSizemore) Jan. 5 at 03:36 PM Randa Williams, chairman and daughter of Enterprise Product Partners (EPD) founder Dan Duncan, just dropped over $100 million of her own money into EPD stock this week....Read More

Every year at about this time, Josh Brown of the Reformed Broker compiles his list of “What I Learned” over the course of the year. This year’s list didn’t disappoint. I recommend you read the entire list here, but I included some of my favorites below: Jim Lebenthal (Lebenthal Wealth Advisors): investing requires the courage of your...Read More