Watch Jeff and I duke it out over Wal-Mart’s (WMT) earnings release. From Jeff Reeves at The Slant: Charles Sizemore, editor of the Sizemore Investment Letter, is a good friend and a great investor. But friends often disagree — as Charles and I do on Walmart (WMT) stock and Walmart earnings. Me, I see Walmart as a retailer...Read More

Though it has been derisively been called “the river of no returns,” Amazon.com (Nasdaq:$AMZN) can call “scoreboard” on its critics.  Amazon is the last man standing of the generation of companies that rose to prominence during the 1990s tech boom. Sure, plenty of the dot-com darlings are still alive and well and generating more revenue...Read More

This is the time of year for giving thanks, and we all have quite a bit to be thankful for.  Though we complain about having a divided country, we live in a place where power changes hands without violence.  And for all the angst about rising taxes, at least we live in a country where...Read More

In looking at two companies in the same sector, would you prefer to have a stock that pays a 2.7% dividend or one that pays a 3.1% dividend? The answer might seem obvious at first; all else equal, who wouldn’t take the higher cash payout? But before you answer, take a look at Figure 1....Read More