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I advise my readers to think long-term and seek out companies that stand to benefit the most from the search for more difficult-to-find oil.

If you want to be successful as a growth investor you have to get busy and put some money to work.

“Regions Financial Corp. (RF)—This Editor’s Portfolio stock has shown new life in recent months, and the stock’s Overall Quadrix score of 86 reinforces the notion that the rebound is for real. Regions still has plenty of exposure to risky real estate loans, but investors seem to be growing a bit...

As retired investors are quickly learning in today’s super-low-interest-rate environment, there are lots of ways to create a fixed income portfolio without using the traditional bonds. I’ve already discussed REITs, utilities, MLPs and a variety of other investments here, and today I add one more vehicle to the list: preferred...

Roughly 32% of respondents agreed that all eight rules were stupid. Here are some of the best answers.

Our latest Investment Digest featured an interesting stock from the Cabot China & Emerging Markets Report. Paul Goodwin, the Report’s editor, wrote about the stock: “When we first got to know Mindray Medical International Ltd. (MR) back in 2006, it was a company with annual sales of just $173 million. Its...

When someone calls the market a “casino,” they usually mean it’s a disreputable institution that needs more regulation.

These recommendations will help you to keep your blood pressure down while playing the growth game.

This week, we keep the Stock Market Crash Course short, as the end-of-August doldrums mean markets are pretty subdued. We still have a few takeaways from this quiet week though, including a couple support levels to keep your eye on and a technical analysis of the market’s consolidation pattern. Experts...

I believe that these eight rules are keeping the U.S. economy from gathering steam.