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Many companies became extinct in the 1930s, but the companies that survived helped to build the U.S. into the greatest industrial nation to date. It is surprising how many of our current U.S. companies were founded more than 150 years ago.
Today I’m going to wade into a subject that is deep and wide, and about which most of us know very little--the economics of the milk industry in the U.S.
This week brought news that some of the U.S. government’s stimulus package funding has been delegated to some very unique places in Massachusetts: $1.5 million to fix a lighthouse on an uninhabited island, $123,000 to terrorist-attack-proof a party cruise ship and $95,000 to study pollen samples from the Viking Era.
I want to speak up for one big benefit of stock investing that doesn’t get a lot of publicity. I think it’s fun! Yes, fun. And I don’t just mean that making a big killing on a hot stock is fun.
Nu Skin Enterprises (NUS, NYSE) traded higher on an improved sales and profit outlook. Including a restructuring charge, December-quarter earnings per share are now expected to range from $0.37 to $0.39, versus a prior view of $0.32 to $0.34. Revenue should be $360 million to $365 million, up from previous...
Looking back at each of the past four decades, there was one sector that would have been the “home run” sector to be invested in. Other areas provided good returns to be sure, but certain ones were the most profitable.
One of the stocks recommended in the latest issue of Cabot Green Investor (which just came out last week) is in the business of developing technology that generates electricity from the movement of ocean waves, one of the most plentiful sources of energy on the planet.
We at Cabot value education very highly. Just last week, Editor Timothy Lutts implored you to read the Education section of our Web site. And in that spirit, I’ve been at a conference in Las Vegas this week learning how to be a better editor and more effectively communicate with you, our readers.
It’s not often I get a question that actually leads me into two good lessons, but I got one last week that did just that. The specific answer to the question isn’t the major takeaway--but I want to use it as an example of why, in the stock market, you should go with evidence, instead of so-called “logic.”
Today’s letter begins by answering recent questions from several readers, questions that you might have been wondering about as well, like what’s wrong with the U.S. dollar and who can you trust?