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Last weekend, I wrote about the mostly car-free German community of Vauban and I received lots of great responses both by email and on our blog. Thanks to everyone who wrote in, the letters gave me a lot to think about and some even made me laugh. Today, I’m going to share some of those responses with you and I invite you to submit a response of your own if you haven’t yet. If you missed last week’s issue, you can read it on our Web site archives.

Our LogMeIn (LOGM) position is now up 45%, and I’m recommending selling a portion of your stock to lock in the gain.

One of the hardest concepts for individual investors to grasp is the idea that the stock does not represent the company. In fact, the stock represents investors’ PERCEPTIONS of the company. If investors think a company’s future is bright, even though it is not yet a big success, they’ll pay a premium for their expectations--pushing the stock up in the process. Contrarily, if investors perceive that a company is becoming less successful, or simply growing less rapidly, its premium will shrink. In the worst cases, the stock will decline, even though the company is still growing!

In my mind, the future is likely to bring something new to America, and for lack of a better term, I’m going to call it the Great Shrinkage. In this Great Shrinkage, as I ventured before, credit will shrink and equity will increase. In this Great Shrinkage, the number of colleges will shrink, as fewer parents choose to borrow the big bucks required. States and municipalities will cut non-essential services. Savings rates will climb ... but with demand so high, returns from savings will stay extremely low.

Clean Harbors (CLHB) is a Green stock that is benefiting from the growing demand for a cleaner planet.

Alternative investments can bring some safety into your portfolio, and if you make your choice carefully, some can be very profitable.

How can a barrel of oil be worth less than zero? It’s a situation we’ve never seen before. Here are the reasons behind it - and how to play it as investors.

While the rest of the market retreats, these three resilient stocks have been trending up. Here’s why they might just be getting started.

Picking good stocks in the midst of a pandemic is different from what it’s like normally. Here’s what sectors to invest in - and which to avoid.

Valero Energy (VLO) is an energy stock that offers both growth and value as the oil and gas sector rebounds under a new administration.

Many pundits are saying the same thing: that the stock market is overbought and that a short-term correction is nigh. The charts tell a completely different story.

The market collapsed again on Wednesday. Another drop in oil prices was the reason, analysts say. I say it’s a symptom of the Donald Trump Stock Market.

There’s not much to like about stocks right now. But rising earnings estimates is a rare trait that can identify the next turnaround story.

There’s always a bull market somewhere. Right now, the biggest one is in volatility. Here’s how to profit from the volatility bull market.

Want to know the kind of potential marijuana stocks have here in the U.S.? In Canada, they’re literally the most highly traded stocks.

With the market near all-time highs, housing stocks are one of the few sectors that appear to be in the early innings of a longer advance.

While Dow stocks are slowly rebounding, smaller, more nimble tech companies on the Nasdaq are zooming higher. Chart Industries stock is a perfect example.