Forget the Fed’s First Rate Hike and Look at the Bigger Picture
The Federal Open Market Committee's October statement put the option of a potential rate hike back on the table for December. Although six years of extraordinarily accommodative monetary policy makes the Federal Reserve's first interest rate hike in nine years a big deal, all signs point to this tightening cycle occurring gradually and in a halting fashion. Investors shouldn't overlook this reality.
The Fed Ends Quantitative Easing: What’s Next for Dividend Stocks?
Last week, the Federal Reserve ended its bond-buying program. Here's what this long-awaited policy shift means for dividend-paying stocks.
Utilities On Sale
Patient long-term money is looking to the utility sector for bargain buys while rates are low and stocks are undervalued.
How To Beat the Shorts at Their Own Game
It looks like Hedgeye and Barron's were the ones on the wrong side of the Linn Energy short. Here's how to beat them again.
The Truth about the Fed’s Great Taper
Talk of the Federal Reserve tapering quantitative easing has dominated the financial media this year. Here's what it means.