According to a recent survey, three-quarters of the American public think that we’re currently in a recession. The Dow is trading around the same price it was seven years ago and only seems to be heading lower. Fuel and food prices are at all time highs and the employment picture is gradually ...read more

It’s almost the Fourth of July and vacation time beckons… When I think vacation, I think of distance or a relaxing change of venue like a beach resort. But when you are not inundated by everyday distractions…that is, the perfect opportunity to ponder your investment holdings. Reassessment and review in ...read more

Precious metals have taken the back seat in the recent rally in commodities. While corn, soybeans, oil and other commodities were making either fresh contracts or all-time highs on a daily basis, precious metals simply consolidated. This was to be expected after the fantastic rally in gold from the low ...read more

Someone just e-mailed me… How exactly do you go about finding stocks to buy? And after I read it, I really began to think about how my investing process works. How do I go about identifying, researching and ultimately buying a stock? For many investors the process has evolved so much for them ...read more

Wow, what a week this has been! I landed in China about seven days ago and have been completely amazed by how much it’s changed in the last few years. I haven’t set foot in Beijing since late 2005 and the difference between then and now becomes evident as soon as ...read more

Most of us Americans are so accustomed to a world of plenty; we have a hard time imagining a world of scarcity — much less making investments based upon this idea. But the energy markets provide a very powerful example of what happens when resources become less plentiful. Five years ago, ...read more

The global wireless industry has been exploding — over 250 million subscribers in the U.S., over 500 million in China, there are more people on this planet that own a mobile phone than those that own a computer — bottom line, this is the place to be for the long ...read more

Corn ethanol does nothing but bring the bushel price to an all-time high, vaguely put a dent into our energy demand, pollute lands with pesticides and drink up a limited water supply… Bottom line is, corn is a food, not a fuel. Well there’s a new ethanol in town and by ...read more

It’s pretty clear that TickerHound, while certainly focused on finance, is first and foremost a web-based business.  Therefore, I tend to pay a lot of attention to the web startup scene.  I like to know what else is out there, what’s working, what isn’t, etc. So when I saw this question ...read more

The world keeps turning and the resources get used up. It’s really quite simple. Despite that fact, the debates rage over Peak Oil, Peak Food and peak everything else. It’s about as sensible as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. So the “experts” continue to debate whether or not resources are ...read more