Since they went public in 2010, the performance of second-generation biofuel companies has been staggeringly poor. But there is hope on the horizon.
Currency Wars will most importantly play out at the heart of investors' portfolios rather than in the blogoshere or on TV.
Increasing merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, the threat of leveraged buy-outs (LBOs), and the risk they pose of removing cash safety nets while imposing more debt on corporate balance sheets has...
The illusory benefit of a weaker currency is to boost corporate earnings as companies increase their exports.
We have seen something interesting unfold over the last month in the markets – signs of what we believe are the beginning of a Treasury breakout.
While misconceptions regarding the state of clean tech investing have run rampant, we believe the long-term case for new and clean energy technology grows stronger by the day.
The jump in Lipper's weekly equity mutual funds inflows since the start of the year has sparked some chatter about a "great rotation" out of bonds and into stocks.
The hurdles for clean technology (clean tech) equities have been steep and numerous lately...
The U.S. averted the Fiscal Cliff with passage of the "American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012" on December 31.
We continue to favor corporate bond sectors in fixed income portfolios and their greater yields as defense against rising interest rates.
In this environment of sluggish growth, we think a number of fixed income sectors still hold some potential for investors.
High-yield bonds may be "high-yield" in name only now. Robust demand for corporate bonds pushed the average yield on high-yield bonds further into record-low territory, closing at 5.75% last week.
With capital gains tax rates increasing in 2013, investors are likely to turn over an even larger portion of investment returns to the IRS.
We do not believe the recent bond market sell-off is the start of a sustained move higher in interest rates...
Considerably more pain will be required before patient investors have an opportunity to purchase stocks at attractive prices. Here's why.
Sidetracked by the discussion over the “fiscal cliff” and possibly a New Year’s hangover, it’s time to face 2013 in earnest...
December 31 was a media deadline, not a real deadline for a "fiscal cliff resolution," since Congress could act retroactively.
In 2013, many different forces will combine to influence the direction of the markets to follow the path of least resistance leading to modest single-digit returns in the U.S. stock and bond markets...
Equity markets in the US performed very well during 2012, in our view, despite continued uncertainty...
There has been a tremendous amount of coverage in the global press given to the European debt crisis...