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2013 was a banner year for the auto industry, the best since 2007.  New car sales were up 9.2% and reached 15.6 million. My colleagues and I have been… Read more

Today (and for the next few days only) you have a rare opportunity to vastly increase your income using what might be the simplest investment strategy ever. And as… Read more

Income investors often prefer dividend checks to stock buybacks.  And the reason is simply that it feels good to get a dividend check every quarter. Income & Prosperity readers… Read more

When President Obama’s healthcare reform bill passed in late March 2010, name- brand pharmaceutical companies – including Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and  Merck (NYSE: MRK) – immediately… Read more

If I were to ask 100 investors what they think are indispensable attributes of great investors, I’d surmise that “intelligence,” “shrewdness,”  “ingenuity,” “foresight” would top the list. I’d also… Read more

I have to confess: I asked for an Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire for Christmas. I’m not usually tempted by the allure of new electronic devices. That’s largely because I… Read more

Tech gifts have always been one of my favorite gifts to give for Christmas. It’s always been fun to spend the holiday break playing around with new tech gear,… Read more

Want to earn back some of that money you’re spending on gifts this holiday season? Invest in the very sector where you spent the money in the first place…. Read more

Every year more people push back their holiday shopping until the week before Christmas. I don’t have the data to prove this, but I still know that it’s true…. Read more