A refreshingly calm day in most markets today as the fall in crude oil prices was mainly overlooked–except by the [...]

We are noting that crude oil is off $1.25 this morning taking it down to the $79.75 area.  A fall [...]

The 2014 model portfolio stands at +10.1% YTD with a few tenths of a percent of dividends yet to be earned this month. [...]

Earnings, which have been pretty good, have driven the equity markets higher, while dragging interest rates higher.  Last weeks panic [...]

Ok–so we have a confirmed ebola case in NYC tonight and unfortunately the futures markets are taking a modest dump [...]

As we noted earlier today when we wrote we would have a clue as to a move in crude oil prices when [...]

We have received numerous notes in the last few weeks from readers wondering if/when certain new issues would be trading. [...]

It is remarkable how the equity markets have moved higher in the last 2 days–goes to show what ’emotions’ do [...]

Shopping center REIT Urstadt Biddle Properties (ticker:UBP) has announced a new preferred offering.  UBP is a relatively good quality company [...]