Ordinarily, the phrase in the tank is one that makes investors cringe, but this time around might prove an exception. Tankers, those giant ships that haul everything from oil to iron ore, are in high demand, which means they're likely to have...

Rarely will you find a more obvious-sounding investing tip than this: Those seeking growth opportunities should look to agriculture. One of farming's most vocal cheerleaders is Merrill Lynch analyst Donald Carson, who notes global agricultural...

Problem: Americans are big and fat. We also are a pragmatic people who worship expediency hence the popularity of using pills to treat health problems like high blood pressure and high cholesterol. That pill fixation also applies to weight control...

Investing in steel over the past decade has been a minefield. Faced with stagnant pricing and exorbitant labor costs, the U.S. players suffered a near-death experience in 2001, when Bethlehem Steel, the No. 2 steel maker, went bankrupt. But that...

The shine is starting to dim on investments in gold. True, bullion rose about 20 percent in 2003, and gold stocks improved more than twice as much (42 percent), thanks to a sliding dollar's burnishing of the precious metal's safe-haven status. And...

Canada has a long history as a haven for prescription-drug bargain hunters, for instance, and for draft-dodgers. Soon, we might well add American investors to that list of shelter seekers. A number of Canadian investment vehicles most notably...

Whither income-oriented investments or is it wither? Investors living on the proceeds of their investments face hard times, as many retirees are fast discovering, while watching their monthly checks dwindle. Money market yields offer thin fare ...

For those of you still looking for that stock with the potential to double in a short amount of time, I say this: Please re-set your internal calendar. It must be stuck on 1999. For those with a more sensible appetite for risk and return, I have...

The 1906 Monet painting entitled Nympheas was purchased in 1960 at a Sotheby's auction in London for $50,000. That same 35-inch by 35-inch oil on canvas resold at Christie's New York in 1999 for $22.6 million. That's works out to an average annual...

The financial services industry is burdened by paperwork. But stock-jockey brokers should be thanking the Feds in at least one instance: for insider trading data. Insiders company officers, directors, relatives, anyone with access to key company...