Bill Gates’ most unusual investment; at least from a tech geek’s perspective is the Canadian National Railway (NYSE: CNI). Blomberg reported that the world’s richest man is the transcontinental railroad’s largest

McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD) is one of the craziest stocks around; its’ shares are still ridiculously overpriced, even though its’ revenues are in free fall.
Chart watchers know that the burger joint’s revenues have be

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is finally reporting some financial numbers for second quarter 2017, and they offer the same old story. The Everything Store is still growing like mad, and making a lot of money.
As usual,

The future of UPS (NYSE: UPS); the company formerly known as United Parcel Service, looks bright despite a significant decline in income over the past year.
UPS is a modern value favorite because it provides a

Tech investors take notice, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is far from dead. The software giant just demonstrated that it is the best value in technology stocks.
Microsoft just turned in a stellar earnings report for

After looking at Netflix’s (NASDAQ: NFLX) latest set of financial numbers I have just one question: how can this company survive as a standalone organization?
Two numbers in particular stand out from the s

Visa (NYSE: V) might be the best value stock in the financial sector because it is a big money maker that nobody seems to notice.
The payment-card giant is a classic value investment because everybody uses its’ p

A game-changing event in the history of warfare occurred on March 23, 2017, and nobody seemed to notice. The age of Drone Warfare began.
A drone started a fire that destroyed $1 billion (€850 million) worth of a

Sports fans know that even the greatest winning streaks end sooner or later. The same can be said of stocks, even the best companies’ success comes to an end at some point.
A classic example of this is the c

American Express (NYSE: AXP) might be on the verge of a turnaround. The grand old name in American credit cards has reported some revenue growth in recent months.
Amex reported revenues of $32.12 billion

U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s (R-New York) “America First” policies threaten to fracture the global economy into several rival trading blocs.
Strangely enough this new world trade order might be good for small

Aldi might soon become the second largest supermarket operator; and third largest grocer, in the United States.
The German discounter plans to open 2,500 stores nationwide by 2022, Business Insider reported. That

I’m glad to see that Graham Allison’s thoughtful Thucydides Trap hypothesis is attracting attention but I am worried that people might be learning the wrong lesson from it.
The Cliff Notes explanation of the Thu

The result of the failure of Donald J. Trump’s presidency would be a socialist government in the United States. That’s the opinion of American Conservative Editor Robert W. Merry – who is obviously no fan of soc

A hypothesis based on a war that was fought 1,400 years ago is keeping some foreign-policy experts awake at night. The thesis is the Thucydides Trap and some people think it means that war between the People’s R

There is a simple reason why traditional automakers will dominate the future of ground transportation: they have a lot of cash. Even vehicle manufacturers in trouble have a lot of money in the bank.
That’s why r

The results of the latest British General Election indicate that politics in the English-speaking world are taking a very interesting and probably leftward turn. Some of the most intriguing conclusions that can be

The increasingly dysfunctional politics in the United States might be a threat to the economies of that nation and the world.
Political gridlock and overspending have already triggered embarrassing financial

Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) $13.70 billion (€12.27 billion) purchase of the supermarket operator Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM) might be the beginning of a brick and mortar buying spree by Jeff Bezos.
There are sev

Tata Motors (NYSE: TTM) has been on a roll lately, it is now the biggest car manufacturer in the United Kingdom and its sales are growing like crazy.
Its’ luxury brands; Jaguar and Land Rover, sales increased b