I came across a fascinating wealth report put together by Bank of America. One section of the survey underscored a theme that investors may not be surprised by given a general distrust among young investors of traditional financial markets. It turns out that private equity investments are seen as a…

Nova (NASDAQ:NVMI) is one of the top mid cap growth stocks available in the market today for investors. The company is one of the innovators in process control for semiconductor equipment applications – an area becoming more and more important in the AI driven world. Nova will continue to benefit…

Dear readers/followers, Covering formerly Russian-supplied companies like Nokian Renkaat (OTCPK:NKRKF) (OTCPK:NKRKY) is tricky. The company/companies obviously crashed down quite significantly when access to Russian input collapsed. In some cases, with companies that actually had their manufacturing and sourcing capacity in Russian locations, the hit was far worse. Such was the…

Note: MIND Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIND, NASDAQ:MINDP) has been covered by me previously, so investors should view this article as an update to my earlier work on the company. MIND Technology or “MIND”, formerly known as Mitcham Industries, is a micro-cap provider of technology and solutions for exploration, survey, and defense…

Starboard Value, the activist fund run by Jeff Smith, has taken a sizable stake in graphics-design firm Autodesk and has spoken with the company’s board in recent weeks over a number of serious concerns involving its disclosures around an internal investigation that led to the ouster of its chief financial officer.Starboard’s stake is…

China’s retail sales beat expectations in May, climbing 3.7% compared with a year ago, beating expectations of a 3% rise from a Reuters poll of economists.However, other economic metrics, such as industrial output and fixed asset investment, missed Reuters forecasts.Industrial output grew by 5.6% year-on-year, compared to the 6% increase…

Introduction U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) is a large regional bank that has not been immune to the industry struggles related to higher interest rates and the retention of deposits. Twice, I have examined the bank’s series A preferred shares (NYSE:USB.PR.A) as a good source of income, with the most recent update…

Investors worried about concentration risk in the market may want to consider value-oriented investments.Avantis Investors chief investment strategist Phil McInnis suggests taking a more diversified approach than simply looking at index funds such as the S&P 500. He thinks his firm’s exchange-traded fund strategy can provide better returns in the…

When my husband Brian first told me he’s from Laguna Beach, it took everything in me to play it cool. “Oh, is that near Los Angeles?” I asked. Like most elder millennials, I knew exactly where Laguna Beach was. I’d seen every episode of the reality show (I was an LC…

After a powerful burst of absolute and relative strength from the middle of the first quarter through mid-May, the Utilities Select Sector SDPR Fund ETF (XLU) has turned lower and has underperformed the S&P 500. Despite lower interest rates, which usually benefit debt-heavy utility companies, the recent 0.5 percentage point…