Posts by Andrew Gordon

Instead of investing in only a couple of great stocks – and missing out on other potential big winners – why not invest in all your top choices? Here’s how to do it with the least risk … Let’s say you’ve found 10 companies with substantial upside. Divide your hypothetical 10-company portfolio into two groups.…

On Friday, I told you that gold is a good purchase against the declining dollar. Gold is still in a bull market. And with each passing day, the case for gold gets stronger: China has nearly doubled its gold reserves and will likely continue to increase those reserves. Hostility between Iran and the U.S. continues…

The dollar surprised everyone in 2005 by rallying just when it appeared to be doomed. But the rally peaked quickly in November. Since then, the dollar has gone nowhere, trading in a narrow range. That suggests it’s getting ready to resume its major trend downward. Here are three ways to protect yourself when the dollar…

Top portfolio managers like Peter Lynch place a good deal of stock in the PEG (price-to-earnings-to-growth) ratio, which is supposed to tell you how fully valued a company’s share price is. Their reliance on this ratio is misplaced, however. The PEG compares the company’s price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio with its earnings-per-share (EPS). It tells you what…

Water is a scarce commodity – and scarcity means an opportunity for you to profit. Water covers nearly 70 percent of the earth’s surface, but most of it is saltwater, unfit for drinking, agriculture, and (with rare exception) industrial uses. In fact, far less than 1 percent of the water on our planet is suitable…

So far, I’ve made eight picks for subscribers of my Skeptical Advisor newsletter (beginning with the first issue in May 2005). If you had acted on my first three recommendations, you would have had a return of 19.3% on two of them and a loss of 5.6% on the other one. If you had acted…

I’m a perfectionist. I like my steak with just a hint of pink. Anything more or less, I give it right back to the cook. (As a result, Cecily stopped making steak for dinner a long time ago.) I like an organized office … but organized MY exacting way. Anybody who messes with my office…

“O gold! I still prefer thee unto paper which makes bank credit like a bank of vapour.” – Calvin Coolidge My brother got married outdoors on the hottest day of one of the hottest summers I can recall. As the bride and groom recited their vows, I looked around and could see that everybody was…