The stock was down 42% in 2025 due to a combination of factors. One was weak demand for durable goods. LYB’s CEO called it the longest and deepest downturn of his career. Another was shifts in the ...

Roughly 20% of the world’s oil passes through the strait, along with massive volumes of liquified natural gas (LNG) and fertilizer. It’s the jugular vein of global energy. And for years, the nightmare ...

A Quick Note Before We Begin John Mauldin and I are working on something important behind the scenes. Before we take the next step, we would really value your input. We put together a short ...

John Mauldin is a best-selling author, analyst, financial writer, and co-founder of Mauldin Economics. His weekly newsletter, Thoughts from the Frontline, was one of the first free e-letters to ...

Core Portfolio: Set-it-and-forget-it positions built for wealth and income generation we can hold for years or decades. Opportunity Portfolio: Catalyst-driven income plays with dividend cushion while ...

Dividend stocks are perfect for a worry-free investment strategy, especially with the new T+1 settlement rules. Understand crucial dates like the Declaration Date, Payment Date, Record Date, and ...

Even the federal government has scored a modest win, with the enormous federal deficit declining by $41 billion compared to 2024, thanks in part to tariff revenues. Of course, the Supreme Court could ...

The Mariner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building, completed in 1937, faces Washington’s stately Constitution Avenue. Its classical architecture presents an appearance of strength and stability.

It doesn’t look like 2026 will be the year to add consumer discretionary companies to your portfolio. Maybe the opportunity will come in the second half, but I’ve been saying that since 2024.

Can you really pay your bills with your dividends? The short answer is yes. In practice, the answer depends on the size of your expenses and how much money you have to invest. As with any financial ...

From a geographic standpoint, the Middle East and North Africa region extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Indian Ocean in the east, and from Turkey in the north to Yemen in the south.

That old private equity model is now mostly extinct. In its place, my good friend Jared Dillian sees an $8 trillion bubble, built on massive layers of debt across 17,000 private equity firms. He says ...