Smarter Investing

A single chart about beer prices can tell you what you need to know about the impact of the European economic crisis on real people.

Why the Greeks have no beer money

Patience has started to resolve whatever questions investors have with this model.

Wall Street may be a rigged game, but it matters little to long-term investors.

July saw an on par performance with the S&P 500 index.

I'm shorting Facebook after a disappointing report took the stock down.

I remain confident that the model will deliver very strong results over any three-year time horizon.

If history is any guide, expect founder Richard Schulze's offer to buy out Best Buy to be a messy battle.

Here's a chart that just may churn your stomach if you're a buy-and-hold investor.

The primary motivation for selling those particular stocks was that all had their earnings estimates reduced by some Wall Street analysts.

Fear has trumped fundamentals. There are still value stocks in this market.

As we enter August, the earnings outlook for the S&P 500 Index continues to deteriorate for this year and next.

Here's a snapshot of the eight economic indicators watched by Goldman Sachs' rock star economist, Jim O'Neill.