Separate Stocks from the Economy

Many Wall Street and economic pundits tried to talk down the U.S. stock markets down in early 2013. They stated a long list of economic and political headwinds for the U.S. economy. Many of those concerns have come to pass.  Interest rates have moved higher....

The Lesson of Best Buy Stock

In Minnesota, we stick by our local companies.  That is the Minnesotan thing to do. Our parents—mostly Minnesotans themselves—taught us that way of thinking. We shop at Target, by 3M Post-it notes, and load up on General Mills and Hormel products at Super Value.  And...