There are high-quality, growing businesses trading at value-stock prices. What more could you want?

In the latest chapter in what is developing into a war by the left on America's seniors, the government has proposed to take American's 401(k) savings in return for a promise to pay some monthly benefit in retirement years.

Central bankingneeds to announce and follow a policy rule in order to controlinflation over the long run.

American water companies have a long way to before they reach European efficiency.

Small-caps have been out of favor because they lack liquidity, and because they have a hard time competing with behemoths that have pricing power and economies of scale.

Is there a profitable haven for the dollars of investors who don't have the time or inclination to study individual stocks?