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4 days ago | 
investorplace.com | Eric Fry
Tom Yeung here with today’s Smart Money. Car designers all know it’s hard to have everything all at once. In 2011, Nissan attempted to produce the world’s “first all-wheel drive crossover convertible.” It combined a sedan, SUV, and sports car into a single vehicle. When designers add too much to a single car The result was the Murano CrossCabriolet – a vehicle so terrible it won CNN’s award for the “most disliked car” of the year.
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6 days ago | 
investorplace.com | Eric Fry
Editor’s Note: At the Federal Open Market Committee meeting yesterday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said they’re keeping interest rates at the target range of 4.25% to 4.5%. They’re standing pat. The Fed Chair finds himself in a tough spot because the trade war creates two different risks to the economy. On the one hand, the trade war could knock the economy into recession, which would demand lowering rates.
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1 week ago | 
investorplace.com | Eric Fry
Hello, Reader. On Saturday, 94-year-old Warren Buffett announced that he will retire as the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK-A, B) at the end of this year.
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1 week ago | 
investorplace.com | Eric Fry
Editor’s Note: April didn’t bring the kind of market performance we’ve come to expect. Instead of historical gains, investors were met with headwinds: tariff battles, inflation concerns, and political uncertainty. But just like the saying goes, April showers bring May flowers. That is why I’d like to share a Market 360 article that my InvestorPlace colleague Louis Navellier shared with his reader’s last week. In it, Louis digs into the signs of life already sprouting beneath the surface.
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1 week ago | 
investorplace.com | Eric Fry
Hello, Reader. A lot can happen in 100 days. The California gray whale migrates from the waters of Baja California, Mexico, to its summer feeding grounds in the Arctic. You’re favorite HBO series could air an entirely new season, beginning to end. Or, the U.S. could stumble into a trade war that sparks recession fears. On Tuesday, we hit “Day 100” of President Donald Trump’s second term.
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1 week ago | 
investorplace.com | Eric Fry
Tom Yeung here with today’s Smart Money. In February 2020, photos began circulating of deserted locations in China. Empty subway stations… Desolate malls… There was not a soul to be seen in downtown Beijing, Hong Kong, or Shanghai, as the picture below shows. SourceA month later, American pandemic lockdowns began. Today, similar images of desolation are coming toward our shores.
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2 weeks ago | 
investorplace.com | Eric Fry
Editor’s Note: The markets have been a rollercoaster lately… but behind the volatility, a historic opportunity may be emerging. Last week, we saw signs of a major market shift, including a rare convergence of signals that is pointing to a potential surge in U.S. stocks. Add in a flood of cash just waiting to re-enter the market – a key financial event that my InvestorPlace colleague Luke Lango predicts will occur on May 7 – and we could be at the front end of a major rally.
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2 weeks ago | 
investorplace.com | Eric Fry
Hello, Reader. When Bruce Springsteen sang “I was born in the U.S.A.” in the catchy chorus of his 1984 hit song, he probably didn’t think that the sentiment would relate to tech companies… or semiconductor chips… or manufacturing processes. But these days, it does. Take this morning’s news from International Business Machines Corp. (IBM): The company announced that it will invest $150 billion in the U.S. over the next five years.
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2 weeks ago | 
investorplace.com | Eric Fry
Editor’s Note: It’s no secret that President Donald Trump wants to bring manufacturing back to the United States. And while headlines focus on reshoring and rebuilding American manufacturing, few are asking the obvious question: Who is going to do the work? The answer isn’t “more workers.”It’s machines. That is why my InvestorPlace colleague Luke Lango is holding a special 2025 Summer Panic Summit on May 1 at 7 p.m. Eastern.
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2 weeks ago | 
investorplace.com | Eric Fry
Hello, Reader. Job loss. School rejection. Failed business. Cancelled plans. These setbacks are often remedied by encouraging phrase, “When one door closes, another one opens.”But when it comes to investing, I like the alternative phrase…When one door closes, a window opens. That’s because, sometimes, being a smart investor means looking for opportunities where the crowd is not. While everyone is waiting for a closed door to open, it’s much better to look for the unexpected window.
