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If you hold foreign companies in your retirement account, be sure you understand the withholding rules. They could be costly.

StreetAuthority March 4, 2021 Earlier this week, in our family group text, we wished each other a happy Texas Independence Day. I realize many of you may not know this, but yes, it’s a thing here in Texas. You don’t have to live here to know that most of us take great pride in our state. (Okay, sometimes to the point of being obnoxious about it.) But that’s because we think we’ve got a lot to be proud of… Nolan Ryan, Shiner beer, Willie Nelson – and our massive energy industry to na...

The likelihood of a new stimulus package is raising the specter of inflation. Here's how to hedge your portfolio against the ravages of rising prices.

The race to go green is well underway, but President Biden’s energy plan may be ignoring a few key risks

By Robert Rapier, Investing DailyArticle of the Week from Investing Daily

5 Oil And Gas Predictions For 2021 By Robert Rapier - Jan 27, 2021, 2:00 PM CST When I made my 2020 predictions a year ago, the world was on the cusp of a pandemic that would upend the oil markets. In the process, it upended two of my energy sector predictions, but three others ended up being correct. The Covid-19 pandemic last year was a black swan event that caused an unprecedented fallout across the energy sector. The evolution of the pandemic this year will be the largest variabl...

Forging Ahead There’s no doubt that the barge industry has experienced its share of effects not only from the virus directly, but from the demand drops for various commodities. But as Jennifer Carpenter, CEO of The American Waterways Operators, told The Waterways Journal, “We largely stayed on track despite COVID.” Large, multi-vessel barge companies are complying with Subchapter M certification deadlines despite difficulties; some smaller, single-vessel companies are a bit behind. “Su...

Investing Daily Printable PDF I have often said that one of the smartest investing decisions I ever made was to concentrate money in the health care sector early in my investing career. I reasoned that an aging population of Baby Boomers would spend a lot of money to extend their lives and health care should benefit from that trend. In 2002 I opened an account in the T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Fund (PRHSX), and since I opened that account it has enjoyed an average annual return of 17.5%...

The books are officially closed on 2020, a year in which the COVID-19 pandemic generated tremendous volatility across many sectors. The S&P 500 returned 16.3% for the year, and 11.7% in just the fourth quarter. Note that all returns discussed here are total returns, which include the effect of dividends paid during the year. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. The energy sector began to get battered in February following a price war bet...

Investing Daily Printable PDF Some years there is an energy story so big, there’s no question it belongs at the top of the list. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011. In 2020, that story was the emergence and subsequent consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Let’s take a closer look at what it all means for investors. 1. COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc on the energy sector. Many of the big energy stories of 2020 are directly attributable...