Yesterday my friend and fellow Seeking Alpha contributor Mark Bern emailed me this link to a Seeking Alpha Chart of the Day by David Stockman, which I believe to be the most telling chart of why the S&P 500 Index (NYSEARCA:SPY) is so overvalued right now.

This series provides a valuation dashboard using the GICS classification. Each sector is covered once a month. This issue covers Technology and Telecommunications. It aims at giving reference values for a top-down approach across industries.

A notable disconnect continues to exist in capital markets since the end of the financial crisis back in early 2009. The stock market has continuously levitated and stands once again on the brink of breaking out to a new all-time high.

For value investors, the sweet spot in investing is being able to buy an undervalued stock right before its value is recognized by the market and just before its stock price begins to take off.

2015 was an election year for Canadians. After (almost) ten years of conservative leadership, a new party was elected and a new prime minister is now in office. The new Liberal government has outlined a major investment plan in infrastructure throughout Canada.

R has a wide application in finance analysis areas such as time series analysis, portfolio management, and risk management, with its basic functions and many professional packages in Finance.

I’m a big fan of ETFs that you can buy and pretty much hold on to forever. While the portfolio allocation given to these funds can vary due to things like age and personal preference, the fund itself is one that has a place in almost any portfolio.

When it comes to buying income vehicles, investors have to deal with the agony of choice: Business development companies compete with master limited partnerships and (mortgage) real estate investment trusts.

As discussed in “Baby Bonds For BDCs: Set To Rise?”, I am expanding my coverage of business development companies (“BDCs”) to include Baby Bonds (also known as exchange-traded debt) for investors that would like to limit the amount of pricing volatility and overall risk in exchange for lower yields.

We have previously written about Equity Residential (NYSE:EQR) and its sale of 72 properties to Starwood Capital in October of last year and how the sale of 1/5 of its property portfolio changes the geography and demography of the largest (though at the time of this writing second largest by market