Do you sell individual stocks short? If you do in this article I have put together a list of ratios and indicators that can help you find companies to short.

We have debunked the myth that gold-to-silver ratio should revert to its “true” level around 16. The predominant range for the ratio in modern times is rather well between 40 and 80. Moreover, the notion that the gold-to-silver ratio should revert to some historical average makes no sense.

I usually write about preferreds I am considering adding to my portfolio to further diversify. Because I am a primarily high yield preferred investor, I am basically limited to three or four sectors that meet my needs: mREITs, Oil E&Ps, shipping and some pharma R&Ds.

The financial media is abuzz with articles, portfolio managers, and financial pundits touting the benefits of dividend strategies. The supposed argument is that dividends are the golden key to long term investment outperformance.

This article covers the prospects of Oil majors like ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), Shell (NYSE:RDS.A) (NYSE:RDS.B), Chevron (NYSE:CVX), BP (NYSE:BP) and for some in renewables.

One of the best trades of my career didn’t involve stocks at all. In 2001, the European Union was beginning its full rollout of its new currency, the euro.

In our previous tutorial Loops in R: Usage and Alternatives , we discussed one of the most important constructs in programming: the loop.  Eventually we deprecated the usage of loops in R in favor of vectorized functions.

This is an introductory post about using apply, sapply and lapply, best suited for people relatively new to R or unfamiliar with these functions.

There are tons of resources to help you learn the different aspects of R, and as a beginner this can be overwhelming. It’s also a dynamic language and rapidly changing, so it’s important to keep up with the latest tools and technologies.