A growing number of R packages are created by various people in the world. A part of the cause of it is the devtools package that makes it easy to develop R packages [1].

There is a bear market coming. Or so we keep hearing. It might start tomorrow or maybe next year. Or was it the year after next year? Anyway, I think we can agree at some point in the future there will be a bear market, and those that are calling for it will tell us … More How To Really Time The Turns On The SPDR S&P 500 Trust ETF

Think only a bear market can keep returns of a 60/40 near 0%… think again. Given the huge opportunity cost of allocating to cash or bonds at current yield levels, even generally optimistic return assumptions for stocks are enough to keep portfolio level returns near 0% real.

Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW) is a holding company focused on leasing vessels in the container (“box ship”) segment. SSW has been public since late 2005 and boasts the world’s largest publicly-traded container fleet.

The phrase “do the math” has been in the news recently. Many ClearSign Combustion’s (NASDAQ:CLIR) longs will be feeling the burn when I illustrate how math and logic lead to the likelihood that a much larger company will be buying out CLR in the near future.

In June 2014, I wrote an article in which I launched my 85/15 Portfolio. My goal was to build up a portfolio with limited risk and exciting long-term growth potential considering the following assumptions:

Click to enlargeSource: MPLX. The worst oil crash in over 50 years has presented a great opportunity for long-term dividend growth investors in the energy industry. One of my favorites is MPLX (NYSE:MPLX), one of the fast growing, refiner sponsored midstream MLPs that IPOed in the last few years.

MSCI’s (NYSE:MSCI) June 14th announcement on the inclusion of the onshore A share markets (stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges) has received a great deal of media attention lately.

Having been active on the stock market for several years, I have encountered a vast number of trading days that left a frowning on my head.

I was reviewing some of my notes and ran across some of the quotes that I have highlighted regarding commonly used metrics, such as EBITDA, for valuation purposes. Before going into the direct quotes, here are the main takeaways that are relevant for us as investors.