Updated on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 11:55AM by Jim Smith

Exxon Mobil Corporation is a manufacturer and marketer of commodity petrochemicals, including olefins, aromatics, polyethylene and polypropylene plastics and a range of specialty products.

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The Model Retirement Portfolio did very well and produced a total return of over 7% in the first quarter of 2010.

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The Model Growth Portfolio performed very well in the last three months. The return was nearly 13% as of April 15, 2010 and that would project to more than 50% on an annual basis

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If you like a stock with a high risk/high reward profile, our stock of the month selection for April 2010, Imperial Sugar (IPSU) may be the perfect choice for you.

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Normally, long term bonds provide an important source of income for a retirement portfolio. However, as can be seen from the financial events of the last few years, these are not normal times.

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Updated on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 05:05PM by Jim Smith

Economist Nouriel Roubini put the current risk to the United States economy in perspective when he recently said: "A near-depression was avoided through a massive monetary and financial stimulus....

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Updated on Monday, March 8, 2010 at 10:35AM by Jim Smith

Ten years ago many of the the financial pundits were glowing about the future prospects of the world's largest drugmaker.

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Updated on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 09:48AM by Jim Smith

The problem with traditional phone companies is that the landline telephone business is an ongoing drag on earnings since it is in a state of decline while the wireless business provides much of the subscriber growth.

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The equity holdings in the eWorldvu Model Retirement Portfolio were selected with several important considerations in mind.

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A stagnant economy, high unemployment and rising inflation. The word for this combination of events is called stagflation.

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Updated on Monday, March 1, 2010 at 08:05PM by Jim Smith

Updated on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 03:35PM by Jim Smith

Microsoft is the world's largest software maker with a dominant positon in operating systems and business productivity applications. In fact, the software giant runs more than 90 percent of all PC's currently in use.

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Updated on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 10:07AM by Jim Smith

The last ten years were considered the lost decade in investing. The S&P 500 Index dropped 1% annually. However, investments in precious metals and oil provided an investor with double digit returns.

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Updated on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 10:23AM by Jim Smith

Here is a biotechnology stock with 3 billion dollars in cash, owns all of its drugs and has no debt. It has a huge pipeline of more than 20 drugs in late stage trails during 2010.

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Updated on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 10:41AM by Jim Smith

In retirement, when you look for the stock of a company to own, you want to see world class brands. The company must have worldwide product distribution, be visable in emerging markets and have a long history of excellent financial performance

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Investors in mutual funds, a popular way for small investors to access the markets, pulled roughly $250 billion from stock funds during the market downturn from October 2007 through March 2009, according to the Investment Company Institute.

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Updated on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 10:22AM by Jim Smith

Fluor Corporation (Flr), through its subsidiaries, provides engineering, procurement, construction management, and project management services worldwide.

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Updated on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 11:26AM by Jim Smith

Updated on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 08:19AM by Jim Smith

When you have an opportunity to invest with the greatest financial mind in the world , you take it. Warren Buffett, known as the Oracle Of Omaha is the Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway which is considered by many as the most respected firm in the world.

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Updated on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 12:41PM by Jim Smith

The financial market was sent into a turmoil yesterday when Barack Obama responding to public rage over the financial crisis, proposed the most far-reaching overhaul since the 1930s.

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The pace of layoffs has slowed sharply in recent months, but businesses still cut 85,000 net jobs in December, the Labor Department said. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 10 percent, but economists suspect this is only because hundreds of thousands of frustrated workers stopped looking for jobs.

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Updated on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 10:48AM by Jim Smith

Overview: BP Plc, is Europe’s second-biggest oil company with 18 billion of barrels of oil of proven reserves. In addition, the company has invested $3 billion in alternative energy globally in the last three years

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