2025: A Surprising Success Amidst Challenges for the Year Ahead

Successful (though Strange!) 2025…And a rocky start to the Year Ahead Greetings, Investors! 2025 is now in the books; another successful one for our Members. Over the years, The National Investor has tended to actually slightly underperform the broad markets in big up years; but vastly outperform when it comes to “blah” or, especially down […]
Venezuela’s Oil and Mining Industries: Vast Potential Amidst Inadequate Infrastructure

Stock image. Following are key facts about the oil and mining sectors of Venezuela, whose President Nicolas Maduro was captured by US forces on Saturday. Reserves Venezuela has the world’s largest estimated oil reserves but its crude output remains at a fraction of capacity due to decades of mismanagement, lack of investment and sanctions, official data […]