Dan Nestlerode

It is time to stop the cacophony of human events and the reporting on human events to give our spiritual side a moment to rise to our consciousness, Daniel Nestlerode writes.

Very quietly and without any political fanfare, the United States became a net energy exporter in the last calendar quarter.

Why would you trust any Wall Street firm with your money? Daniel Nestlerode asks in his regular column. Bernie Madoff should be getting some company rather soon, he figures.

Historically, Daniel Nestlerode writes, price-to-earnings valuations have ranged far and wide. ‘It is rather pointless to base anything on the average price-to-earnings ratio,’ he says.

So far this year, Dan Nestlerode writes, major-market averages have gone nowhere. More telling is that gold and silver have soared, he says. He is optimistic about the rest of 2011? Read on.

The economic policies set in motion by Washington are unsustainable. Dan Nestlerode advises a long view and, in the short term, paying attention to the markets.

Personal finance columnist Dan Nestlerode wonders, after all that’s happened in the economic story, what’s next.