Dow Rises As The Container Store Tanks and Cocoa Prices Hit 3-Year High
Filed under: Investing After two big down days, key info from the Federal Reserve and a solid start to the corporate earnings season pumped the Dow Jones Industrial Average  up 79 points Wednesday. 1....
View ArticleIs AT&T, Inc.'s Dividend Growth Safe?
Filed under: Investing AT&TÂ is a company on the move. While investors might instinctively think of AT&T as a lumbering giant because of its massive size, it's still got plenty to offer. It's...
View ArticleGet Ready for Unprecedented Apple, Inc. iPhone 6 Sales
Filed under: Investing Get prepared for a big second half from Apple. At least that's what a look at the numerous reports pointing to a big iPhone 6 launch from Apple this fall would suggest. And the...
View ArticleCould Earnings Prove Consumer Goods Pessimists Wrong?
Filed under: Investing The consumer discretionary group is the only sector that posted a loss for the first half of the year, as it trailed the S&P 500 by more than 6%. Poor consumer spending in...
View ArticleTile Shop Cracks, and I'm Buying
Filed under: Investing My Special Situations portfolio has been a frequent buyer of Tile Shop  as the stock has fallen, and I'm back today to buy more. Poor results from peer companies have analysts...
View ArticleWhy Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Best Buy Co. Inc., and Under Armour, Inc....
Filed under: Investing The stock market took a hit today as investors fretted over news that a major player in Portugal's banking system could be in trouble. The fear is that a banking crisis in...
View ArticleWhy Potbelly, Tile Shop Holdings, and Fortuna Silver Mines Tumbled Today
Filed under: Investing On Thursday, stock market investors initially panicked on news from Europe that suggested that a potential new financial crisis might arise involving the Portuguese banking...
View ArticleIs DSW Inc. Destined for Greatness?
Filed under: Investing Investors love stocks that consistently beat the Street without getting ahead of their fundamentals and risking a meltdown. The best stocks offer sustainable market-beating...
View ArticleWhy United Continental Holdings, Zumiez, and TRW Automotive Soared Today
Filed under: Investing The stock market once again proved its amazing resiliency Thursday, recovering from losses of more than 1%, as investors gradually decided that a potential crisis in Europe was...
View ArticleApple iPhone 6: Ignore Today's 68 Million Number
Filed under: Investing iPhone 6 mockups. Source: 9to5Mac. Another day, another rumor about Apple's upcoming iPhone 6. The latest is from Taiwan's Business Weekly, which is making the rounds today....
View Article3 Reasons Why I Still Own Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Filed under: Investing When you factor in reinvested distributions, Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. has been a three-bagger during the eight years I've held shares in my portfolio. The S&P 500...
View Article3 Ways King Digital Entertainment Could Make a Comeback
Filed under: Investing Source: King Digital Entertainment King Digital Entertainment shares took a beating post-IPO, but have since recovered to above the listing. Investors have grown less wary about...
View ArticleLululemon Athletica Growth Update: Where Can the Yoga-Wear Retailer Go from...
Filed under: Investing Shares of lululemon athletica  have been under a great deal of pressure lately. In fact, the yoga-wear retailer, which was once everybody's favorite on Wall Street, has seen its...
View ArticleAdvanced Micro Devices' Time to Shine Is Here
Filed under: Investing It's been a rocky road during the last few years for Advanced Micro Devices . As the PC market softened during 2012 and 2013, AMD and its longtime rival, Intel , saw their...
View ArticleSpectra Energy Partners' Growth Plans Make This MLP Undervalued
Filed under: Investing If a master limited partnership has large projects expected to come online in the near future, you would expect shares of it to trade at a pretty decent premium. After all, those...
View ArticleThe Dow Ends Down Just 70 Points as Verizon, Intel Defy the Drop
Filed under: Investing If you didn't know anything about what happened with the stock market earlier today, then the more than 70-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrials might come as somewhat of a...
View ArticleWhy Lumber Liquidators Got Chopped and American Apparel Popped
Filed under: Investing Major indexes opened the day sharply lower on concerns about Portugal's largest bank, but gained throughout today to finish down only moderately. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
View ArticleThis Telecom Equipment Maker Is Down, But Not Out
Filed under: Investing Telecom equipment maker ADTRAN is down 14% so far this year, as declining enterprise sales have weighed on the company's results. Carrier enterprise spending is in transition...
View ArticleHow a Plan to Break Moore's Law Could Boost IBM Stock
Filed under: Investing Nearly 50 years after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore first postulated it, International Business Machines is investing $3 billion to make "Moore's Law" obsolete. A fantastic...
View ArticleIntel's Broadwell Delay: Should You Freak Out?
Filed under: Investing It is admittedly surprising to see that Intel is having such a tough time ramping its upcoming Broadwell processor into high volumes. It's clear that Intel's aggressive goals for...
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