Commodities are on a tear. Whether we’re talking about precious metals or energy futures, commodities have posted strong gains during the past 10 years. Take silver for example. It’s up 127% this year alone. Oil touched $100 per barrel on July… Read More

If you sat in the corner office at Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) a few years ago, you’d have ample reason to gloat. The company’s key rival in microprocessors, AMD (NYSE: AMD), was headed for oblivion, choking under $5 billion in debt and a weakening product lineup. All Intel had to do… Read More

If you’re in the market for an auto stock, chances are Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) is among the companies you’re considering. And why not? Toyota is one of the best names in motor vehicle manufacturing. Plus, shares are expected to rebound in the… Read More

We’re finally hitting the heart of the earnings season. Many large cap stocks have already reported results, the mid-caps are set to weigh in soon, and we’ll hear from the bulk of small caps in a few weeks. With all of… Read More

Did you know that Internet traffic in 2010 exceeded all of the traffic on the Internet from its founding through every year up to 2009, according to tech firm giant Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO)? This pace will most likely continue. So what’s the next big growth wave for the Internet? Well,… Read More

A gain of 25%… 50%… even more than 100% in a single trading day? It’s rare. But it does happen. Take Dendreon Corp. (Nasdaq: DNDN), for example. Dendreon has a new drug called Provenge that taps into the immune system to fight prostate cancer. Read More

They’re calling the past 10 years of the stock market the “lost decade,” referring to the fact that the major indexes are now at the same price levels seen 10 years ago. Fair enough. Just don’t be fooled into thinking every single company out there has been spinning its wheels… Read More

Investors have short memories. Every time the airline industry starts to rebound, they forget many major airlines only recently flirted with the prospect of bankruptcy. But airlines have been trying to change this perilous dynamic. In recent years, they’ve been joining forces to cut costs and improve their competitive positioning. Read More

The rally in gold prices over the past 10 years has been nothing less than amazing, with the precious metal running from $300 per ounce in mid-2001 to more than $1500 now. The SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD)… Read More

One of the nastier consequences of the financial crisis of 2008 was an almost instant contraction of credit. While consumer credit contracted as expected, commercial lending evaporated as well. American businesses, primarily small and mid-market businesses, were cut off from access to capital, preventing them from expanding and in some… Read More