In its latest issue, Money magazine cited data showing stocks with the lowest earnings multiples tend to post the highest returns. A chart in the article detailed that the l0% of stocks with the lowest price-to-earnings (P/E)… Read More

As the second quarter winds down, a number of stocks are licking their wounds — perhaps none more than the solar stocks, many of which have been handed an outright drubbing. It happens in this volatile sector once every few years. And each time investors sour in the industry’s prospects … Read More

Although big, well-known companies can be solid investments, most eventually reach a stage where earnings growth is no longer rapid enough for exciting stock returns. Take Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) for instance. The company’s good for a decent… Read More

Gold, gold, gold… it seems everyone wants to talk about gold, and for good reason. Since 1999, the price of an ounce of gold is up more than 600%, from about $250 to more than $1,500. Many investors, me included, wish we’d have purchased more gold at lower prices back… Read More

Love him or hate him, President Barack Obama has done one thing that will change health care in the United States forever. And it’s actually a good thing. The $787 billion stimulus bill passed in 2009 contained a massive provision for the adoption of electronic medical records… Read More

With the stock market swinging triple digits from one day to the next, it’s become apparent to me that recent gains are being slowly harvested. Rather than undergoing an outright selloff, investors are broadening their list of targets to book gains and raise cash. Some stocks have been immune to… Read More

There’s a new recession around the corner. Or, maybe there isn’t. The media is providing arguments for both possibilities, but clearly only one of those arguments can be right. For investors needing to make a decision in the meantime, though — before… Read More

#-ad_banner-#From my perch here in upstate New York, a deluge of rain has made the local roads impassable. The fact that the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped another 200 points on June 23 just adds to the gloom. Yet strangely enough, I’m feeling bullish. Many of the companies I track… Read More

Walk through your house and rummage through your junk drawers. Buried beneath some old string, a 1996 stand up calendar from your insurance agent and a pair of stretched out reading glasses, there’s a good chance you’ll find an old cell phone that’s long since been retired. There’s an even… Read More