At mid-week last week, there were 240 holdings spread out among a dozen real-money and model portfolios in the various StreetAuthority advisories. Nearly 70% of these stocks were in positive territory. To put it in the parlance of a daily stock market update,… Read More

You may have noticed a pattern with my trades during the past few weeks: I’ve been picking “underdog” stocks with great success. My latest pick, Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), has gained more than 10% in a week. And my previous pick, Tesla Motors (Nasdaq: TSLA), is up more than 8% in two weeks.#-ad_banner-# This week, I’m bullish on the underdog stock of the smartphone world: Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM). As a Canuck, I’ve always had a soft spot for the Canadian wireless device maker. Read More

You may have noticed a pattern with my trades during the past few weeks: I’ve been picking “underdog” stocks with great success. My latest pick, Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), has gained more than 10% in a week. And my previous pick, Tesla Motors (Nasdaq: TSLA), is up more than 8% in two weeks.#-ad_banner-# This week, I’m bullish on the underdog stock of the smartphone world: Research In Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM). As a Canuck, I’ve always had a soft spot for the Canadian wireless device maker. But what I really like about the stock is its current bullish technical outlook. On the heels of recent analyst upgrades — from the National Bank, CIBC World Markets and Jefferies — RIMM appears to be sparking renewed trader enthusiasm. The upgrades are based on bets that RIMM’s new mobile device, the Blackberry 10 (BB10) — likely to be released in late January — will be so good it will steal users away from Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), bringing them back to their Blackberry roots. Conservative estimates are that BB10 sales will be… Read More

There are many strategies investors use to profit in the stock market. One of the most effective and time-tested methods is the technical breakout strategy.#-ad_banner-# According to the breakout strategy, the investor… Read More

One of these companies offers a breakthrough in detecting cancer. Another buys gold for just $400 an ounce. Still another company has $45 billion in cash on its books and has earned record revenue in each of the past three years.#-ad_banner-# And if you’re interested in income, then pay attention. Read More

When billionaire bond manager Bill Gross speaks, investors listen. So when the largest fund manager in the world, with assets under management approaching $1 trillion, began aggressively buying and recommending municipal bonds to avoid potential… Read More

Are you familiar with the M/O ratio? Well, it may just be the single most important equation to determine the direction of global stock markets. And while it’s likely to help deliver robust gains for many emerging markets, it’s a troubling ratio for… Read More

Traders are not always rational, and that statement seems to be especially true during earnings season. Millions, and at times billions, of dollars in stock market value are often lost in seconds when a company misses… Read More

Most of us are taught, at an early age, that cynicism is wrong. Being distrustful of others and believing people are only motivated by self-interest is a difficult way to approach life. However, as in most everyday wisdom, there is a dramatic exception to this rule.  Being a cynic has… Read More

Contrary to clothing companies, which tend to have a steady flow of customers, footwear companies come in and out of vogue. Far too many companies place their efforts on trying to attract the highly profitable teen niche. Yet trying to appease a capricious teenager’s taste is an uphill battle. While… Read More

Ever since he took the reins of Citigroup (NYSE: C) in mid-October, Chairman Michael O’Neill has been making the rounds with the company’s key stakeholders. And as he’s found, the global banking giant still has many detractors in the investment community. Read More