Have you ever noticed how the market can stop and turn on a dime just when the majority of investors are sure it’s going to keep moving in the other direction? It’s a phenomenon also observed at the sector level and… Read More

This market is surely a head-scratcher. Stocks have trended higher for more than three years, even as the United States remains in an economic funk and corporate profits are slowing. The market seems to be ignoring the possibility that if the U.S. Read More

Among the biggest losers in Thursday’s early trading are Pluristem (Nasdaq: PLSTM) and FirstMerit (Nasdaq: FMER). There’s a very good reason why biotech investors are implored to monitor “cash-burn rates.” Many of these companies chew through their funds at a rapid pace, so they need to keep reloading the… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Thursday’s early trading are K12 Inc. (NYSE: LRN) and Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX). A controversial business model — with robust growth metrics Anyone involved in public education has surely been hearing about K12 Inc. This company has developed… Read More

Wall Street is infamous for investment scams and shady deals.  The market got a big taste of that in 2008, after Bernie Madoff was busted for running a $50 billion… Read More

Small-cap stocks, especially microcap stocks with market caps of less than $300 million, offer traders the largest potential gains and come with the greatest potential risk. But there are several ways traders can… Read More

The power of options is evident in a stock substitution trade in Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). The stock is up about $2.25 since my recommendation on Aug. 29, an impressive 15% gain in just over a week’s time. The payoff on the deep… Read More

You can barely turn the TV on for five minutes without encountering an infomercial praising its value. There are even stores popping up all over the country that specialize in buying and selling gold. The precious metals darling of Wall Street is… Read More

Think of where you’d be right now if you’d made this move 10 years ago.#-ad_banner-# The S&P 500 has returned 92% during that time (a 7% average annual gain). Meanwhile, Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE: PBT) is up 575% during the same… Read More

Investors and traders are an entirely different breed. While investors assess a stock’s value in the context of long-term profit growth, traders solely focus on key near-term events. So while I’ve been convinced that Ford Motor (NYSE: F) represents a compelling long-term investment,… Read More