Anyone waiting for Big Pharma to stumble on the industry’s so-called “patent cliff” has been heartily disappointed. In spite of many high-revenue products facing patent expirations in the next few years, the group continues to be a top performer, lifting the health care sector to a market-beating 9% gain by… Read More

In the face of a tough second-quarter economy, these two portfolio holdings managed just fine. Here’s why looking out a year or two, these businesses should really flourish… It is purely coincidental that two of my favorite companies delivered decent second-quarter results on the… Read More

There is no question that Warren Buffett has had a great run as an investor and money manager. His ability to spot great deals and hold companies through thick and thin is… Read More

At the height of the dot-com era, with the Nasdaq trading at 5,000, the airwaves were filled with predictions of even bigger gains to come. One prediction that called for “Dow 36,000” was a sure sign that stocks were headed for trouble. Bubbles get pricked right at the time of… Read More

Most successful investors figure out ways to spot opportunity before the masses figure it out. They often get in early — before the crowd catches on and sends the stock price up — and reap large benefits along the way. And… Read More

This is not your grandmother’s market. You can’t invest in blue chips like Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG) or Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) and expect to receive the same dividend yields of 5%… Read More

Gold bugs have a lot to be excited about right now… For the past couple of months, gold has been forming a consolidating triangle pattern. In the week of July 27, it finally made the move we’ve been waiting for. A… Read More

Secular investment opportunities don’t come around very often. Think about Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) or Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) in the 1990s. Both companies saw huge gains as the infrastructure for a high-tech world was being paved. Any investor with the vision to see how networking equipment and operating systems… Read More

To set the stage for his most recent pursuit of “The Next Big Thing,” Andy Obermueller turned to something of an unusual source — the 1985 blockbuster Back to the Future.   No, the topic of the latest issue of Andy’s Game-Changing Stocks is not time travel. But… Read More

There’s Wall Street, and then there’s the “Wallflowers.” These are companies that go out of their way to avoid the Wall Street banking-and-research mill, content to let their businesses speak for themselves. Some companies end up as Wallflowers even if they prefer otherwise. Read More