Roughly one month ago, online travel provider Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) made a nice gesture toward shareholders, announcing plans to buy back $200 million worth of company stock. Investors should hope that the company doesn’t follow through on this plan, because shares have shot up roughly $120 since the… Read More

When nobody expects much from a company, it’s usually pretty easy to please the audience. And there aren’t many sectors that have such low expectations as commercial airlines. In this bleak industry, it’s often a struggle just to avoid bankruptcy — let alone generate any real profits… Read More

When it comes to money management styles, there is no consensus. Some investment pros look for stocks showing “relative strength,” meaning they’ve been trading very well in recent sessions. Yet some money managers shun that approach, preferring out-of-favor stocks. These pros often turn to… Read More

Please excuse me for sounding like a broken record, but in today’s market, you need to look at adding stocks with a high margin of safety to your portfolio. The S&P 500’s stunning six-month surge should… Read More

It’s noteworthy that the S&P 500 has risen 28% since Oct. 3, 2011, working out to be a nearly 60% annualized gain. What’s even more notable is that almost all of the upside (outside of Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL)) has been in the riskiest end of the… Read More

There’s a tried-and-true maxim on Wall Street: Stocks fall a lot faster than they rise. There are myriad examples, and the sharp plunge of 1987 is just one.   The economy was growing at… Read More

It’s become one of my favorite stocks. I like to call it my “Cadillac” investment for 2012. I’ve even selected it as one of my “Top 5 Stocks for 2012.” The company is buying back billions of its stock. It’s expanding… Read More

Back in the fall of 2010, I touted technology giant International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) in the belief that its stock was poised to have a strong run. A key part of this bullishness was a bold prediction by its management team that it would double… Read More

Another week, another rally? The market began the current trading week on a high note once again, and it seems as if this bull just can’t be stopped. The S&P 500 has moved higher in 13 out… Read More

Warren Buffett is no fan of short-term trends. Rather than focusing on the flavor of the minute, Buffett instead fixates on trends that will last decades. And then he makes a fortune off of them. Take his investment in Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), for example. Read More