Semiconductor stocks continue to deliver upside surprises. Integrated Silicon Solution (Nasdaq: ISSI), is up nearly +20% today after topping estimates by a handy margin for the fourth straight quarter. Shares, which trade for less than 15 times projected 2010 profits, could see continued… Read More

Sometimes it pays to do some “meta-analysis.” That’s when you analyze the analysts that follow a company. Often times, these analysts tend to think in cautious terms, and look to the past to make assessments about the future. As a result, they can overlook powerful industry changes that render the… Read More

Late last month we recommended looking at Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH) in the article “This Small Biotech Firm’s Shares Could Rocket in the Next 30 Days.” Well, guess what? DCTH’s shares have, in fact, rocketed on positive results in its Phase III trial… Read More

Composites are the most important materials to be adapted for aerospace since the use of aluminum in the 1920s. The use of these miracle materials is sweeping all sectors of aerospace. Broadly defined, composite materials represent the combination of inherently dissimilar materials, usually involving carbon, to form… Read More

During my days as a financial advisor years ago, I once visited a client with a real conundrum. Apparently, she had been working to get her financial affairs in order after a divorce. The good news is that while combing through some file folders, she came across… Read More

We saw a host of regional banks report stubbornly high loan losses on Monday, and investors have grown skittish about the regional banks that still have yet to report quarterly results. Sterling Financial (Nasdaq: STSA), Pacific State Bancorp (Nasdaq: PSBC), Midwest Banc Holdings (Nasdaq: MBHI), and W Holding (NYSE: WHI)… Read More

It’s been an extended stretch of misery for companies that supply equipment to wireless and wireline telecom companies. The massive network buildout of the 1990s led to more tepid capital spending in the last decade. But we may be entering a robust new phase of industry spending, according to telco… Read More

Now may be the optimal time to trade the financial sector. During the week of April 16, shares of many financial companies fell, following news of fraud charges against The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). As a result, many financial… Read More

Retailers of all stripes have fallen back into favor among investors, and many of them have risen +300% or +400% in the last year. The profit outlook is surely brightening for the group, but consumers still remain quite stressed, so these stocks may… Read More

Shares of Hertz (NYSE: HTZ) rose roughly +20% this morning after the world’s largest car rental firm agreed to acquire rival Dollar Thrifty (NYSE: DTG) for a modest premium. Investors in Dollar Thrifty can’t complain: shares are now up twenty-fold since plummeting to… Read More