Fastenal Co. (FAST) announced a 2 for 1 split back in April of this year. At that time, I wrote that the company was in a business that would suffer when the economy went into...
Stocks & Options
Since inception in August of 2000, our Buyback Premium Portfolio is up 264% vs. a gain of 107% for the S&P 500 for the same period, explains David Fried, editor of The Buy...
Northrop Grumman (NOC), the third-largest military-equipment maker in the world, defies the stereotype of the lumbering, stodgy defense contractor in several ways, asserts gro...
The energy outlook is as confusing as Fed policy as minutes show a wide variance by FOMC members. Meanwhile producers of biofuels not feeling love from Administration, writes ...
Trading
Defensive Sectors Shine as S&Ps Struggle
Stocks are jittery but holding their ground as the bond market sends mixed signals about recession risk, writes Marvin Appel....
Trading
Recent Equity Volatility Could Signal a Major High or Low: Keep Watchi
The cyclical time sequence has not closed on the recent major market moves. There is a chance it is a new bottom to buy or the beginning of the end, w...
Investing
Chegg: Top of the Class
Tickers:
CHGG
Chegg Inc. (CHGG) provides services and textbook rentals; university costs in the U.S. have soared for years leaving students and their parents with l...
Trading
Global Supply/Demand Outlook Bullish on Crude
Crude oil demand seems to be exceeding supply, suggesting that the global economy might not be as slow as feared or that global production is falling ...
Investing
Enterprise Products: The Safest MLP?
Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) is a midstream MLP; its assets include some 50,000 miles of pipelines, 260 million barrels of storage capacity for ...
Investing
It's Time to Dip into Dunkin'
Tickers:
DNKN
Dunkin’ Brands Group (DNKN) is among the top franchisors of quick-service restaurants serving coffee, baked goods and ice cream, notes John Stas...
Investing
Biogen: Buybacks and Biotech
Tickers:
BIIB
Biogen (BIIB) is a major biopharmaceutical company specializing in treatments for multiple sclerosis (about 60% of sales) and spinal muscular atrophy ...
Trading
Tanker Rancor & LNG Demand Growing
Demand for US natural gas in the form of LNG is growing reports Phil Flynn....
Investing
Diebold Profits from ATMs to Biometrics
Tickers:
DBD
Biometric passwords are about to go big time and investors should prepare; the goal is to use the sophisticated sensors inside smartphones to do away ...
Investing
From Banking to Travel, Rakuten Taps into e-Commerce in Japan
Tickers:
RKUNY
With markets a bit on edge as U.S.-China tensions rise, it makes sense to move to a high-quality, conservative play that is in an uptrend with plenty ...