Among the biggest winners in early Friday trading are Covanta (NYSE: CVA), SMART Modular... Read More

Among the biggest winners in early Friday trading are Covanta (NYSE: CVA), SMART Modular Technologies (Nasdaq: SMOD) and Walgreens (NYSE: WAG). Top Percentage Gainers — Friday, June 18, 2010... Read More

Shares of Kroger (NYSE: KR) rose a smart +4% today as the nation’s largest standalone grocer... Read More

Shares of Kroger (NYSE: KR) rose a smart +4% today as the nation’s largest standalone grocer beat profit estimates by 8% for the quarter ended May 22. Yet once you dig deeper into the numbers... Read More

More than a century ago, governments in the United States and Europe decided to pave over dirt... Read More

More than a century ago, governments in the United States and Europe decided to pave over dirt roads. They knew that many citizens would soon be driving automobiles and would soon sour on bumpy,... Read More

Among the biggest losers in Thursday’s early trading are Actuant (NYSE: ATU), Gammon Gold (NYSE: GRS) and DryShips (Nasdaq: DRYS). Top Percentage Losers –Thursday, June 17, 2010 Company Name (Ticker) Intra-Day Price Intra-Day % Loss 52-Week High 52-Week Low Gammon Gold… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Thursday’s early trading are Neurocrine Biosciences, (Nasdaq: NBIX), Pier One (NYSE: PIR) and Winnebago (NYSE: WGO). Top Percentage Gainers — Thursday, June 17, 2010 Company Name (Ticker) Intra-Day Price Intra-Day % Gain 52-Week High 52-Week Low Winnebago (NYSE:… Read More

Those prescient words, uttered by Chauncey the Gardener in the film Being There, is an annual rite of passage for tech stocks, which tend to rally each spring. Not this time. Instead of growth, the group has fallen sharply, thanks to a high degree of exposure to Europe and the… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Wednesday’s early trading are Neurocrine Biosciences (Nasdaq: NBIX), Sunoco (NYSE: SUN) and Ener1 (NYSE: HEV). Top Percentage Gainers — Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Company Name (Ticker) Intra-Day Price Intra-Day % Gain 52-Week High 52-Week Low Neurocrine Biosciences (Nasdaq: NBIX) $5.37 +14.7% $5.60 $1.94… Read More

Among the biggest losers in Tuesday’s early trading are Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Genoptix (Nasdaq: GXDX) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE). Top Percentage Losers — Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Company Name (Ticker) Intra-Day Price Intra-Day % Loss 52-Week High 52-Week Low… Read More

As far as many investors are concerned, airline stocks should be avoided like the plague. Every time the economy hits a rough patch, these heavily-indebted companies look as if they’re lunging toward bankruptcy. Countless investors have had to dump airline stocks after losing most… Read More

The entertainment industry is always trying to attract people’s attention in order to get a piece of their discretionary income. For investors, that’s a great thing, especially if it’s income consumers want to spend because it involves their kids. For the… Read More