Did you miss out on the recent hot IPOs for Noodles & Co. (Nasdaq: NDLS), Fairway Group Holdings (NYSE: FWM) and Stemline Therapeutics (Nasdaq: STML)?#-ad_banner-# Well, the hits keep on coming. Phillips 66 Partners (Nasdaq: PSXP), which was one of the looming initial public offerings that I profiled last week, surged a hefty 30% in its first day of trading. If you missed out on these fast starters, fret not. Many other recent IPOs haven’t fared nearly as well from their initial… Read More

Did you miss out on the recent hot IPOs for Noodles & Co. (Nasdaq: NDLS), Fairway Group Holdings (NYSE: FWM) and Stemline Therapeutics (Nasdaq: STML)?#-ad_banner-# Well, the hits keep on coming. Phillips 66 Partners (Nasdaq: PSXP), which was one of the looming initial public offerings that I profiled last week, surged a hefty 30% in its first day of trading. If you missed out on these fast starters, fret not. Many other recent IPOs haven’t fared nearly as well from their initial IPO price as these big gainers. IPOs sometimes need to simmer for a bit as investors only belatedly get around to checking them out.  Here’s a quick look at what the hot money may have initially missed but far-sighted investors may soon start snapping up. 1. Esperion Therapeutics (Nasdaq: ESPR) Thanks to the blockbuster success of Lipitor and other statins, the cholesterol-fighting market has always been seen as a great prize for drug companies. Billions in sales await any drug… Read More

A recent fit of virtuous (if misguided) housecleaning ended up costing me $600, but what I learned in the process could provide you with a chance to get in on a secondary play of a recovering sector. It started when I decided to clean under the refrigerator for the first time in quite a while. I took my time sweeping up the accumulated gunk, vacuuming the coils and disinfecting the unit from top to bottom. But when I plugged the fridge back in, the outside began warming up and the inside stopped being cold. Some 24 hours and a half-dozen… Read More

A recent fit of virtuous (if misguided) housecleaning ended up costing me $600, but what I learned in the process could provide you with a chance to get in on a secondary play of a recovering sector. It started when I decided to clean under the refrigerator for the first time in quite a while. I took my time sweeping up the accumulated gunk, vacuuming the coils and disinfecting the unit from top to bottom. But when I plugged the fridge back in, the outside began warming up and the inside stopped being cold. Some 24 hours and a half-dozen Web searches later, I realized my mistake. To get under the unit, I tilted it and rested it on a chair while I cleaned. I’m not strong enough to hold the fridge up with one hand and sweep with the other, but tilting it had burned out the compressor, which moves the refrigerant through all those now-clean metal coils. Whoops. I decided it was time to buy a new fridge. Shopping for a new unit took me to several home improvement stores — and to my surprise, they were all jammed. Appliances, tools, paint and lumber — every section was… Read More

How does a company worth $60 billion manage to completely shock investors and deliver a 25% one-day gain? That’s the question being asked at traders’ desks across the country after Facebook delivered a rock-solid second quarter that exceeded the most bullish of forecasts. The answer is simple. Facebook, despite its massive size, had largely been forgotten by most investors. Earlier this month, I noted how this once-hot IPO had been steadily falling this past spring, even as the rest of the… Read More

How does a company worth $60 billion manage to completely shock investors and deliver a 25% one-day gain? That’s the question being asked at traders’ desks across the country after Facebook delivered a rock-solid second quarter that exceeded the most bullish of forecasts. The answer is simple. Facebook, despite its massive size, had largely been forgotten by most investors. Earlier this month, I noted how this once-hot IPO had been steadily falling this past spring, even as the rest of the market was in party mode.  Suddenly, this stock is touching 52-week highs again, and if you were savvy enough to own this stock going into the quarter, then this is no time to be a seller. After a quick move to $33, this stock may be headed toward the $40 mark by year‘s end. The Great Second Quarter Facebook’s impressive second-quarter results have been discussed in many other forums, so I’ll only recap the key metrics here: Strong advertising… Read More

Innovation is the most powerful force an investor can harness. It supercharges companies and helps them deliver outsized results. By using a relatively small allocation of your equity portfolio’s assets, you can effectively capture these returns and have the potential to build greater… Read More

The death of cash is one of the hottest trends on the Street. With consumers fleeing cash in favor of the convenience of credit and debit cards, electronic financial transactions… Read More

Grocery stores don’t usually provoke thoughts of big gains from investors. And that’s for a good reason. The domestic grocery market is relatively mature, with analysts projecting annual sales growth of 1% in the next few years. But there is one segment of the domestic grocery market that continues to experience explosive growth. With consumers increasingly prioritizing health and wellness, annual organic food sales are on pace to reach $42 billion in 2014, an… Read More

Grocery stores don’t usually provoke thoughts of big gains from investors. And that’s for a good reason. The domestic grocery market is relatively mature, with analysts projecting annual sales growth of 1% in the next few years. But there is one segment of the domestic grocery market that continues to experience explosive growth. With consumers increasingly prioritizing health and wellness, annual organic food sales are on pace to reach $42 billion in 2014, an increase of 31% from $29 billion in 2010. That bullish trend has been fueling market-beating gains for leading organic grocer Whole Foods Market (NYSE: WFM). Although Whole Foods is a great company that will continue to profit from the bullish trend in organic food, its market cap of $20 billion and status as a large cap means it is probably past peak growth. That’s why… Read More

I’m going to show you a simple strategy that has never lost money in the market. A recent study by mega-investment firm Oppenheimer proved just as much. Don’t worry, it’s not some “too good to be true” story. But there are some caveats. First, I could tell 100 people about this strategy… and I’d guess 99 of them would flat ignore it. That’s despite the evidence I’ll show you backing it up. “That strategy is for suckers.” “Its time has passed.” “You have to be an idiot… Read More

I’m going to show you a simple strategy that has never lost money in the market. A recent study by mega-investment firm Oppenheimer proved just as much. Don’t worry, it’s not some “too good to be true” story. But there are some caveats. First, I could tell 100 people about this strategy… and I’d guess 99 of them would flat ignore it. That’s despite the evidence I’ll show you backing it up. “That strategy is for suckers.” “Its time has passed.” “You have to be an idiot to think that would work today.” I know some people will say this — because they already have. We asked some of our regular readers to give us their thoughts on this strategy. Those were the type of responses I heard from some people. I was shocked. Second, you can’t use this strategy for every stock. Use it on the wrong ideas, and you can still lose money. But across the market as a whole, it hasn’t failed once in the past 60 years. The truth is, you… Read More

Editor’s Note: This article is brought to you by Steve Reitmeister, Executive VP with Zacks Investment Research. I wasn’t always a good investor. Over the past 32 years I’ve made just about every mistake imaginable.  — Jumped in at the peak — Jumped out too late — Bought falling knives — Doubled down on losers — You name it, I probably did it. By the time I joined up with Zacks Investment Research in August 1999, I had eradicated most of those bad habits. But as Len Zacks, founder, and his brother Ben pointed out… I… Read More

Editor’s Note: This article is brought to you by Steve Reitmeister, Executive VP with Zacks Investment Research. I wasn’t always a good investor. Over the past 32 years I’ve made just about every mistake imaginable.  — Jumped in at the peak — Jumped out too late — Bought falling knives — Doubled down on losers — You name it, I probably did it. By the time I joined up with Zacks Investment Research in August 1999, I had eradicated most of those bad habits. But as Len Zacks, founder, and his brother Ben pointed out… I had a lot to learn. You see, Len’s life’s work has been to help investors find success and in 1978, armed with his PhD from MIT, he hit upon a key discovery: Earnings estimate revisions are the most powerful force impacting stock prices. What I quickly learned is, indeed, earnings estimate revisions (EER) are the most powerful force impacting stock prices. And nothing captures that power more than the Zacks Rank… Read More

It’s no secret that if you uncover “The Next Big Thing” before everyone else, you’ll probably never have to worry about money again. That’s why I spent over 4,000 hours researching and compiling the following list of shocking predictions — to show you what I think are the best under-the-radar investment opportunities for the next 12 months.  Read on for more of my game-changing research: My ‘10% Solution’ For Increasing Your Chances Of Becoming A Millionaire Making millions in the stock… Read More

It’s no secret that if you uncover “The Next Big Thing” before everyone else, you’ll probably never have to worry about money again. That’s why I spent over 4,000 hours researching and compiling the following list of shocking predictions — to show you what I think are the best under-the-radar investment opportunities for the next 12 months.  Read on for more of my game-changing research: My ‘10% Solution’ For Increasing Your Chances Of Becoming A Millionaire Making millions in the stock market isn’t easy, but with the help of my 10% solution, you could be on the fast-track to a seven-figure bank account. 3 Essential Rules For Aggressive Growth Investing This is the best way to nab triple-digit gains in just a few short years… Prediction: This Company Could Save Millions Of Lives… And Make You A Fortune This one company owns the patent on what could be one of the greatest inventions in… Read More

A few years ago, bank stocks were among the most unloved investments. Many of them traded well below book value and also sported low price-to-earnings multiples. Yet a pair of factors has led investors to rapidly warm up to bank stocks. First, the global economic crisis no longer seems to be a… Read More

A few years ago, bank stocks were among the most unloved investments. Many of them traded well below book value and also sported low price-to-earnings multiples. Yet a pair of factors has led investors to rapidly warm up to bank stocks. First, the global economic crisis no longer seems to be a mortal threat to bank’s balance sheets. A long-anticipated crisis simply never came to pass. Second, a sense that the U.S. housing market — a key source of bank profits — was on the mend, has led to expectations of a brightening profit forecast. Indeed, second-quarter results are in from the major banks, and they look quite solid. A Solid Quarter For Leading Banks As a result, after a 20% surge in the first half of this… Read More