Trading desks around the world are still buzzing from Thursday, Sept. 13’s announcement by the Federal Reserve that it will expand its mortgage-backed security purchase program to $40 billion per month for an unlimited period of time. The term de jour for this new game-changing policy among the pros is… Read More

Who among us hasn’t dreamed about catching a hot IPO in the beginning stages? Just ask early investors in game-changers like Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), up a mind-numbing 22,590% since its first day of trading in 1984, or Nike (NYSE: NKE), up 12,618%… Read More

It’s the best opportunity to buy this “Forever“ stock since the start of 2012. I’ve told you about “Forever” stocks several times. Put simply, these are the stocks I think you can buy, hold, profit from and basically forget about —… Read More

During the past few years, we’ve tracked the ups and downs of Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK). In the summer of 2010, I noted that Chesapeake’s CEO, Aubrey McClendon “always swings for the fences.” Trouble is, he has swung and missed more often… Read More

While the economic situation of the eurozone and the upcoming presidential elections have created a climate of uncertainty for investors, they have set the stage for doom and gloom in the minds of many critics. Analysts have been flooding the media with warnings of a pending… Read More

Even if you’re a buy-and-hold investor by nature, you have to be nimble enough to profit from any short-term gifts the market may hand you. Read More

Stocks in the financial sector have been red-hot of late. In fact, the gains in many of the largest and most-prominent banking and brokerage companies have been on fire, particularly during the past month, and especially during the past week.#-ad_banner-# So, what’s the reason for the big spike in financials?… Read More

Traders sometimes overreact to bad news. One of the most common occurrences of this is when a company reports lower-than-expected earnings or guidance, which causes the stock to sell off sharply. If the earnings miss is isolated to that quarter, the sell-off… Read More

For some, choosing the right stock is an art and a science. It’s important to weigh in factors from the economy and the stock’s growth prospects in relation to its past performance in order to make a sensible… Read More

This market is surely a head-scratcher. Stocks have trended higher for more than three years, even as the United States remains in an economic funk and corporate profits are slowing. The market seems to be ignoring the possibility that if the U.S. Read More