Take your mind to 2003. The United States has just sent troops into Iraq, Alex Rodriguez has just swatted 47 home runs for the Texas Rangers and “Hey Ya” by Outkast was just hitting the airwaves.#-ad_banner-# If you were at a dinner party then and predicted Apple… Read More

I am a value investor through and through, so it is extremely rare that a stock trading at 52 times next year’s expected earnings would grab my attention. The company would have to be seeing extraordinary growth and be a… Read More

It’s easy to see the appeal of banking stocks. Many of them sport low price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios while trading below tangible book value. My favorite bank stock — Citigroup (NYSE: C) — for example, still… Read More

My favorite stock screening method is to see what the big money owns, and then dig deeper from there. The concept behind this starting point is that the large hedge-fund and money-management firms have far greater collection of resources, computer power and talent than I, as an individual investor, could… Read More

Bullish? Bearish? Undecided? It doesn’t much matter — at least to Game-Changing Stocks’ Andy Obermueller and his readers. Andy’s mission is to find companies that “move the… Read More

It may be one of the fastest implosions in the history of corporate America. Reviews of the company’s products shifted from (and these are actual quotes): “The only shoe I will ever wear again” and “I love them and never wear anything but,” throughout 2007, to “They’re big and foamy…why… Read More

Those crazy financial engineers seem to be creating new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on a daily basis. Just about every index, country, sector and idea have a related… Read More

As the presidential election cycle heats up, everyone starts paying more attention to the economy‘s overall health. And according to recent nationwide USA Today/Gallup polls, most voters say their finances haven’t improved during the past four years. The truth is most families are still… Read More

While working on the road this week, I brought along my two-year-old GPS device to help navigate unfamiliar roads. Trouble is, the darn thing repeatedly gave me directions that landed me at dead-ends or blocked-off roads. Maybe it’s because the software is out of date.#-ad_banner-# I decided to use my… Read More

They’re some of the most reliable dividend-paying stocks in the world… Each one has a national reputation for quality, reliability and the ability to operate profitably in both good times and bad.#-ad_banner-# With economic growth stalling, job growth in the United States slowing and… Read More