Just a year after going bust, GM (NYSE: GM) showed it can get its groove back. Its IPO was impressive, with a large increase in the price range as well as the number of shares issued. [Read:… Read More

It could be just the thing to put an end to the economic malaise. If enacted, shareholders of dozens — even hundreds — of companies would have to be ready for a tidal wave of stock buybacks and dividend hikes. And the overall… Read More

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about India’s vast potential for both economic development and profit for investors. [“Read why I think India’s a better long-term investment than China”] In that article, I mentioned a few of the standard, well-known Indian… Read More

Imagine hearing this from your financial advisor: “I’ve got a great stock for you. It’s down -20%, the company lost $7 billion this year, and its reputation stinks.” You’d probably get up and walk out the door, right? But what if, just before you… Read More

The initial public offering (IPO) market continues to heat up with deals coming this week for GM... Read More

The initial public offering (IPO) market continues to heat up with deals coming this week for GM (NYSE: GM), Booz Allen (NYSE: BAH), Caesars Entertainment (NYSE: CZR) and a half dozen other firms.... Read More

The standard healthcare pitch for investing in healthcare stocks contains a number of standard components. Among them are favorable demographics due to an aging global population and the favorable impacts of recent U.S. industry legislation that adds millions of patients into the system. These are definite positives, but there are… Read More

We’re now in a “stock picker’s market.” The major averages are now moving sideways after a sustained two-month upward move, which means that stock selection becomes ever more crucial. In this kind of trading environment, it pays to see what’s working. Insights into why certain stocks are… Read More

You are taking part in a revolution. If you pay to drive through a toll booth, or you travel abroad, or in some cases use your credit card, you’re a willing participant. But this handful of actions is just a sliver of what’s to come. Read More

Despite a fairly bleak quarterly report from Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) on Thursday, investors should realize that troubles for Cisco don’t mean trouble for the whole sector. In fact, the tech sector has shaken off the gloom and doom of this summer, with the Nasdaq surging +20% since late August. Read More

Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter first introduced the world to the concept of “creative destruction” by which, in his own words, sets forth a “fundamental impulse that sets and keeps the capitalist engine in motion [and] comes from the new consumers, goods, the new methods of production or transportation, the new… Read More