The BRICs are out-of-style. Brazil, Russia, India and China are already yesterday’s investing... Read More

The BRICs are out-of-style. Brazil, Russia, India and China are already yesterday’s investing theme. And as it becomes increasingly apparent that the United States and Europe will be... Read More

Lost in all of this spring’s hand-wringing about the potentially negative impacts from President Obama’s health care overhaul, investors seemed to overlook two more powerful forces that could severely impact the health care industry. Consumers’ financial distress is leading to a sharp slowdown in elective medical procedures (as my colleague… Read More

You and I drive 70% of economic activity in this country. We are consumers. If we lose our jobs or... Read More

You and I drive 70% of economic activity in this country. We are consumers. If we lose our jobs or our confidence in the economy, we stop spending. Businesses make less money and pull back on... Read More

Investors in 3PAR (NYSE: PAR) can’t believe their good fortune. They woke up last Monday to find that their investment had nearly doubled in value after Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) announced plans to buy the data storage company. And this Monday morning, they got another gift when Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) announced… Read More

Over the next few quarters, look for Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) to keep up the pressure on Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) as it enters the music download business, strengthens the Android software platform’s capabilities, and likely rolls out a few new technologies and services we have not yet heard about. [Read: Apple’s… Read More

As the market grinds down toward the end of the summer, we’re seeing the typical seasonal... Read More

As the market grinds down toward the end of the summer, we’re seeing the typical seasonal malaise when a number of good companies quietly drift down to 52-week lows. And the selling may not be... Read More

Throughout the last winter and spring, solar stocks fell deeper and deeper out of favor. Investors... Read More

Throughout the last winter and spring, solar stocks fell deeper and deeper out of favor. Investors fretted about a sharp slowdown in government subsidies right at a time when many companies were... Read More

Throughout the summer, a clear theme has emerged. High-tech companies have reported generally solid... Read More

Throughout the summer, a clear theme has emerged. High-tech companies have reported generally solid results, and yet shares in the sector keep drifting down toward 52-week lows. Despite their... Read More

I’ve mentioned before that I often go off the beaten path to find the best income investments in my High-Yield Investing and High-Yield International newsletters. These days you have to — remember that the common stocks in the S&P 500 yield only 2% on average. Luckily, there… Read More

This is a tricky market for income investors. Bonds are selling at historically low yields and high prices. The 10-year Treasury bond currently pays a miniscule 2.6% and a three-year CD pays about 1.8% on average. Meanwhile… Read More