It’s easy to trot out legendary investor Peter Lynch’s name every time you find an undervalued fast-growing company, but the truth is that Lynch had many different criteria that had to be met before he would purchase a stock. I always keep certain Peter Lynch criteria in… Read More

Investors see little reason to buy any stocks having to do with housing right now, and for good... Read More

Investors see little reason to buy any stocks having to do with housing right now, and for good reason. Recent data tell us that the long-awaited upturn in housing is still over the horizon. So... Read More

One of the realities of a tough market is that fully-priced stocks get discounted, and under-priced stocks become really, really cheap. You can forget about the notion that stocks always deserve to trade at whatever price they currently have — known as the Efficient-Market Hypothesis. Often times, the market is… Read More

It’s an old investing axiom that you can make money when stocks are hated. The rule also applies to the broader stock market and beaten-down sectors. It always pays to check out stocks and sectors that have sharply fallen to see if emotion-based selling has pushed them so far down… Read More

During downturns in the business cycle, companies focus on cutting costs as it becomes more difficult to grow sales. Existing customers generally spend less and it is very challenging to find new customers when everyone is battening down the hatches. The severity of the current downturn could… Read More

One of the prevailing theories about the economy is that it is consumer-driven, a postulation I happen to agree with, given that consumer spending accounts for 70% of all economic activity. Part of the reason this recession began is because credit… Read More

Investors tend to steer clear of any company or industry with limited growth prospects. But there... Read More

Investors tend to steer clear of any company or industry with limited growth prospects. But there is money to be made if the rest of the market looks to shun such investments. After all, these... Read More

One of the most fertile areas for investment research can always be found among stocks that trade for less than the price of a deluxe cheeseburger. When a stock is below $5 or $6, many mutual funds are prevented from owning them. Yet if these stocks can… Read More

Super-investor Warren Buffett has made a big bet on Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), adding more... Read More

Super-investor Warren Buffett has made a big bet on Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ), adding more than 17.4 million shares to the portfolio of his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B).... Read More

One of the benefits of closely monitoring stocks month after month is that you get to identify great companies to put on your watch list. And when these companies temporarily fall out of favor, you can take advantage. During the past decade, I have always been very impressed with the… Read More