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• Getting It Wrong: This Stock *Is* A Winner

  By Declan Fallon - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, EBAY, MELI

  Smart Investing is a constant education. There is a need to be able to step back, and look at the Big Picture to gauge the winds of the market. To look at yourself, and the goals you set, with consistency in good performance the most important. Then there are the stocks you put your hard earned money into: knowing when it's time to buy, and when it's then more »

• Natural Gas Keeps Rolling Forward

  By Nihar Patel - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: CLNE, CMI, WPRT

  Natural gas is in a very precarious place with oil suffering a recent decline. Oil is headed back up an is almost at the $100 mark, but it only seems to take some weak global economic news to send it down. Also, non-traditional sources of oil are becoming more viable and cheaper as things develop. At this point though, I think an economy partially based on natural gas as an more »

• Does It Take Nerves Of Steel To Invest In This Stock?

  By Mark Lin - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: AKS, IIIN, NUE

  Some investors will only invest in companies with moats and will never touch commodity companies even with a ten foot pole. For me, anything is fair game at the right price. For steel producers, I assess the threat of import competition and consolidation opportunities, before deciding if they are worthy investment candidates. Insteel Industries (NASDAQ: IIIN), the country’s largest producer of steel wire reinforcing products used in the manufacture more »

• Klarman Adds to AIG, Drops Allied Nevada and Genworth

  By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: ANV, AIG, GNW

  Seth Klarman is a legendary value investor. His fund, The Baupost Group, is one of the largest hedge funds in the world, with assets totaling nearly $30 billion.

  As of its 13F filing last week, the fund was fairly active in the first quarter, exiting some stakes while dramatically increasing others. As of the end of March, the fund held positions in over 20 different stocks.

  The most interesting of more »

• Will BlackBerry’s ‘Google’ Approach Secure A Win Over Microsoft?

  By Lennox Yieke - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: BBRY, GOOG, MSFT

  In case you haven’t noticed, BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) is going ‘Google’ (NASDAQ: GOOG). The Ontario, Waterloo handset maker has made plans for its iconic BlackBerry Messenger to be available and free on both iOS and Android. This cross platform approach, which is very typical of Google, has also been witnessed in the move to allow the frictionless functionality of android apps on the BlackBerry 10. Recent reports indicate that more »

• Hard Investor Lessons: Placing Eggs in One Basket

  By Nauman Aly - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: DNKN, MCD, SBUX, YUM

  Bird flu and poultry feed concerns

  Chinese chicken haven’t been enjoying a great rep … And as a consequence, between concerns regarding bird flu and poultry welfare, the Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) KFC chain hasn’t been enjoying the best of times either.
  
  It’s been a steep learning curve for those who took a chance and invested in Yum! Brands, that reaps most of its growth in one sole more »

• Wall Street May Be Ignoring the Tablet Market

  By Nauman Aly - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, AAPL, GOOG, MSFT, SSNLF

  Deep disappointment has been expressed by analysts. Apparently, they expected Apple  (NASDAQ: AAPL) to grow rapidly, but this hasn’t happened. Currently the company has the pricing of a stock that is low growth.
   
  The voices of doom should hold off however, because whilst the iPhone definitely declined in popularity, the iPad is here. Its potential is tremendous, and this is seemingly being ignored by the market.
  
  iPad sales trends more »

• Why You Should Purchase Seagate and Western Digital

  By Nauman Aly - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: FIO, STX, WDC

  Over the past couple of years, investors have become increasingly concerned about the future of Western Digital (NASDAQ: WDC) and Seagate (NASDAQ: STX). Both companies make hard drives (HDDs) and together the two companies control 85% of the hard drive market. Clearly both companies are the biggest powerhouses in the industry.  
  
  However, PC sales have been declining and a different type of drive using solid state technology (SSDs) has emerged more »

• Rebounding Housing Markets To Help This Bank

  By Red Chip - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: C, JPM, WFC

  Mortgage industry is one of the leading business sectors in United States. For Mortgage service provider, profitability depends on the volume and the prevailing interest rate. In United States, JP Morgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Bank of America and Wells Forgo (NYSE: WFC) are among the leading home mortgage service providers. Five of the largest banks of the nation have a market share of over 53.2%. According more »

• Microsoft’s War Against Google

  By Salvatore "Sam" Mattera - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: FB, GOOG, MSFT

  I've written previously about Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) robust online ecosystem. Through its assets like the Chrome web browser, gmail, YouTube, and its search engine, for many people, Google quite literally serves as the gateway to the Internet.

  Since 2009, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has been trying to replicate much of Google’s business, and has thus far met with little success. But recently, the company has been targeting Google more »

• Reasons To Buy Sprint

  By Red Chip - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: T, S, VZ

  Sprint Nextel Corp (NYSE: S) operates in the US telecom sector and offers a broad range of wireless and wireline communications services. The company attracted more than 55 million customers at the end of the first quarter of 2013. Over the past 3 years, Sprint reported net losses. The question remains, will the company claw back some of its poor performance? You will find the answer to this question in more »

• 3 Ways To Play The Housing Recovery

  By Adnan Khan - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: KBH, SPF, WFC

  Stocks To Buy On Housing Recovery

  Fed’s aggressive bond buying is showing some results as the US housing markets begin their recovery. Amid this recovery, I have shortlisted some companies that have significant exposure to the US housing market. I believe these companies are poised to benefit from the housing recovery. Therefore, these stocks are the best way to play the US housing recovery.

  The rebounding housing markets

  The more »

• Play Offense With This Defense Company

  By Mark Lin - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: CACI, KTOS, MANT

  Sentiment can shift rather quickly. While the outlook for defense companies was gloomy in recent years due to budgetary cuts, recent events such as the Boston Marathon have put the limelight back on national security issues and defense companies. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (NASDAQ: KTOS), a technology company providing mission critical products and services for national security, is well-positioned to benefit from this, given its single awardee status for many more »

• Top Two Stocks in David Tepper's Portfolio

  By Anh HOANG - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: BAC, C, UAL

  David Tepper, the founder of Appaloosa Management, has delivered extremely high annualized return of 27.4% in the past 15 years, beating the S&P 500 annualized return of only 6.8%. He currently owns 69 stocks in his portfolio, with the total market value of more than $4.7 billion.

  As of March 2013, his top two positions were Citigroup (NYSE: C) and United Continental Holdings (NYSE: UAL). Citigroup more »

• Is There a Winner of the Toy Wars?

  By Robert Ciura - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: HAS, MAT

  The U.S. toy market is dominated by two companies: Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) and Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT). It’s extremely likely that you’ve come across one or more of the toys and games these two companies produce and market. Hasbro has a product portfolio that most consumers would easily recognize: games including Monopoly and Scrabble, and toy brands including Nerf and G.I. Joe. Meanwhile, Mattel’s stable of more »

• Why You Should Avoid Buffalo Wild Wings

  By Nauman Aly - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: EAT, BWLD, CMG, PNRA

  Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) seems to be in a cycle where it has great numbers one quarter and then doesn’t meet expectations the next quarter. In the fourth quarter the company did well, seeing revenue grow by nearly 40%. The company also saw a near 6% increase in comp-store sales and its EPS was up 22%. This gave investors hope and the stock steadily increased after these numbers more »

• Can This Packaged Foods Giant Keep Growing?

  By Leo Sun - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: CPB, GIS, MDLZ

  Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB) recently reported its third quarter earnings, which came in above analyst estimates on both the top and bottom lines. The stock, which is often considered to be a slow-growth name in the packaged foods industry, has made a surprising comeback over the past year, rallying 37% over the past twelve months to hit all-time highs. What prompted this sudden interest in Campbell Soup, and should investors more »

• These 3 Stocks are "Magical" Values

  By Adem Tahiri - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: AAPL, CF, DHX

  Investors like a good deal. The problem is, most of us wouldn't know a bargain if it hit us in the face.

  At least that's what hedge fund manager and value investing icon Joel Greenblatt says. In a series of books and lectures Greenblatt has touted his "magic formula" for stock picking. Greenblatt argues that by following the simple formula we can take the guess work out of more »

• Regional Banks Continue to Perform Well

  By Robert Ciura - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: FITB, KEY, NYCB

  Regional banks, those that cater to a particular section of the nation as opposed to their bulge-bracket peers, might fly under the radar of investors interested in buying bank stocks. While nearly all the coverage of bank stocks from the financial media pertains to the banking giants of the United States, investors would be wise to dig deeper into smaller regional banks that are performing well and aren’t under more »

• Is This Newly Traded Insurance Company a Good Buy?

  By Anh HOANG - May 21, 2013 | Tickers: VOYA, MET, PRU

  Recently, I have come across the newly traded life insurer, ING U.S. (NYSE: VOYA), which was spun off from ING Groep. What makes this spinoff interesting is the fact that ING has to gradually sell ING U.S. even it does not want to do so. In order to receive the capital injection from the Dutch government in 2008, ING Groep was forced to restructure itself, including the sale more »

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