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  • US Industrial Companies Finding Growth

    By Tony Daltorio - May 2, 2012 | Tickers: CAT, DD, GE, UTX

    It has been a good quarterly earnings season for US industrial companies. Companies such as Boeing and Caterpillar raised their outlook for 2012 while others like General Electric and DuPont comfortably beat Wall Street expectations. 

    However, some analysts say they see storm clouds looming on the horizon for these companies as a global slowdown takes hold, particularly in China. There is some data which supports this thesis. US business investment more »

  • Waste Management: Turning Trash Into Cash

    By Frank Constantino - April 30, 2012 | Tickers: RSG, WCN, WM

    Trash is a certainty in life and there are limited options for getting rid of it.  The non-hazardous solid waste industry generates $50 billion in annual revenues doing just that.  It's an industry that grows slowly and produces mountains of cash for its operators.  It's also an old industry going through big changes.

    Waste Management (NYSE: WM) is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North more »

  • Railroad Stocks: Not as Safe as You Think

    By Justin Carley - April 12, 2012 | Tickers: CSX, GWR, KSU, NSC, UNP

    When Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway made a $34 billion investment to buy the remaining shares in Burlington Northern Santa Fe, railroad stocks were off to the races.  Nearly all of them surged past their pre-recession highs.  Berkshire’s purchase gave the impression that they are utility-like, recession-resistant and the source for steady returns year after year.  It is easy to fall into the trap that these are buy and hold investments.  To the contrary, this industry is facing major headwinds, yet the valuation on these stocks is priced for perfection.  The prices have recently diverged from the broader market, a sign of weakness.  When fundamentals are weakening and the valuation is rich- run for the hills.  Investors should sell their railroad stocks now.

  • Reasons to Bet on the Farm

    By Susannah Thomas - February 15, 2012 | Tickers: CAT, CNH, DE

    Greece’s shrinking GDP, which came under forecasts at a rate of negative 7 percent, raised more concerns about the debt-ridden country’s need for further austerity and continues to worry investors about the potential for another financial crisis.

    At home consumer confidence fell back to November 2011 levels, retail sales did not reach their forecasts and prices appeared to have remain unchanged during December, the month that many Americans more »

  • Picking up the Pieces: 3 of the Cheapest Industrials Stocks on the Market

    By Robert Coleman - January 22, 2012 | Tickers: IIIN, LMIA, MLR

    Industrial production, particularly the manufacturing component, has been showing signs of life lately. The Federal Reserve’s monthly industrial index, in addition to the Empire State Manufacturing Survey and the Philly Fed Survey, all posted healthy numbers last week and presented an improved outlook for the coming year. While first quarter GDP growth in 2012 is expected to be slightly lower, industrial production could be one of the few bright more »

  • 12 Stocks to Buy and Forget for 2012

    By Kirk Spano - December 27, 2011 | Tickers: APA, AMAT, BRK-B, DISH, EXAS, GE, GMO, KSS, MRK, MON, BTU, SPWR

    If you hold one stock in your portfolio, you carry 100% of the risk of losing all of your money.  As you diversify your holdings from one company to two to three, you are gradually reducing your risk of losing everything. We all know this. What most investors don’t know is that a 12 stock portfolio of domestic companies cuts your company specific risk about 90%.  There are some pretty strong arguments for owning these dozen stocks in your portfolio in 2012.

  • Can Zipcar Become Profitable?

    By Shawn Robinson - December 27, 2011 | Tickers: CSTR, HTZ, ZIP

    Zipcar (NASDAQ: ZIP) operates a car sharing business in 16 major cities and over 250 college campuses that is growing rapidly. The service is popular among college students and those living in dense metropolitan areas as it offers a convenient way of accessing a vehicle without the hassle of ownership. Even with 65% annual growth in members over the last five years, consistent profitability has been elusive for the 11 more »

  • Passively Achieving Your Goals With Options Part1

    By Nikhil Shamapant - December 27, 2011 | Tickers: AFL, HAS, KFN, PEP, PBR

    Part 1-Passive Strategies to Consistently Achieve Your Investment Goals

    Sounds like the perfect scam huh? That's why I added the word ‘passive.’ None of those penny stock pump and dump scammers advertise ‘passive investing.’ Why? No one looking for 1000% returns is at all passive about it. Actively managed portfolios tend to have higher goals for investment returns. Considering the fact that passively managed portfolios often don’t even more »

  • Themes From the New High List

    By David Talley - December 27, 2011 | Tickers: VALE, DECK, SI, SVU, KR

    The new high and new low lists serve as important places to gather information about which trends and spaces are working and which are not. Looking over today's new high list, two themes become abundantly clear: dividends and domestic.

    The list is dominated by high-yielding companies (nearly half of the companies yield more than 2.5%) and dividend payers in general (only a quarter of the companies on the more »

  • Bank of Deere

    By David Talley - December 27, 2011 | Tickers: DE, GE

    It should be no surprise that John Deere (NYSE: DE) has a financial services division. After all, the machines it produces are quite expensive and many customers require financing. It is an obvious business decision that Deere cut out the bank and offer financing services to their customers. However, it is extremely important to pay attention to the details of financial arms, lest they unknowingly (or knowingly) blow up the more »

  • The Least Valuable Players: 5 Underpriced Stocks for 2012

    By Robert Coleman - December 27, 2011 | Tickers: ADM, AVX, BAC, C, GLW, JPM, LLL

    While the markets may have been cruel and unforgiving for many investors since 2008, the upshot is a golden opportunity for bargain hunters and value investors alike. The “Great Recession” is technically over, but by no means does that indicate that stocks have returned to their appropriate price levels, and anyone willing to put in the time and effort can sort through the securities haystack to find an underpriced needle more »

  • Two in One Technical Analysis- Dover Corporation

    By Nikhil Shamapant - December 26, 2011 | Tickers: DOV

    Long Term Chart Patterns Series

    Brief Fundamental Analysis: I always do a brief check of fundamental ratios prior to a technical analysis-based speculation to make sure that nothing fundamentally large is misplaced in the stock and may cause the stock to move against its prior technical signals.

    Business: Dover Corporation (NYSE: DOV)

    Dover operates a global portfolio of manufacturing companies, operating in 4 business segments: Industrial Products, Engineering Systems, Fluid more »

  • Cost Basis Reporting-HII Spinoff from NOC

    By Laurie Frederiksen - December 26, 2011 | Tickers: HII, NOC

    If you purchased and sold any stock in 2011, you’re going to be seeing changes in the 1099 form you receive from your broker.   New cost basis reporting rules have begun phasing in.  Under the new rules, brokers are required to report cost basis information to the IRS. 

    When you have a sale, you get taxed on your capital gain or loss.  This is the difference between your cost more »

  • Invest Like a Woman

    By Erin McBride - December 23, 2011 | Tickers: MMM, AMZN, DPS, GOOG, PHG

    I've read in many sources that the Oracle himself, Warren Buffett, "invests like a woman." I've found more than a few books suggesting that the smartest investing techniques include investing with your heart or gut, just like a woman would. So I stopped and asked myself, as a woman, what does my gut tell me to do?

    My gut says to go invest in the companies whose products more »

  • It's All ABBout the Macro

    By Iain Butler - December 23, 2011 | Tickers: ABB, CMI, ETN, EMR, GE, SI, TYC

    Investment ideas can come from a myriad of sources.  Typically, the more obscure the source, the better the idea, but this is not an exclusive identity.  The idea behind The ABB Group (NYSE: ABB) was not generated from an obscure source.  ABB appeared as a feature in a recent issue of Barron’s, the weekly news magazine that pulls no punches when it comes to making specific stock recommendations.  Many more »

  • Embraer Faces Continued Turbulence

    By Tony Daltorio - December 23, 2011 | Tickers: ERJ, GD, TXT

    The world's third largest commercial aircraft producer and one of Brazil's top companies, Embraer SA ADR (NYSE: ERJ) is one of the few Latin American companies that has been able to compete successfully on a global scale. 

    Embraer has sold more than 5,000 aircraft operating in 92 countries. Annual revenues from its commercial and private jet sales alone total roughly $4 billion. 

    The company's stock hit more »

  • How High Can UPS Count?

    By Roland Hughes - December 22, 2011 | Tickers: FDX, UPS

    Well, according to this video, one.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCwx_UBj2KI

    At this point I shouldn’t need to include the link of the FedEx (NYSE: FDX) driver throwing a computer monitor over a fence. Even if you never visit YouTube, that video has been on every news show around the world. You knew it was only a matter of time once the FedEx driver video surfaced until more »

  • Christmas Comes Early For The NFL

    By Steve Viuker - December 22, 2011 | Tickers: CBS, GE, NWS

    Christmas came early for the sports juggernaut that is the National Football League. While much of the sports world is looking toward the hardwood for the start of the NBA season, CBS (NYSE: CBS), Fox (NASDAQ: NWS) and NBC (NYSE: GE) renewed their contracts for nine years. 

    According to published reports, the average fees from the three networks will increase by an average of 7 percent annually. Total revenue will more »

  • The Humanist

    By A-J Aronstein - December 22, 2011 | Tickers: AAPL, LMT, PFE, BA, KO

    Why "The Humanist" on a finance site?

    For one thing, books and stocks are what I know. I teach writing at the University of Chicago and did graduate work in English. But I've also been investing since I was a teenager and got a start working two summers in college on the floor of a hedge fund. The first stock I bought (in 1998, when my favorite book was more »

  • The Car That CO2 Built

    By Roland Hughes - December 21, 2011 | Tickers: CLC, EXC, GPRE, WM

    There has been a lot of talk about CO2 sequestering technology lately.

    http://sequestration.org/

    The obvious solution to factory-produced CO2 isn't trying to bury it, despite what people say. That may be required as temporary storage, but it is not a good option. Eventually it will leak, just like those salt mines will eventually leak, but we put nuclear waste there anyway. (Nuclear, the clean form of energy more »

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