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  • 3 Hidden Real Estate Value Plays for Strong Long-Term Gains

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - October 10, 2012 | Tickers: ALEX, ASEI, GY, GEOY

    Marcato Capital Management is a two-year old firm managing $750 million that focuses on value investments across various sectors. The firm’s sweet spot is $1 billion – $5 billion market cap companies. Last Monday Mick McGuire, founder of Marcato and former analyst for Bill Ackman and Pershing Square Capital, gave a presentation at the Value Investing Congress that focused on three hidden real estate value plays.

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  • Investing In Companies That Keep Us Safe

    By Brian Shaw - October 3, 2012 | Tickers: AVAV, ASEI, IRBT, LLL, OSK | Editor's Choice

    Editor's Note: This article originally referred to L-3 Communications as Level 3 Communications, the article has been corrected.

    The Federal budget is a hot topic this election season; as you are likely aware, automatic budget cuts scheduled for Jan. 1 will result in significant reductions in government spending, including a $55 billion reduction to the defense department's baseline budget (down to around $500 billion) for 2013 and will more »

  • Looking for Big Dividends? Think Small (Caps)

    By Brian Shaw - August 28, 2012 | Tickers: ASEI, CWT, CGNX, CLCT, GOV

    The first place that investors typically look for companies to populate an income-producing portfolio are well known mega caps such as Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble.  To be clear, these companies are excellent candidates for dividend portfolios given the stability created by the long history of reliable dividend growth that has earned each company a spot on the elite list of dividend aristocrats.  In fact, I recently wrote about some more »

  • Should You Buy this Security Stock?

    By Demitri Kalogeropoulos - August 23, 2012 | Tickers: ASEI, ALOG, LLL, OSIS, SAI | Editor's Choice

    Sometimes you find the best stocks hiding in plain sight. Security tech producer OSI Systems (NASDAQ: OSIS) isn’t a household name but with a $1.5 billion market cap, it’s not tiny either. And with shares up over 100 percent in the last year, it is clear that OSIS has made it on to at least a few investors' radars. Reflecting that market love, the company’s P more »