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  • Should Investors Send For-Profit Education Stocks to Detention?

    By Robert Ciura - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, DV, STRA

    The for-profit education industry in the United States is shrouded in controversy and concern. Investors are understandably shaken by poor financial performance, while new student enrollment figures continue to decline for America’s biggest publicly-traded education companies. After dramatic declines for Strayer University (NASDAQ: STRA), Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI) and Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL), are these stocks as cheap as they appear on the surface? Or do each of these more »

  • Wow…Is For-Profit Education Actually Dead?

    By Meena Krishnamsetty - April 3, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, CPLA, DV, LOPE

    For most of the past decade, private for-profit educational institutions were the fastest growing, and arguably the most visible part of U.S. higher education. In 2001, 766,000 students were enrolled in for-profit schools, compared to 2.4 million in 2010, and the years between 1998 and 2008 saw enrollment growth of 255%, compared to 31% growth overall for enrollment across all schools granting post-secondary degrees.

    On the whole more »

  • Education is Changing, Are You Ready?

    By Kyle Campbell - March 4, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, DV, ESI, STRA

    Editor's Note: Contrary to reporting in a prior version of this post, Ashford University retains its accreditation, and did not recently lose it. The Fool regrets the error.

    The higher education landscape is changing, and for-profit education providers could wind up with a failing grade. With costs skyrocketing, and students turning to the fast-growing field of free online education services, let’s see whether these traditional education companies look more »

  • Taking For-Profit Education Stocks to School

    By Robert Ciura - February 26, 2013 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, STRA

    The for-profit education industry in the United States is shrouded in controversy and concern.  Investors are understandably shaken by poor financial performance and even worse stock price performance over the past year.  Making matters worse, new student enrollment figures continue to decline for America’s biggest publicly-traded education companies.  After dramatic declines at Strayer University (NASDAQ: STRA), Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI), and Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL), are these stocks primed more »

  • Are There Profits To Be Made With For-Profit Education Stocks?

    By Brian Gorban - February 11, 2013 | Tickers: BPI, CECO

    As the economy continues to struggle and find some stable footing, many industries are naturally suffering. Restaurants find that less people eat out when they’re worried about their next paycheck, and retailers have pretty much the same observations. So where is an investor and fellow Fool supposed to put some money to work that seems to have the potential to beat the general market indices? One recession-proof industry has more »

  • 3 Education Companies Trading At Compelling Valuations

    By Bill Edson - December 5, 2012 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, ESI

    For-profit education had a great run as a growth industry. But now that the economy is recovering, the bubble in education is slowing and, in some areas, deflating rapidly. Many potential enrollees are selecting other education options.

    The explosive growth of for-profit colleges was not sustainable. In the current, challenging environment investors need to find rock-bottom valuations before taking long position. Fortunately, Bridgepoint (NYSE: BPI), Apollo (NASDAQ: APOL), and ITT more »

  • Beat Student Loan Debt with These 3 Education Stocks

    By Bill Edson - November 8, 2012 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, DV, LOPE, ESI

    Are we coming out of a bubble in for-profit education? Though many students benefit from these institutions, there are many who emerge from them saddled with debt and without jobs.

    The growth of for-profit colleges has been rapid and is not sustainable. Enrollment has dropped, and many stock prices are dropping with it. In such a challenging environment investors must demand low valuations for investments.

    Mounting Student Loan Debt

    Rising more »

  • Back to School: How to Play Growing Student Loan Debt for Profits

    By Bill Edson - October 24, 2012 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, DV, ESI, STRA

    Is there a bubble in for-profit education? Though many students benefit from these institutions, there are many who emerge from them saddled with debt and without jobs.

    The growth of for-profit colleges has been rapid and is not sustainable. Enrollment is dropping, and many stock prices are falling as well. In such a challenging environment, investors must demand low valuations for any investments.

    Mounting Student Loan Debt

    The Institute for more »

  • For-Profits Profiting Short Sellers

    By Kyle Metivier - August 2, 2012 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, COCO, DV, STRA

    “Please, try to understand. I don't have the background for this. I mean, the high school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity, he threw the teacher out the window!” – Thornton Melon, Back to School

    Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will release a Gore Vidal-worthy report on the for-profit education industry. As a reminder, and more »

  • Can These Stocks Lockup Some Profits for Your Portfolio?

    By Matthew DiLallo - July 24, 2012 | Tickers: BPI, BIP, CXW, LRN, GEO

    In a really fascinating read, “100 Mind-Blowing Facts About the Economy” one fact really bothered me. Fact number seventy-five said that, “America is home to less than 5% of the world's population, but nearly a quarter of its prisoners.”  Are we really that bad over here or is it just unsafe to go overseas?

    A few months ago I’d read that the leading private prison company, Corrections Corp more »

  • Joel Greenblatt Loves This Stock & You Should Too

    By Soroush Pour - July 11, 2012 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, DV, STRA

    There is a plethora of profitable tactics being used in the financial markets today.  From Buffettology to the contrarianism implemented by David Dreman, greenhorn investors have a range of role models to follow if they so choose.  To learn how to effectively implement some of these strategies in your portfolio, check out WealthLift’s Hedge Fund Educational Series.  Over the past couple decades, one of the most successful strategies put more »

  • Educator Regulations Heat Up

    By Mary Posey - July 9, 2012 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, DV

    Higher education has been facing increased scrutiny and regulation from the Obama administration. For-profit institutions such as Bridgepoint Education (NYSE: BPI), Apollo Group’s (NASDAQ: APOL) University of Phoenix, and DeVry (NYSE: DV) have felt the pressure mounting recently. The increased monitoring is aimed at ensuring that students are being properly educated. However, the exposure has also opened up these institutions for criticism of their recruiting process as well as more »

  • Is There Value in this Hated Sector?

    By Chad Henage - July 2, 2012 | Tickers: BPI, ESI, JPM, STRA

    I would suggest that outside of the banking industry there might not be a more hated sector of the market than the for-profit education sector. Whether it's an article like I've written before about loans “exploiting” students, or the educational institutions, there isn't a lot of positive press about these companies. With a contrarians bent, I decided to see if one of the companies in this industry could be a good investment. As long as unemployment remains high, there will be a place for workers to go to schools to learn a new trade. Even if unemployment improves, these institutions offer flexibility in learning that many local colleges and universities can't match.

  • The Keystone State’s Keys to Fiscal Responsibility

    By Matthew DiLallo - May 18, 2012 | Tickers: BPI, DAL, LRN, PSX, RDS-A | Editor's Choice

    I had the privilege recently to sit in on a presentation of key points to the Pennsylvania state budget by the secretary of the revenue.  The presentation was made to local business and community leaders to educate them as to the facts that necessitated the budget being drafted as it was now being presented.  I’ll save the soapbox for the sidewalk preacher and instead I’ll run you through more »

  • Trailing Stops – A Sure Way To Lock In Losses

    By Chad Henage - April 10, 2012 | Tickers: AFL, BPI, GOOG, NTGR

    “You forgot the number one rule of investing – cash preservation.” This was a recent comment on a Motley Fool article I read. They went on to say that the investor in question (who had experienced some losses), “should have put in trailing stops at 6%, 8%, 10%, 12% or whatever percentage you are willing to lose”. The sad part about this comment is, this investor actually believes that this is a good way to “protect” your portfolio. Let me debunk that myth right now. The only thing that trailing stops do, is guarantee that you will lock in losses. I honestly couldn't find this comment again when I tried. Let's be clear, the reason you invest is to grow your net worth, if you're more concerned cash preservation, the stock market is not the place to be.

  • Most Shorted Stocks #4 – ITT Educational Services

    By Chad Henage - March 5, 2012 | Tickers: BPI, ESI

    The fact that ITT is on this list, doesn't really surprise me. As a former stockholder in ITT, I made the decision to sell about 6 months ago, when I could see that the company wasn't going to grow like it had been. Just because a company isn't going to have the same growth rate, doesn't make it an automatic short. First, let's look at the current stock price and see if it appears overvalued.

  • Home For The Holidays

    By Elise Ralph - December 20, 2011 | Tickers: APOL, BPI, DV

    Winter break is here and it's time for college kids to head home with laundry, dreams of mom's cooking and hot chocolate by the fire with friends. Oh wait! That was what winter break was like several decades ago when I was in school. Wow, have times changed because few students today have the luxury of such an idyllic break.

    Today's college student is much more likely more »