It’s no accident that the investing scene in renewable energy stocks resembles the boom-and-bust cycle familiar to hard-rock mining. When the stuff is scarce, a new discovery can get rich. When the stuff is…
Better economies do not always help all players. The grocery business is already one which operates on razor-thin margins, so any hiccup can cause great pain for investors in the food segment of retail. …
The short sellers ran for cover in the actively traded high priced market leaders at the end of November. With only a few exceptions of our “high-priced leaders,” almost all of these stocks saw…
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) is seeing a bear raid after its earnings. It is one of those bear raids that is for good reason. Shares had recovered from the post-disclosure lows…
Some rumors actually do come true, or at least close to true. Molycorp Inc. (NYSE: MCP) was rumored to be getting an investment from Sumitomo for a stake of close to 10%. A press…
The United States has a monthly release regarding its international trade. The ‘trade balance’ is actually now always a ‘trade deficit.’ Sometimes a large number is good and that is exactly what we are…
It has been a rough year for SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD) after earnings, guidance, and production/rates have not always been so positive as it mixes its gas and oil portfolio. Shares have recovered…
These are some of this Friday’s key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Airgas Inc. (NYSE: ARG) Raised to Outperform at Baird. Bank of Ireland (NYSE: IRE) Cut to…
There have always been questions about whether stock buybacks are an effective return of cash to shareholders. The theory is a simple one: reducing the number of shares outstanding boosts the price of the…
If you have followed mergers and acquisitions for the last year or more, you are probably growing rather sick of the proposed merger where Air Products (NYSE: APD) wants to acquire Airgas, Inc. (NYSE:…
lululemonLululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) is proving exactly why we recently named it one of several companies that could be the next future monopolies. The yoga-themed retailer and apparel maker is surging after blow-out…
The tax bill negotiated between President Obama and Republican legislators reportedly contains an extension to the various government supports for ethanol producers. The Renewable Fuels Association has said that the extension is “part of…
Helen of Troy Limited (NASDAQ: HELE) is an unknown stock to many investors, but that appears to be changing after what most investors would skim over as news too small to matter. A merger…
The demand for Chinese IPOs in America is hot. The light-emitting diodes (LEDs) market is also one that has major opportunities for energy efficiency and growth investing ahead. Marrying LEDs and China (or almost…
To make the cut onto the S&P Dividend Aristocrats Index, a company has to have paid a dividend every year for at least 25 consecutive years. The index includes at least 40 stocks and…
How many ways are there to cause a company’s share price to fall -15%? PC maker Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and storage provider Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: CML) may have found a new one.…
Dean Foods Co. (NYSE: DF) has been an awful stock for investors in the dairy sector in 2010. Shares are actually down more than 50% from the year’s high. This morning saw an interesting…
The banks in the lands of the PIIGS are seeing some bids yet again today. That makes three in a row of big moves in Ireland, and now we have Greece and Spain today. …
The Labor Department has just released its latest round of Weekly Jobless Claims fell 17,000 to 421,000 claims from an upwardly revised 438,000 the week before. Bloomberg had estimates pegged at 425,000 for the…
We have been following the contract negotiation saga between Howard Stern and SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) quite closely and for some time. Last night we even hit a 23-day countdown. This morning…