The first rule of investing: Always keep learning.  If you don’t stay ahead of the key trends and themes developing in various sectors, you’ll be investing in yesterday’s technology. And though many industry changes are modest in scope, impacting investing strategies on the margin, a few are monumental. Lately, I’ve… Read More

Do earnings matter? It seems as if the market moves higher with each passing quarter, even as year-over-year earnings growth has markedly slowed in recent quarters. Simply put, it’s easy to assume that investors aren’t paying attention to quarterly updates.#-ad_banner-# But earnings do matter, of course. They’ve been just good… Read More

When you’re looking for key emerging trends, it’s always a smart idea to scrutinize the bi-monthly short-seller data.#-ad_banner-# When the short interest is rising among many stocks in any particular industry or sector, it should really get your attention. It’s a possible sign that the entire group is bound for… Read More

When you’re looking for key emerging trends, it’s always a smart idea to scrutinize the bi-monthly short-seller data.#-ad_banner-# When the short interest is rising among many stocks in any particular industry or sector, it should really get your attention. It’s a possible sign that the entire group is bound for… Read More

While we spend a lot of time at StreetAuthority researching large, well-established companies, the most robust growth opportunities are often being pursued by young and unknown companies.#-ad_banner-# From health care to energy to retail, new businesses emerge each year, with each hoping to eventually become an industry dominator. These firms… Read More

The biofuels industry is abuzz this week. Industry executives are taking a close look at a new contract in place between industry veteran Solazyme (Nasdaq: SZYM) and consumer goods giant Unilever (NYSE: UN). In a move to make cosmetics with sustainable ingredients, Unilever will buy at least 10,000 metric tons… Read More

We’re heading into earnings season, which always yields some great trading opportunities.  The key is to evaluate current investor and analyst sentiment on a given stock, and to identify situations in which a company can deliver significant upside or downside relative to the consensus views. In the case of social… Read More

One key trait that separates developed economies (such as the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan) from emerging economies is the relative swings in GDP. While developed economies are so mature that they grow or shrink in a glacial fashion, emerging economies are much more dynamic, with booms and busts arriving… Read More

With the Federal Reserve standing pat for at least another five weeks with its potential tapering of its bond-buying quantitative easing program, investors remain a bit anxious. The uncertain impact of the post-QE trading environment has caused U.S. stocks a bit of indigestion. Since the start of… Read More

Over the past year, as we’ve grown more accustomed to simply speaking requests into our smartphones, we’ve started typing less and less.  It’s a subtle shift right now, but in coming years, futurists predict we’ll be dictating our emails, tweets, text messages and documents, as punching letters into a keyboard… Read More