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

As the crisis in Syria appears headed toward a resolution, key commodities markets are no longer on edge. Oil prices have begun to slip, and gold prices have resumed their downward trajectory, making a quick retreat from their 150-day moving average. Falling gold prices can spell serious trouble for gold… Read More

While working at an investment magazine back in the 1990s, I profiled a young technology company with a very intriguing product. This company had a small sales base and struggled to make profits, but its device, which could… Read More

When it comes to shorting a stock, one of two outcomes emerge: You were correct, and shares plunge as anticipated. Or you were wrong, and shares rally higher, causing considerable pain.  But… Read More

It’s pretty safe to say that there is just one global index that has managed to double in the past three months. The fact that it is involved in the still-weak commodities sector makes the spike all the more stunning. I’m talking about the… Read More

With the Federal Reserve standing pat this week, the S&P 500 index has reached another all-time high. Yet this bull market is proving to be even more fertile for investors in small-cap and micro-cap… Read More

Over the past few years at StreetAuthority, we’ve been chronicling the remarkable pace of share buybacks. So many companies are buying back $500 million or even $1 billion in stock that this trend has become one of the most powerful themes of the… Read More

Although most companies appear largely focused on dividends and buybacks these days, some still see the merits of a growth-inducing acquisition. In a slow-growth economy, dealmaking can lead to sales synergies… Read More

In the search for value, it pays to focus on stocks that have performed poorly yet have catalysts for a long-awaited upward move. That approach led me to aircraft maker Boeing (NYSE: BA) last autumn.  The company’s stock… Read More

This is truly a golden era for dividend-hungry investors. Payouts have been growing at an impressive pace, and many companies have the ability to boost their dividends further, as I noted recently. Indeed, a variety of companies that have historically sought to boost their dividends at a moderate annual pace… Read More