The power of options is evident in a stock substitution trade in Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). The stock is up about $2.25 since my recommendation on Aug. 29, an impressive 15% gain in just over a week’s time. The payoff on the deep… Read More

You can barely turn the TV on for five minutes without encountering an infomercial praising its value. There are even stores popping up all over the country that specialize in buying and selling gold. The precious metals darling of Wall Street is… Read More

Think of where you’d be right now if you’d made this move 10 years ago.#-ad_banner-# The S&P 500 has returned 92% during that time (a 7% average annual gain). Meanwhile, Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE: PBT) is up 575% during the same… Read More

Investors and traders are an entirely different breed. While investors assess a stock’s value in the context of long-term profit growth, traders solely focus on key near-term events. So while I’ve been convinced that Ford Motor (NYSE: F) represents a compelling long-term investment,… Read More

Among the biggest losers in Wednesday’s early trading are Globecomm Systems (Nasdaq: GCOM) and Xyratex (Nasdaq: XRTX). As the need to quickly access ever-rising streams of corporate data becomes a central mission, a number of companies providing data storage have been able to generate very impressive growth. For example,… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Wednesday’s early trading are Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) and Facebook (NYSE: FB). Chesapeake’s underwhelming spike By the time it became fully apparent that natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy needed to sell off assets to stave off of a looming liquidity crunch, the damage… Read More

The summer of 2012 will long be remembered for the worst drought in more than 50 years and conceivably the worst since the Dust Bowl. More than 80% of U.S. grain crops have been affected by this year’s drought and the economic effect will be felt next year with harvests… Read More

Shoppers and shareholders alike have reason to love this big-box retailer. The no-frills superstore offers its customers deeply discounted prices and rewards traders with a steadily increasing share price. The stock is up about 28% in the past year, and may be on the verge of a significant technical breakout. Read More

Next time you go to the grocery store, check the price of your favorite cereal… Is it more expensive than the last time you bought it? Chances are, it is… In the past few months, food prices have surged. Take a look at the chart below. As… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Monday’s early trading are eHealth (Nasdaq: EHTH), Calix (Nasdaq: CALX) and Gafisa (NYSE: GFA). When a company announces a share buyback plan, the stock usually doesn’t budge. That’s because investors often assume that the buyback will simply offset the… Read More