Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) 2004 peak approached $40 before a multi-year decline. But shares have been on a strong recovery from 2009 lows below $12 a share to nearly double that price today. The combination of the powerful trend and low volatility… Read More

Have you ever wanted to own a stake in that fast-growing auto-parts manufacturer on the other side of your town? How about that local bakery chain that draws a crowd every morning? Maybe you’d like to become a silent partner in the nearby road-construction company that seems to always win… Read More

As we head into the final trimester of 2012, it’s time to take a fresh look at where we stand in terms of the stock market and the economy. So far this… Read More

In a world where the S&P 500 is paying a paltry 2.0% dividend yield, savings accounts earn next to nothing and treasury yields are barely beating inflation, millions of investors are turning to high-yield… Read More

Among the biggest losers in Tuesday’s early trading are Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Orbitz (NYSE: OWW). The bad news keeps coming for DVD-by-mail pioneer Netflix. Rival Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has lined up an agreement with Epix, a consortium of major movie studios, to again access to many of the… Read More

Among the biggest winners in Tuesday’s early trading are Heckmann (NYSE: HEK), and Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE: VRX). Heckmann looks like a perfectly-built company for the shale gas revolution. The company trucks in fresh water (and then helps handle the used water) that is used in the “fracking” process.  As… Read More

Do you want to make a lot of money investing in commodities? Then oil and gas producers are a great place to start. But odds are, you’re probably not going to do it with global behemoths like Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Exxon-Mobil (NYSE: XOM).#-ad_banner-# Don’t get me… Read More

It’s not every day a quality dividend stock yielding almost 9% goes on sale at almost 20% off. But that’s the deal that readers of High-Yield International were alerted to three weeks ago. And it’s not too late… Read More

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan may be most remembered for the phrase “irrational exuberance.” In December 2006, he asked if stock prices were too high, saying, “But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly… Read More

Today, I want to cover a popular market ETF that is a strong buy based on a momentum indicator that most traders ignore and a… Read More