Among the biggest losers in Tuesday’s early trading are Perfect World (Nasdaq: PWRD) and Polypore International (NYSE: PPO). In the United States, video-game stocks have been trading at multi-year lows, in part due to a dearth of hot new gaming consoles that typically spur demand for new gaming titles. Read More
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Among the biggest winners in Tuesday’s early trading are Molycorp (NYSE: MCP), Movado (NYSE: MOV), and PVH Corp. (NYSE: PVH). Shares of rare earth-mining firm Molycorp have finally landed on Terra Firma, rallying more than 7% this morning. That’s cold comfort to… Read More
I keep track of indicators that often signal warnings before market crashes. In reviewing the current market, there are a number of sectors that seem to be in danger of a collapse. But most worrisome is that two sectors that are considered… Read More
Among the biggest losers in Monday’s early trading are Vera Bradley (Nasdaq: VRA), Universal Display (Nasdaq: PANL) and Arkansas Best (Nasdaq: ABFS). Read on for our instant analysis… Vera’s tough report? Investors continue to dump shares of Vera Bradley, a… Read More
Among the biggest winners in Monday’s early trading are Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Avis Budget (NYSE: CAR) and Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF). Read on for our instant analysis… The Apple/Samsung fallout The Apple juggernaut continues. A key legal verdict handed down this… Read More
During the past year, we’ve heard the constant droning chant about how sluggish the global economy has become. China, the world’s second-largest economy, has seen consistently lower gross domestic product (GDP) growth, while recent retail sales figures for… Read More
It can easily be said that change is the only constant in the stock market, and nowhere is this fact more evident than in the technology sector. The financial world’s graveyard is littered with tech companies that failed to… Read More
Avoiding big losses is just as important to your portfolio’s performance as scoring big gains. And right now, the market is sending a signal that one of the most popular names in technology is headed for a big loss. After bottoming out near $22… Read More
When it comes to picking stocks, it’s not just your analysis of a company’s fundamentals that counts. It’s also your analysis of how other analysts and investors are looking at the current market events, a sort of “meta-analysis,” if you will. And I… Read More
For subscribers to my $100,000 Real-Money Portfolio, you’ll notice a clear set of rules I live by: Every pick has to have solid downside support, potentially robust upside and clear catalysts in place. Having just two of three investment merits isn’t good enough. You need all three to preserve capital… Read More