It’s become one of my favorite stocks. I like to call it my “Cadillac” investment for 2012. I’ve even selected it as one of my “Top 5 Stocks for 2012.” The company is buying back billions of its stock. It’s expanding… Read More

Growth investing is still the name of the game if you want to score big gains. Investors in high-flying stocks like Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG), Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) and Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) have scored major gains in the last few years. Yet such high-flying stocks also bring real risk. Read More

The stock market is a game of expectations. And one of the best ways of gauging investor expectation is by looking at a stock’s price-to-earnings ratio, or P/E for short. As readers of my Game-Changing Stocks newsletter know, I like… Read More

During the early 1970s, an Oregon track coach by the name of Bill Bowerman changed the world in his kitchen. Trying to develop a new running shoe that would help his athlete’s grip the surface of the track, Bowerman poured liquid… Read More

Last week, coffee icon Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) announced it would begin selling its own single-serve, at-home coffee maker. The device runs hot water through small, disposable containers of flavored coffee grounds to produce one cup of the drink, after which the container is discarded. If this rings… Read More

The status of many global economies is in flux right now. I recently looked at several foreign economies that could be headed toward a downward spiral and how it could affect your portfolio. #-ad_banner-#As a result, companies that have fairly minimal foreign exposure may have the most… Read More

When asked what the market would do, revered financier J.P. Morgan gave a famous — and invariably correct — answer: “It will fluctuate.” Indeed. Tuesday’s market selloff — the worst day for the Standard &… Read More

When you’re looking for explosive gains in stocks, getting in on the ground floor is everything… That’s why, as the chief investment strategist behind Game Changing Stocks, it’s my job to predict “the next big thing” BEFORE it happens. Over the years, my research… Read More

Lately, when I look at the price levels of a lot of headline tech stocks, the Prince song “1999” comes to mind. And like the lyrics from that 1982 smash hit, these stocks certainly are partying “… like it’s 1999.” Rarely, are pop stars visionaries. Indeed, tech… Read More

Will 2012 bring another year of “stay-cations?” Not if Priceline.com (Nasdaq: PCLN) is any indication. The purveyor of airline and hotel discounts recently reported a 35% jump in fourth-quarter sales, to $991 million (compared with a year earlier). And that was in a seasonally-weak quarter. Sales may hit $1.4 billion… Read More