Pundits have been writing off the U.S. consumer for years, particularly in the post-recession era with households unwinding credit card debt and tightening their budgets. But time and again, those dour expectations have been proved wrong. Sure, most of us… Read More

When a new drug backed by impressive clinical data hits the market, investors quickly size up its market potential. And when this drug receives a thumbs-up from Medicare and other insurance-reimbursement firms, projections of billion-dollar sales… Read More

Editor’s note: The following article was published on Dec. 6. As one of the most widely-read articles of the year, we decided to share it with our readers once again. When there’s a slot open for an industrial stock in a portfolio, many investors — even professional ones —… Read More

Thanks to a big drop in sales in 2008 and early 2009, a wide number of companies were able to post impressive revenue gains in 2010 and 2011, as demand for goods and services returned to normal levels. But this might be the end of it: analysts expect sales growth… Read More

Do analysts price targets matter? You bet. Any time you see a big gap between rational assessments of fair value and the current share price, it pays to dig deeper. Roughly 18 months ago, this is precisely why I saw value… Read More

A Saudi-Sized Oil Find… And a Rupert Murdoch-Backed Company Is in the Middle What I’m about to say might shock you… Israel sits on nearly as much oil as Saudi Arabia. You read this correctly, Israel — a country the size of the state of New Jersey — sits atop an estimated 250 billion barrels of oil. To put the sheer volume of Israel’s reserves in perspective, take a look at the chart below.   As the chart shows, that’s roughly the… Read More

A Saudi-Sized Oil Find… And a Rupert Murdoch-Backed Company Is in the Middle What I’m about to say might shock you… Israel sits on nearly as much oil as Saudi Arabia. You read this correctly, Israel — a country the size of the state of New Jersey — sits atop an estimated 250 billion barrels of oil. To put the sheer volume of Israel’s reserves in perspective, take a look at the chart below.   As the chart shows, that’s roughly the same as Saudi Arabia, which is the 13th largest country in the world and almost exactly 100 times larger than Israel. If oil is worth $100 a barrel, then Israel has the ability to tap into $25 trillion worth of crude. How did a country that’s historically struggled to meet its energy demands stumble into one of the largest known petroleum reserves on the planet? #-ad_banner-#Trapped beneath Israel’s famed Shefla basin, rests a special type of shale called kerogen. Kerogen contains bitumen, the petroleum-rich substance that the Canadians extract from the tar sands to… Read More

Considering how rough it’s been for equity investors the past few years, I’m always somewhat amazed when I see a stock with a chart that looks like it came right out of the 1990s — the line goes straight up, seemingly without end. I’m even more amazed when I find… Read More

It’s one of the most highly sought metals on the planet. If I’m right, then demand could surge more than 800% in the next four years… And no, I’m not talking about gold, or any other precious metal for that matter. The metal I’m… Read More

Here at StreetAuthority, we’re always looking for “game-changing” stocks. In fact, my colleague Andy Obermueller has an entire newsletter dedicated to the subject. These “game-changers” are usually smaller firms that are developing revolutionary new products. Yet we also have our eye on larger, more well-established companies that seek to push… Read More

I have never spent much time on momentum stocks. These stocks tend to move higher and higher with seemingly no regard for the fundamentals of the underlying business. When momentum investors lose interest and sell their stakes, there’s little support in place, and these stocks can tumble swiftly lower. Read More