Emerging markets have been the success story of 2009. While more developed economies such as the United States and Europe have struggled to recover, countries like Brazil, Russia, India and China are on a roll. Country (… Read More

Today’s home sales report might not have caught your eye, but the news is good and worth reviewing for investors looking for potential market-beating gains. Existing-home sales in October jumped a record +10.1% from the previous month. Sales are up +23.5% since their October 2008 low, which also marks a… Read More

Something’s got to give. At a time when the aging of the U.S. population is beginning to accelerate, the construction pace of new housing and care facilities for seniors is shrinking. Between 2010 and 2020, the number of Americans 65 and older will grow +36%, compared with a growth rate… Read More

Some things are universally true. No one ever went broke taking a profit, for instance. Also: Companies that offer lower costs always have a significant competitive edge. This is becoming especially true for companies in the health-care field as cost becomes an ever… Read More

People in the United States only hear about “the middle class” in an election year, when candidates promise not to raise taxes. The rest of the time, Americans don’t think much about the middle class, even though that’s where most people find themselves. That hasn’t been the… Read More

In Las Vegas, they say the house always wins. But that’s about to change. In an industry with few dividend payers, Wynn Resorts (Nasdaq: WYNN) is changing the paradigm. Wynn recently announced that its board approved a $0.20 per share quarterly dividend. The first… Read More

In the study of physics, momentum is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. That’s not a bad way to define the term when descrialink_72192ng a company’s earnings, either. When a company’s per-share earnings grow, it means revenue is growing… Read More

Cash is king. You’ve heard it before. So it makes sense that companies with growing free cash flow could thrive in just about any environment. This screen looks for the money — and the dividends. First, companies need to have cash on the… Read More

An unlikely group of stocks have led the market and gained +123%, +162%, +535% — even +7,233% this year. They still have room to climb. These companies defied Wall Street’s expectations as consumers clamored for a product they just couldn’t live without. It’s not oil. It’s not drugs either. A… Read More

Back in 1986, Halley’s Comet streaked through the sky, Bill Buckner broke the hearts of Red Sox fans in the World Series, and the U.S. government passed a landmark tax reform act. You may not remember that last event, but more than two decades later it still has a profound… Read More