He’s not as well-known as Warren Buffett, but he’s of the same ilk: A successful mega-investor who’s looking for value — and finding it more often than not. And as with Buffett, when he talks, people pay attention. Jeremy Grantham co-founded… Read More

“Beware the Ides of March.” This famous line uttered by a soothsayer in William Shakespeare’s 1601 play, “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,” warned the ruler of his pending demise on the 15th day of March. Well, we all know what happened to Caesar.#-ad_banner-# We could apply this same warning to… Read More

Editor’s note: Each week, one of our investing experts answers a reader’s question in a Q&A column at our sister site, InvestingAnswers.com. It’s all part of our mission to help consumers build and protect their wealth through education. This week’s question… Read More

We’ve all been through this drill before. As if living through the effects of the 2007-2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession wasn’t enough, investors continue to sit by and watch as officials in Washington wrangle over the question of how to get the… Read More

When Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA) shelled out $16.7 billion this month to acquire the half of NBC Universal still owned with partner GE (NYSE: GE), analysts suggested the deal would provide the nation’s largest cable company with another path to growth. Frankly, the deal… Read More

As investors scour the financial media, they come across investment ideas that appear to be winning moves. It’s hard enough to know which of the ideas hold merit, but even when you decide to pull the trigger and buy a… Read More

Editor’s note: Each week, one of our investing experts answers a reader’s question in a Q&A column at our sister site, InvestingAnswers.com. It’s all part of our mission to help consumers build and protect their wealth through education. This week’s question… Read More

In the summer of 2015, both political parties will begin the search for their next presidential candidate. By that time, the whole tenor of political positions will have sharply changed. At least, we can only hope so. #-ad_banner-#That’s because our… Read More

When assessing any stock, you need to weigh the risk against reward. Yet for Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) shareholders, it’s a challenging task. To be sure, it’s really hard to see how much risk there is when Apple’s net cash balance… Read More

When assessing any stock, you need to weigh the risk against reward. Yet for Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) shareholders, it’s a challenging task. To be sure, it’s really hard to see how much risk there is when Apple’s net cash balance stands at $137 billion — and is on its way to $200 billion in a few years. Management has started dropping hints that shareholder-friendly moves are coming, which usually means stock buybacks or big dividend boosts.#-ad_banner-# Still, even as Apple carries relatively minor… Read More

When assessing any stock, you need to weigh the risk against reward. Yet for Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) shareholders, it’s a challenging task. To be sure, it’s really hard to see how much risk there is when Apple’s net cash balance stands at $137 billion — and is on its way to $200 billion in a few years. Management has started dropping hints that shareholder-friendly moves are coming, which usually means stock buybacks or big dividend boosts.#-ad_banner-# Still, even as Apple carries relatively minor risk, it’s not clear what kind of upside investors should expect either. As I noted a couple days ago, competition is gaining on Apple, which could lead to market share erosion and falling margins as price cuts ensue. Yet there is another major consumer electronics company that also carries a fairly low level of risk, but also offers the potential of significant upside. It’s a company that was the “Apple” of the industry before Apple took off like a rocket during the past decade. And it’s a company that… Read More