The metrics in the housing sector are slowly but surely improving, and while the numbers are still light years away from where they were during the height of the housing boom, the trend is nevertheless higher. We received the latest data point on housing from the National Association of Realtors… Read More

Circle your calendar for Sept. 13. That afternoon, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will decide whether the economy (and by extension the stock market) will need a major boost with another round of monetary easing measures. If he… Read More

It’s easy to see the appeal of banking stocks. Many of them sport low price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios while trading below tangible book value. My favorite bank stock — Citigroup (NYSE: C) — for example, still… Read More

My favorite stock screening method is to see what the big money owns, and then dig deeper from there. The concept behind this starting point is that the large hedge-fund and money-management firms have far greater collection of resources, computer power and talent than I, as an individual investor, could… Read More

Bullish? Bearish? Undecided? It doesn’t much matter — at least to Game-Changing Stocks’ Andy Obermueller and his readers. Andy’s mission is to find companies that “move the… Read More

It may be one of the fastest implosions in the history of corporate America. Reviews of the company’s products shifted from (and these are actual quotes): “The only shoe I will ever wear again” and “I love them and never wear anything but,” throughout 2007, to “They’re big and foamy…why… Read More

The market is currently a game of musical chairs. You must stay active to find winning trades even as you prepare for the possibility that the music may stop, taking all stocks on a downward path. That’s why it’s sensible to focus… Read More

One of the key characteristics of a good trader is the ability to recognize stocks and/or sectors that are at inflection points. I am constantly searching for stocks and sectors making new highs, or for those surging after consistently underperforming the broad… Read More

While working on the road this week, I brought along my two-year-old GPS device to help navigate unfamiliar roads. Trouble is, the darn thing repeatedly gave me directions that landed me at dead-ends or blocked-off roads. Maybe it’s because the software is out of date.#-ad_banner-# I decided to use my… Read More

A company that posts disappointing earnings results can present a good buying opportunity for income investors. The reason for this is that companies miss analyst earnings estimates for all kinds of reasons, many of which unrelated to the fundamentals of the… Read More