By Patrick Chovanec: With the political clash over the U.S. debt ceiling in full swing this week, I’ve been inundated with people asking variants of the same question: with the U.S. in (temporary) danger of defaulting, will China, which holds at least $1.2 trillion worth of U.S. Treasuries, finally get fed up and dump its [...]
By Marc Chandler: The U.S. debt ceiling remains unresolved at this late date. The market’s response over the past week to Europe’s new initiatives is poor as peripheral, including Spain and Italian, bond yields and spreads over bunds widened considerably. Yet as investors, we must look ahead. There are five key events next week that [...]
By Morningstar: By Robert Goldsborough Exchange-traded funds are great complements to or substitutes for mutual funds, but they are also effective vehicles for speculating on secular trends in the equity markets. Morningstar’s ETF Screener can be a great place for investors to hunt for ETFs that are undervalued. Because Morningstar has nearly 80 equity analysts [...]
By Geoffrey Rocca: There are many routes to becoming a successful company. The standard one is to provide a desirable product to customers at a profitable price. However, another highly effective approach is to provide an essential service to other companies that are engaged in the above action. CSG Systems International (CSGS) has adopted the [...]
By Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the Lightning Round session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Thursday July 28. Bullish Calls: VFCorp (VFC), Ralph Lauren (RL), Jones Group (JNY): (Cramer was naming stocks he likes better than Oxford Industries) “We’ve got VFCorp, best of breed…you’ve got Ralph Lauren pulling back…Jones is down here at [...]
By Miriam Metzinger: Stocks discussed on the in-depth session of Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV Program, Thursday July 28. Mad Mail: Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC), Marathon Oil (MRO), Verizon (VZ), Limelight Networks (LLNW), Ingersoll-Rand (IR), Honeywell (HON), Johnson Controls (JCI) Cramer answered mail about various stocks: Marathon Petroleum (MPC) should be sold, since refineries are [...]
Shares of Arris Group (ARRS: Charts, News, Offers), a global communications tech company specializing in broadband access related businesses, soared over 12% during Thursday trading due to better than expected results for its second quarter of 2011…. This article was written by InvestorGuide.com.
By Robert Roach: An abounding level of uncertainty exists for long-term investors. Where are the best places to invest capital for long-term growth? What sectors are poised to provide the greatest return? Will the search for low correlation of returns remain elusive for the average investor? As the US economy continues to skate along the [...]
By Josh Franklin: I last reported on China Techfaith’s (CNTF) emergence into motion gaming and how I thought it was time to get involved before institutional money was set in motion. The stock had a phenomenal run from $4.20 – $6.90 per share on massive volume based on the Seeking Alpha outreach and the company [...]
By MoneyShow.com: It’s been a hot summer, and it’s been even hotter in Washington, D.C., where Democrats and Republicans have been burning down the House with a pitched battle over the debt ceiling, the cap that Congress puts on the national debt. Usually it’s a mundane bit of legislative business barely worthy of C-Span. Congress [...]