By Morningstar: By Timothy Strauts Mutual funds are still the primary investment vehicle used by retail investors, but exchange-traded funds have dramatically changed the landscape. Many investors have chosen some exotic ETFs because many non-core mutual funds have a number of restrictions that limit their availability to the average investor. For instance, some mutual funds [...]
By Dustin Moore: Interest in intellectual patent portfolios has been heating up, becoming a much sought after treasure in the tech world. 4G patents are of particular interest among industry titans and media alike. Tech giants, including Apple (APPL) and Qualcomm (QCOM), are currently maneuvering as they battle for control of InterDigital’s (IDCC) patents, as [...]
By Lawrence Weinman: I’ve been poking around Seeking Alpha‘s “Investing for Income” section and have read some of the thoughts of those who are fixated on dividend yield as a way to generate income and build their portfolios. I find their logic a bit slippery. The argument seems to go like this: When the stock [...]
Amazon (AMZN: Charts, News, Offers) has been labeled one of the “four horsemen of tech” by Jim Cramer, along with Apple (AAPL: Charts, News, Offers), Google (GOOG: Charts, News, Offers) and Research in Motion (RIMM: Charts, News, Offers). However, a… This article was written by InvestorGuide.com.
By Free Cash Flow 50: One thing I have experienced with investing is that occasionally you come across a company that has the unique ability to make you feel as if you personally know the managers running the business such as Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B), Leucadia (LUK), etc. This stems chiefly from a level of communication [...]
By Bob Johnson: Markets Always Change We live in a time of economic uncertainty, and the stock market reflects our positive and negative sentiments, our hopes and fears. This summer we have fear for our individual financial futures, fear for the future of essential institutions such as banks, and even fear for the liquidity and [...]
By The Energy Report: The recent tumultuous downturn in stocks has created deeper values and new opportunity in the agricultural space. Dahlman Rose & Co. Managing Director Charles Neivert is a near-term bull on fertilizer companies, but the window could close and diminish prospects in the not too distant future. In this exclusive interview with [...]
By Whopper Investments: Every Friday, sum zero sends out its top weekly idea. I really look forward to this mailing, and in the past few months it has had a strange habit of mailing out ideas right after I had written them up or researched them (ITIC being just one example. The sum zero write [...]
By John Hall: A debate has once again been raised with regard to the future of clean technology and in particular the electric car. While many of the issues on which this debate is based are genuine, they fail to get to the heart of the matter. It therefore seems worthwhile to address some central [...]
Research in Motion (RIMM: Charts, News, Offers), which only four years ago was a tech industry darling due to the success of its revolutionary Blackberry smartphone, has now been placed on death watch by many analysts, who believe that the company h… This article was written by InvestorGuide.com.