Few companies can claim they actually contributed to changing the world. But less than 30 years ago, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) did change the world as they defined the standards for personal computers (PCs). With Intel providing the hardware standards and Microsoft defining software, those two companies… Read More

Value investors always seem to emphasize the importance of buying stocks at the right price. Many of the largest and most successful value investors prefer to hold cash if they can’t find bargain-priced stocks. It is also possible to use cash waiting to be invested to earn significant amounts of… Read More

Value investors always seem to emphasize the importance of buying stocks at the right price. Many of the largest and most successful value investors prefer to hold cash if they can’t find bargain-priced stocks. It is also possible to use cash waiting to be invested to earn significant amounts of… Read More

A recent sell-off has left the stock of educational toymaker LeapFrog Enterprises (NYSE: LF) oversold and undervalued at a time of year when the company is bound to attract the attention of traders. The decline seems to have been the result of two mistakes, but luckily those mistakes set up… Read More

J.C. Penny Company (NYSE: JCP) posted multi-year highs above $43 early this year against a backdrop of a tough economy, but since then, shares have lost more than half of their value. In the… Read More

J.C. Penny Company (NYSE: JCP) posted multi-year highs above $43 early this year against a backdrop of a tough economy, but since then, shares have lost more than half of their value. In the… Read More

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters’ (NASDAQ: GMCR) shares have dropped from atmospheric heights over $100 in 2011 to finally stabilize at the $20 level, which the stock has not seen since 2009.    As of this writing, GMCR is trading around $24.30. The $20… Read More

Interest rates, as measured by 10-year U.S. Treasury rates and a number of other interest rates, have been declining for more than 30 years. As the chart below shows, interest rates move in trends that last for decades. Eventually, this trend will reverse as all trends do, and while it… Read More

Guess which commodity has performed the best during the past 10 years. Is it corn, its price spiked by ethanol production and the drought? Copper needed by China for its infrastructure build-out? Cattle, with overseas markets demanding higher quality protein? The answer… Read More

In less than a month, Americans will celebrate Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year. People stand in line for hours to get blowout bargains, and many retailers’ cash registers will be stuffed. Immediately after Black Friday, the holiday shopping… Read More

In a year’s time, traders saw Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (NASDAQ: GMCR) plummet from over $110 a share in September 2011 to finally stabilize at the $20 level, which the stock had not seen since the fall of 2009. Currently, GMCR is trading above $24, with the $20 level being… Read More

The recent bounce in volatility, a cost component in an option‘s price, has made premium-selling strategies more attractive. After new five-year lows in the CBOE Volatility… Read More