• Bonds Showing Strength Means The Economy Is Weak? Then Why Are Utilities Even Stronger?

  By Gary Jakacky: In some ways this article is futile. There is no way the coterie of permabears, who have been screaming "the bear market crash has resumed" during at least eleven corrections in this four (soon to be five) year bull market, is going to be satisfied with data proving the…

• Global stocks hover near six-year peaks

  World equities traded at their highest levels since January 2008 amid expectations that the Federal Reserve will refrain from tapering QE until next year

• Mesabi Trust: Cliffs Natural Resources Q3 Conference Call Has Big Implications

  By James Duade : Getting a Jump on the Mesabi Trust's Regulatory Filing's by Parsing Cliffs Natural Resources Q3 Conference Call It is often difficult to get good data on the Mesabi Trust ( MSB ), because the trust is a little known security that receives a royalty based on the amount of…

• National Oilwell Varco Rethinking The One-Stop Shop

  By Doug Sheridan : National Oilwell Varco ( NOV ) operates just about everywhere oil and gas is extracted, enjoying a healthy share of the worldwide market for integrated oilfield equipment. Yet global reach and an extensive portfolio of products do not necessarily translate to a better customer…

• Diamond Foods Isn't A Diamond Stock

  By Scott Low : Diamond Foods, Inc. ( DMND ) is a vertically integrated food manufacturing company that packages, processes, markets, and distributes snack and nut products all over the world. Their brands include some of the food you munch on probably as you sit at your desk trading, such as Kettle…

• A 9.7% Bond Yield With Limited Risk

  By Kraken : Sometimes investing in bonds with nearing maturities is great. It allows investors to lock in a decent yield and you have a very good chance of the company being able to refinance the bonds. This eliminates the risk of being exposed for a very long amount of time. Delta Air Lines ( DAL )…

• An Unknown ETF Investors Should Know About: Part 3

  By Brad Kenagy : This is my final article in my series of three articles where I will be looking for ETFs, which have significantly outperformed the market, and have outperformed competing ETFs but still have low assets. To get my list of "unknown ETFs" I used the Fidelity ETF screener to…

• Trading Earnings Can Be Tricky

  By Thomas Kee : By Neal Rau Earnings are coming in full force, investors are jumping on earnings beats left and right, but not all companies are reporting good numbers. Get ahead of these reports using a combined fundamental and price-based analysis. The following Companies report earnings on…

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• An Audacious Plan To Fix The QE Non-Taper And Fiscal Non-Action In One Swift Move

  By Cyniconomics : If you're anything like us, you may have reached the conclusions that: Our elected officials are charting a course to a fiscal disaster. The Fed is repeating past mistakes by setting us up for another bust. After the drama of the debt ceiling debate and the Fed's…

• Bear Of The Day: Coach

  By Zacks Investment Research : It has been a time of change for the retail industry as many companies have seen either great trading as of late, or extremely sluggish reports and lowered guidance. Coach ( COH ) , a seller of accessories, definitely falls into the latter category after its latest…

• The Unknown Workaround To Healthcare.gov

  At midnight at the beginning of October 1, I logged onto Healthcare.gov with gleeful anticipation. Throughout the evening on Twitter, healthcare writers joked how we would be responsible for bringing the web site down, all in satisfying our curiosity and the need to write an article. As we all know,…

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• Bull Of The Day: Cincinnati Financial

  By Zacks Investment Research : It has been a pretty great time to be in the property/casualty insurance business. There has been a lack of disasters—so little in terms of payouts—while many items in an insurer's investment portfolio (like stocks and some bonds) have surged in value. This has…

• Why Amazon May Be Worth $165 Billion, More Or Less

  By Michael Blair : Amazon.com ( AMZN ) stock has been flying in the past couple of years, almost doubling its share price and recently touching an all-time record high. (Click to enlarge) The rise in the stock price has been driven by sustained growth in revenues, while profits have stayed…

• Insurers braced for storm damage claims

  It is too early to put a figure on expected payouts, but analysts believe storm is unlikely to rank alongside previous, multibillion-pound disasters

• Iran tries to lure back western oil groups

  Tehran plans to soften the terms it offers international companies as part of a charm offensive by President Hassan Rouhani

• Market Sees Tepid Growth As Bullish Taper Later Signal

  By Chris Ciovacco : Fundamental Coals Have Not Caught Fire Those of you who have experience with old-school charcoal grills know lighter fluid is used to prime the proverbial pump until the coals can take over. Quantitative easing (QE) is the Fed's lighter fluid for the economy. The hope is…

• TriMas Management Discusses Q3 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

  TriMas ( TRS ) Q3 2013 Earnings Call October 28, 2013 10:00 am ET Executives Sherry Lauderback - Vice President of Investor Relations & Global Communications David M. Wathen - Chief Executive Officer, President, Director and Chairman of Executive Committee A. Mark Zeffiro - Chief Financial…

• Insiders Are Selling Semtech

  By Markus Aarnio : In this article, I will feature one tech stock that has seen intensive insider selling during the last 30 days. Intensive insider selling can be defined by the following three criteria: The stock was sold by three or more insiders within one month. The stock was not purchased by…

• Manhattan Associates On An Absolute Tear With Room To Go Higher

  By Marshall Hargrave: Shareholders in Manhattan Associates ( MANH ) have been handsomely rewarded over the last three years, with the stock up 250%. This is quite impressive considering an investment in the S&P 500 has returned a measly 50% over that same time period. (click to enlarge) And…

• St Jude summons up a Twitter storm

  Many of the problems caused by severe weather were mitigated by better and earlier communication, through Twitter, websites and email alerts