• Revised Retirement Income Portfolio

  By Dividend Sleuth : As 2013 unfolded, I became convinced that my Retirement Income Portfolio was too concentrated. My earlier opinion was that 15-20 was the maximum number of individual stocks that I could effectively manage. Several other SA contributors, particularly Bob Wells , convinced me that…

• USD/JPY - Steady Ahead of U.S., Japanese Data

  By Dean Popplewell : By Kenny Fisher It's a quiet start to the week for USD/ JPY. The pair is trading in the mid-97 range in Monday's European session. In economic news, U.S. releases were a big disappointment on Friday. Core Durable Goods Orders recorded its third consecutive decline,…

• Google accelerates Glass rollout

  Google has said that it will not put Glass on sale to the general public until next year, but existing owners will be able to invite friends to buy the device

• Deutsche Boerse gets offer from U.S. to settle Iran case

  FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German exchange operator Deutsche Boerse said on Monday it had received an offer from the United States to settle an investigation into the possible violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran for $152 million.

• Apple: If I Could Buy And Hold Only One Stock, This Is It...2nd Anniversary

  By The Ugly Truth : Over 2 years ago, I wrote "Apple: IF I could buy and hold only one stock, this is it". The premise was: I've often been asked...if you could buy just one stock for your kid and hold it for at least 5 years, what would that stock be and why? Without blinking, I would…

• Furmanite Common Stock Has Several Positive Catalysts

  By Don Dion : According to a Barron's article on Saturday, October 26, 2013, the Furmanite Corporation stock price, which serves chemical manufacturers and oil refineries, could see some strong growth, with a possible gain of 30% in it's stock price. We agree with Barron's thesis. We…

• Profits At Inuvo Offer Significant Upside

  By BuySellShort : On Wednesday Inuvo, Inc ( INUV ) will report another profitable quarter and show to investors how undervalued it is. With the recent surge in advertising revenue as witnessed by Google, Inc ( GOOG ), investors are looking for value plays in a sector that does not offer it. That is…

• Wall Street inches higher on Fed expectations; Apple up

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks edged higher on Monday, pushing the S&P 500 to another intraday high, with expectations high the Federal Reserve will keep its stimulus in place for the time being.

• What If Tesla Was A Private Company?

  By Jeffry Chmielewski : "When do I get my money back?" A simple question. Finance professionals have a lot of different metrics that they use to justify their existence, but the reality is P/E, P/B, EV/EBITDA, TAM, growth rates and a whole host of fancy terms are really just overly…

• Marcellus Region Producing 12 Bcf/D, According To EIA Report

  By Richard Zeits: In a new study titled " Drilling Productivity Report ," which was released by the Energy Information Administration last week, the agency provides a valuable set of aggregated production and drilling data for several major shale gas and "tight oil" producing…

• G4S faces abuse claims at S African jail

  Security group to resist calls for a break-up after rejecting £1.6bn bid from private equity group Charterhouse for its cash solutions business

• AUD/USD - Aussie Remains Under Pressure, Dips Below 0.96

  By Dean Popplewell : By Kenny Fisher AUD/USD is under pressure as we begin the new trading week. The pair continues to trade slightly short of the 0.96 line in European trading on Monday. In economic news, U.S. releases were a big disappointment on Friday. Core Durable Goods Orders posted its…

• Swiss open criminal probe in F1 scandal

  Move by prosecutors to investigate a $44m payment to banker could open another potential legal front being fought by F1 chief Ecclestone

• NeoStem: Catalysts Upcoming, Financing In Rear View Mirror

  By Tech Guru: Since Neostem ( NBS ) completed a financing round on October 9th for 5.75mm shares, at $7 per share, raising 40mm in proceeds, the stock has plummeted from $9 to ~$7, reflecting the dilution and other fears that had presented right before the financing round. I had previously…

• Edwards Lifesciences Management Discusses Q3 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

  Edwards Lifesciences ( EW ) Q3 2013 Earnings Call October 28, 2013 10:00 am ET Executives David Erickson Michael A. Mussallem - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Thomas M. Abate - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Corporate Vice President Analysts Lawrence Biegelsen…

• Why Tesla Fire Stories Are A Farce

  By Quoth the Raven: No sooner do I write an article about my long position in Tesla ( TSLA ), than it's reported that another Model S has apparently caught fire and exploded in Mexico. Just my luck, right? Surely this is going to be a PR disaster and send the stock shooting downward into…

• Sohu.com's CEO Discusses Q3 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

  Sohu.com, Inc. ( SOHU ) Q3 2013 Earnings Call October 28, 2013 8:30 AM ET Executives Eric Yuan – Director, IR Charles Zhang – Chairman and CEO Belinda Wang – Co-President and CFO Xiaochuan Wang – CEO, Sogou Carol Yu – Co-President and CFO Analysts Dick Wei – Credit Suisse Eddie…

• VW's 'new era' vehicle platform seen putting a drag on profits

  BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen may face a new challenge to its bid for the top slot among global carmakers, as the very platform the German giant has spent the last six years creating to take it to a higher level in the rankings may not be working to plan.

• Michael Kors Continues To Take Coach's Market Share

  By ONeil Trader : Michael Kors ( KORS ) has been one of the best retail growth stories in the last couple of years. The company has grown revenue between 58% and 67% in the last three years, while earnings growth was between 82% and 152% in the last three fiscal years. And the tremendous run is not…

• SandRidge Energy: The Run Has Only Just Begun

  By David Alton Clark : Executive Summary SandRidge Energy ( SD ) is up 24% since my article suggesting it was a Buy was published on August 22nd. That is a fairly good return in a short amount of time. Identifying and seizing on these types of mispricing opportunities is the crux of my contrarian…