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GENWORTH FINANCIAL, INC. (NYSE: GNW) has been battered as far as its stock is concerned and shares matched a 52-week low this morning of $4.80.  At least that was the case until an activist investor...
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is hosting its annual shareholder meeting today at 2:00 PM local time (5:00 PM EST).  Investors should really consider something here: today’s annual shareholder meeting...
Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) is finding itself caught between a rock and a hard place.  We have covered the reporting that Navistar could ultimately go bankrupt, but it could also...
Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) has become one controversial stock. Some pundits are even saying that ultimately this company could be at risk of bankruptcy. Others believe that there...
When corporate management and insiders unload shares of stock, investors often look at the transactions.  This is legal insider trading that generally comes from planned share sales and/or via the...
Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ) is not your typical sort of company that an activist investor would normally go after.  in fact, Lazard itself advises companies and individuals on things like financial...
The calls for Procter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) to unlock shareholder value are growing. This is a classic defensive stock with a big dividend, but if you eliminate the great recession this stock...
TrimTabs and BarclayHedge report each month about hedge fund inflows and outflows, and if you have been watching the tape you shouldn’t be surprised that the trend is toward ‘outflows’ of...
Tempur Pedic International Inc. (NYSE: TPX) was absolutely slaughtered this week due to its warnings.  The news took out about half of its value, but the stock is now down about 75% from its...
EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) has one major value in its holdings of VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW).  It is worth billions upon billions in raw dollars due to VMware’s status as the de factor King of...
Gold and silver are finally acting in the manner they should be again.  For months and months, gold (and silver as a more speculative gold trade) investors and speculators were having an identity...
Lee Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: LEE) is a tiny media company with news and advertising.  It serves midsize and small markets in the United States with 52 daily and 39 Sunday newspapers, as well as with...
You have heard the term “smoking kills.”  The new fight is against fat, salt, sugar, and empty calories as America is trying to pick up its fight against obesity and the myriad of diseases and...
SEC filings often have unique filings of corporate actions or actions against companies by their shareholders.  Sometimes they are nothing short of very odd.  An obscure filing is one called the...
With China’s growth slowing further and with Europe’s woes growing each day, economic data in the United States continues to ride the line closer to recessionary levels.  Japan hit a 28-year low...