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Now that we are out of the woods in the crash scenario, assuming this week is no ill omen, investors may want to know which of the big companies would start to deploy their billions and billions of...
Wasn’t it just last week that we were up eight days in a row on the DJIA?  And now we have a sell-the-news reaction to the recent growth numbers.  Maybe it is because we ran too far too fast and...
If you do not know M.J. Whitman or the Third Avenue Management Inc. family of mutual funds, then you are probably not a value investor.  Whitman and his team have been perhaps some of the deepest...
The DJIA has risen for eight straight days and the verdict is still out as to how today’s close will go.  With major indexes trading over 50% above their March lows and with all the troubled and...
It usually takes an event or a series of events for biotech stocks to ever look cheap compared to the overall market or even to sub-sectors within health care.  They generally trade at higher...
This morning we started seeing increased trading activity in shares of the long-troubled photo giant Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE: EK).  Then came the option alerts along with the doubling volume alert...
How frequently has Warren Buffett  been bashed by the media over Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s  (NYSE: BRK-A) lackluster performance ?  What was interesting to see is his stake being lowered in...
General Motors is still much of the talk since it exited bankruptcy protection early Friday.  This was a quick bankruptcy process and was well ahead of historic bankruptcy timelines, avoiding what...
Everyone wants to know when an initial public offering of General Motors (GMGMQ) will occur.  Its emergence from bankruptcy has only expedited the curiosity of when the company will be public...
There is still some conversation about the federal government restricting short-selling activity in certain stocks. The counterargument to these restrictions is that short selling plays an important...
Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) may have just made the last or one of the last announcements that saved the reputation as far as it being a stock that investors would stay interested in.  The drug...
Reuters:   California raced to approve a state budget its cutting deficit. Reuters:   Ten more people may face charges in Madoff case. Reuters:   Gannett (GCI) is laying off 1,000 more people....
NutriSystem, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRI) is well known as the weight management and weight loss company that delivers specially designed food in bulk.   You have seen its  commercials on TV.  Now the...
Admittedly, this almost feels strange.  Before this week there have not been any stock options for Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B).  We received word from the CBOE that this is...
We keep getting asked a single question from readers and from our own industry and professional contacts: Are Oil Stocks Cheap? There is a very simple answer in today’s markets: Oil stocks look...