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This Week's 5 Smartest Stock Moves

Sat, 01/01/2011 - 07:32 by Rick Aristotle ...

 If you're feeling good about the market, you're not alone. Take my hand as we go over some of this week's more uplifting headlines.

Is King Pharmaceuticals' Stock Cheap by the Numbers?

Fri, 12/31/2010 - 17:29 by Anand Chokkavelu

Numbers can lie -- but they're the best first step in determining whether a stock is a buy. In this series, we use some carefully chosen metrics to size up a stock's true value based on the following clues:

5 Words That Could Save Your Portfolio

Wed, 12/29/2010 - 11:20 by Austin Edwards

I don't know about you, but investing after the 2008-2009 meltdown feels eerily similar to being an Oklahoma Sooners' football fan on the eve of the yet another BCS bowl game (the Sooners have lost their last five BCS outings).

Is Caterpillar's Stock Cheap by the Numbers?

Sat, 12/25/2010 - 08:42 by Anand Chokkavelu

 Numbers can lie -- yet they're the best first step in determining whether a stock is a buy. In this series, we use some carefully chosen metrics to size up a stock's true value based on the following clues:

 

11 Lumps of Coal to Leave for Good

Fri, 12/24/2010 - 08:11 by Alyce Lomax

 If Santa Claus had the spare time to dabble in investing, he might consider leaving the following stocks in naughty kids' stockings in lieu of lumps of coal:

 

Warren Buffett Isn't a Stock Picker?

Thu, 12/23/2010 - 10:32 by Matt Koppenheffer

"Buffett buys control of companies. He is not a stock picker."
-- Dan Solin

Wait, what? Come again? The preceding is a comment from investment writer Dan Solin responding to a reader of his recent post "Foolish Advice From the Motley Fool." The advice that he's referring to came from yours truly.

4 Drugmakers, 5 Deals, Christmas Is Here

Wed, 12/22/2010 - 12:32 by Brian Orelli

It looks like a lot of people in the business development offices at pharmaceutical companies were looking to get their work done before taking off for the holidays. Check out all the deals announced yesterday.

Amedisys Shares Popped: What You Need to Know

Wed, 12/22/2010 - 01:04 by Brian D. Pacampara

 Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

Is This Company The Next Telecom Acquisition?

Sat, 12/11/2010 - 12:35 by Jim Royal

 The wireline sector of the telecom industry has seen increasing consolidation in recent years. Remaining players buy up competitors to take advantage of economies of scale and to counter line losses. In the past year, Frontier Communications (NYSE: FTR) picked up a huge chunk ofVerizon's (NYSE: VZ) wireline business. A couple years ago,CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) picked up Embarq, and it's in the process of buying Qwest (NYSE: Q). And this year Windstream (Nasdaq: WIN) closed the deal on Iowa Telecom.

Should You Sell Lowe's Today?

Sat, 12/11/2010 - 07:27 by Jeremy Phillips

 Should you sell Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) today?

The decision to sell a stock you've researched and followed for months or years is never easy. If you fall in love with your stock holdings, you risk becoming vulnerable to confirmation bias -- listening only to information that supports your theories, and rejecting any contradictions.

 

GM to push hydrogen hybrids in Hawaii

Thu, 12/09/2010 - 08:15 by Prince damin

Detroit -- General Motors Co. said it had targeted Hawaii as a prime market for hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles due to the state's high cost of imported petroleum fuels.

GM's executive director of global fuel cell operations Charlie Freese said the automaker is working with more than a dozen companies in an effort to add 20 hydrogen fueling stations on Oahu Island by 2015, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday.

GM, which has spent $2 billion on hydrogen fuel-cell research and development, does not have a hydrogen based automobile in production, but has allowed consumers to test a Chevrolet Equinox crossover with hydrogen fuel-cell power.

Florida city's snails targeted by vandals

Wed, 12/08/2010 - 01:22 by Prince damin

Miami Beach, Fla. -- Police in Florida said at least eight of the 45 giant pink snails in Miami Beach for an art event were targeted by vandals, including one thrown into the water.

Gloria Porcella, co-owner of Galleria Ca' d'Oro, which is backing Italy's Cracking Art Group in the project, which involved pink snails made from recycled plastic being placed around town, said nearly every day since the Art Basel festival began Dec. 2 has been marked with reports of more vandalized snails, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday.

Porcella said one snail was damaged by a "punch," two were tagged with graffiti, multiple snails were tipped over and one was "launched in the water" at Biscayne Bay.

Police said they are investigating the incidents.