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Who's Taking NVIDIA Into the Future?

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 12:45 by Anders Bylund

 NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) CEO Jen-Hsun Huang sure knows how to pick his friends.

As the graphics chip specialist reported good third-quarter earnings last night, Huang enthused about a plethora of new and upcoming consumer products with NVIDIA inside.Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) may have stolen NVIDIA's place inside Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) desktop computers, but the company struck back with a design win in the updated Macbook Air. "We haven't had a chance to try and build really magical computers, so that's great," Huang said.

This Month in Gambling

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 12:33 by Travis Hoium

 

The gambling world has had a busy week since I last posted a monthly recap. We saw Las Vegas Sands (NYSE: LVS) blow our minds with earnings, MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM) post another loss, and Melco Crown(Nasdaq: MPEL) take strides in Macau. But you may have missed some other news that slipped under the headlines.




Will Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Earn or Burn?

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 12:31 by Seth Jayson

 

Margins matter. The more Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Nasdaq: GMCR) keeps of each buck it earns in revenue, the more money it has to invest in growth, fund new strategic plans, or (gasp!) distribute to shareholders. Healthy margins often separate pretenders from the best stocks in the market.  That's why I check on my holdings' margins at least once a quarter. I'm looking for the absolute numbers, comparisons to sector peers and competitors, and any trend that may tell me how strong Green Mountain's competitive position could be.




WWE Pinned

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 12:28 by Matthew Brown

 Times are not good for the Masked Marauder or his cohorts at World Wrestling Entertainment Inc.(NYSE: WWE). The tough economy makes filling those arenas with choreographed mayhem as tricky as pinning Andre the Giant.

 

Whoa! What Just Happened to My Stock?

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 12:24 by Rich Duprey

 Resist the urge to high-five everyone in the cubicles next to you. Your stock may have just strapped on a rocket pack and taken off for the moon, but smart investors won't celebrate until they know that upward leap was justified. Without a fundamental basis for the bounce, these stocks can quickly make the return trip down.

 

Why Did My Stock Just Die?

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 12:16 by Rich Duprey

 Your stock just took a nosedive -- but don't panic. First, let's see whether it had good reason to fall. Sometimes, panic-fueled drops can make excellent buying opportunities. Here's the latest crop of cratered stocks that could provide a possibility for profit:

Accretive Health Shares Popped: What You Need to Know

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 12:14 by Matt Koppenheffer

 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.

The New Agilent: Lean, Mean Fighting Machine

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 12:12 by Anders Bylund

 Last quarter, I opined that Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A)was making all the right moves. The maker of measurement instruments sold off one division to networker JDS Uniphase(Nasdaq: JDSU) and bought medical tester Varian, thus repositioning itself in the industry with potentially higher margins and growth opportunities to follow.

 

STR Holdings Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 12:09 by Travis Hoium

 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. What: STR Holdings (NYSE: STRI) shares fell as much as 20% after the company released earnings today.

 

Is Northgate Minerals' Stock Expensive by the Numbers?

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 11:42 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:

 

Is This Cash Machine Running on Empty?

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 11:34 by Seth Jayson

 Although business headlines still tout earnings numbers, many investors have moved past net earnings as a measure of a company's economic output. That's because earnings are very often less trustworthy than cash flow, since earnings are more open to manipulation based on dubious judgment calls.

 

Chrysler: Not Dead Yet

Sat, 13/11/2010 - 11:32 by John Rosevear

 Lost in the media's need to find new superlatives to apply to Ford's (NYSE: F) turnaround (guilty) and the hype/hand-wringing over General Motors' impending IPO is this intriguing story:

Chrysler isn't dead.