Future of Toys: Video Game Publishers Developing New Concepts

(By Rebecca Lipman) Watch out Woody and Buzz, video game giant Activision (ATVI) is bringing a new toy to town that holds the potential to steal the attention of every child around. Never mind that this plastic toy looks like just about any other, it’s what’s inside that counts. And inside these $7.99 Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure action [...]

Should Traders Buy the Selling in Growth Stocks? 5 Stocks for the Next 5 Days

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Banking Optimism? Options Say Investors Are Relieved Over Latest Bank Earnings

(Written by Alexander Crawford. Options data sourced from Schaeffer’s, all other data sourced from Finviz.) It appears that the severe bearishness on the US financial sector has subsided somewhat after the latest batch of earnings reports, with options indicating that investors’ worst fears were put to rest. The question now is, can they continue to [...]

Home Rentals On The Rise: Ways To Invest In The Trend

(Written by Rebecca Lipman. List compiled by Eben Esterhuizen, CFA. Institutional data from Fidelity.) Last month Kapitall reported that house flipping was in decline and home-rentals were on the rise – a trend investors may want to use to their advantage. Money talks, and in the housing industry the practice of house flipping wasn’t quite paying the [...]

Tech Valuations: Thoughts From Blackstone’s Eric McAlpine

(Written by Rebecca Lipman. List compiled by Eben Esterhuizen, CFA. Institutional data sourced from Fidelity, short data from Yahoo! Finance.) Jeff Richards, partner with venture capital firm GGV Capital, recently had the opportunity to sit down for lunch with technology MA and IPO guru Eric McAlpine of The Blackstone Group (BX). Together they discussed valuations [...]

Intel Earnings: Good Enough to Dispel Fears of Falling PC Market Demand?

(Written by Rebecca Lipman. List compiled by Eben Esterhuizen, CFA) Intel Corporation announced its third-quarter results on Tuesday to sighs of relief from investors.  The Associated Press reported net income rose 17 percent and revenue rose 28 percent year-over-year, beating Wall Street analyst targets. Intel’s well-received earnings set new records for microprocessor units shipped, EPS, [...]

Water Shortages: Here Are The U.S. Companies To Watch

(Written by Rebecca Lipman. List compiled by Eben Esterhuizen, CFA) Environmentalists have been saying for years that the earth is running out of clean water, and it’s about time investors take note. Today one billion people lack access to clean drinking water, and that number is continuing to grow to include a wealthier, perhaps more game-changing [...]

Small Banks vs. Big Banks: Which Side Are You On?

(Written by Rebecca Lipman. List compiled by Eben Esterhuizen, CFA) Many people are protesting big banks fees by simply taking their business elsewhere. The growing movement to leave big banks, fueled by charges for formally free services and high interest rates, has started a growing trend in alternative finance firms that range from small banks [...]

J&J Third-Quarter Earnings Fall: These 4 Other Drugmakers Reporting Soon

(Written by Alexander Crawford. EPS estimates sourced from Yahoo! Finance, data sourced from Finviz.) On Tuesday Johnson Johnson (JNJ) reported disappointing third-quarter profits, which slipped more than 6% from one year ago. The company blamed generic competition on several key drugs of theirs, as well as increased spending on marketing new drugs. “Bottom line” net [...]

How to Spot Micro-Cap Rebound Candidates

(Written by Alexander Crawford, list compiled by Eben Esterhuizen, CFA. Short data sourced from Yahoo! Finance, all other data sourced from Finviz.) Shares shorted is a very helpful tool that analysts use to gauge the market’s temperature on a stock – when a stock sees more shares shorted, it means that short sellers have become [...]

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