Financial Markets

01/13/2016

Why Glu Mobile Faces Headwinds

01/13/2016

Risks Remain For Western Digital

01/13/2016

Will Alibaba Fall Below $70?

10/07/2015

Volkswagen admitted it cheated on emission tests in the United States. The financial costs are high: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") may fine the company up to $18 billion. This represents 33.6 percent of the beleaguered car company's market capitalization. The EPA will likely re-check diesel-fueled cars produced by General Motors (NYSE:GM) and Fiat Chrysler (NYSE:FCAU).

Volkswagen's tarnished reputation creates opportunities for its competitors.Ford stands out as a beneficiary.Strong sales for Ford's F150 not priced in stock.

10/07/2015

When Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:VRX), then known as Biovail, was recommended for investors as a stock to buy in March 2009, the timing could not have been more perfect.

As luck would have it, it turned out that was the year stocks would bottom. Valeant was just restructuring its board, and it was starting on an acquisition spree. To-date, Valeant made 140...

Valeant is down sharply from yearly highs.Investors should shy away from Valeant as debt levels increase.Growth supported by excessive acquisitions.

10/07/2015

Even with four planned LNG terminals, three chartered LNG vessels to-date, and development projects on schedule, shares of Cheniere Energy (NYSEMKT:LNG) are down sharply. Cheniere's stock traded as high as...

Cheniere is getting dragged lower as energy prices fall.Company has manageable debt.Billions in revenue expected over the next 20 years.

10/07/2015

Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) has yet to bottom. Its shares are down more than one-quarter from its yearly high while online retailer Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) is up over 87 percent from its low. Without even needing to compare the differences in price multiples for these two firms, Wal-Mart is clearly out of favor.

Wal-Mart is trading near its yearly lows.Concerns over China slowdown exaggerated.WMT's stock valuation more compelling than that of Amazon's.

11/24/2014

Group moved to: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/109016841931897564466

Apply Value Investing from "The Intelligent Investor" and as it already existed in Benjamin Graham's book, Security Analysis.

10/07/2014

Subscribers reading this averted a 99% loss in (GTAT) GT Advanced Technology.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2503295-what-might-gt-advanced-technologies-announce-on-september-29-2014

GT Advanced Technologies (NASDAQ:GTAT) severely disappointed investors when Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) revealed neither the iPhone 6 nor the iPhone 6 Plus would have a sapphire screen. The only winners from the bad news were short s

08/29/2014

In case you missed it: Nokia bottomed as predicted. Headed this way:

Flush with cash after the sale of its handset division to Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Nokia's (NYSE:NOK) business transition is on the right track. The firm announced five acquisitions as it follows through on its five prioritie

08/29/2014

Transocean's dividend yield is over 7%. There's more.

Even after Transocean (NYSE:RIG) reassured investors revenue and profits were sound for the rest of the year, shares barely rebounded. The stock is still off from the $46 level set in June, and is down 10 percent on the month

08/29/2014

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - Stock is on track to reach $6.

Confirmation that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will release a $199 laptop, through Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ), will bode well for Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) shareholders. AMD fell sharply after speculators bid its share pri