Blue Chip Stocks
Tap the Secret 6% Yield from 3 Blue-Chip Companies
Income investors need not settle for the piddling yields many blue-chip stocks offer today. With the right security, they can capture far greater yield. Better yet, they can capture… Read more
Coca-Cola Shares Fizzle After Earnings
Shares of Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) are down 4% in morning trading after the company reported earnings before the market opened on Tuesday. Adjusted earnings for the fourth quarter… Read more
How Coca-Cola’s GMCR Deal Changes the Beverage Industry
What happens when the largest entity in the beverage industry buys a 10% stake in your company? In the case of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Nasdaq: GMCR), shares of… Read more
Three Tips for Avoiding Risky Stocks
Stocks have pulled back since the calendar flipped to 2014. But fresh off a banner 2013, many stocks remain overvalued. Wall Street pundits have been calling for a pullback… Read more
Why Tomorrow May Decide the Fate of Stocks in 2014
It hasn’t been a good first month for stocks. As of this morning’s market open, the S&P 500 is down more than 3.5% in January. Ordinarily a 3.5% pullback… Read more
A Retail Turnaround? Don’t Bet on These Two Fallen Angels
I’m a contrarian value investor at heart. My curiosity is more aroused by the stock that plunges 50% than the one that surges 50%. I love trolling the bargain… Read more
Apple (AAPL) Extends Underwhelming Earnings Start
Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL) disappointing earnings yesterday were the latest in what has become a disturbing trend this earnings season. While the world’s largest company didn’t technically fall short of… Read more
Caterpillar Stock Surges
The stock market is truly insane. Last week’s sell-off was supposedly due to troubles in emerging markets. What company is correlated to goings-on overseas? Why Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), of… Read more
3 Investing Lessons Learned From 2013
Editor’s Note: Yesterday I discussed three stocks that helped the 100% Letter advisory service outperform the Russell 2000 Small Cap Index by 43% in 2013. Today, I’ll briefly discuss… Read more