Dividends
Why I’m Nervous … Why You Should Be, Too
Many of the relative valuation metrics I follow point to an overvalued market. The question is, why is the market becoming so overvalued, and why are so many investments… Read more
Live Options Chat Tonight!
Join Andy Crowder tonight at 6 p.m. eastern time for his latest live options chat, “3 Simple Option Plays for Income Investors.”
Read moreChartWatch: A Strong Insurance Stock
Homeowners Choice (NYSE: HCI) was quietly one of last year’s top performers. Now the stock has pulled back to an important support level, providing another entry to this great… Read more
Three Simple Strategies for Income Investors
What would you buy now? It's a question that we, as self-directed investors, shouldn’t have to answer. Yet the question is asked everyday in almost every financial media outlet…. Read more
Weekly Earnings Calendar: Down-and-Out Stocks Report
Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) have been all over the financial headlines of late – and not for good reasons. So it's fitting that both down-and-out companies… Read more
Dude, You’re Getting Taken by a Dell
Unethical behavior by Dell's (NASDAQ: DELL) founder and CEO should have the company's shareholders outraged.
Read moreWeekly Earnings Calendar: Coke (KO) Headlines Light Lineup
In an otherwise light week on the earnings calendar, Coke (NYSE: KO) and Trulia (NYSE: TRLA) are among the few hidden gems.
Read moreWeekly Earnings Calendar: Media Companies Report
It seems fitting that some of the largest publicly traded media conglomerates in the world are reporting fourth-quarter earnings in the days after the Super Bowl.
Read moreHit ‘Em Where They Ain’t
When Wee Willie Keeler – the diminutive Hall of Fame baseball player of the early 1900s – was asked about the secret to his hitting success, Keeler replied, "Keep… Read more