Investing in Stocks

I have to admit that I was not familiar with Umpqua Holdings (Nasdaq:UMPQ) until the stock appeared on my bullish scan the other evening. The company is the fourth… Read more

The Sohn Investment Conference brings together the who’s who of hedge fund managers. Top managers, such Bill Ackman, David Einhorn, and Paul Tudor Jones, gathered earlier this week to… Read more

Every investor is a victim of the fraud known as high frequency trading. But when bestselling author Michael Lewis speaks about the “legalized front-running” of orders on the market,… Read more

Southern Company (NYSE:SO) has just bounced off of the lower rail of a tight trend channel that has dictated price fluctuations over the last four months and it is… Read more

Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) gapped lower on Monday and continued to trade down on Tuesday.  Financials have been under significant pressure following announcements by JP Morgan, which puts into… Read more

Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS) appeared on my bearish scan last night and there were several things that stood out about the stock. On the daily Las Vegas Sands stock… Read more

Wall Street has always been about getting a “one-up” on you and me. The investment classic titled Where Are the Customer’s Yachts? sheds light on the rampant abuses on… Read more

Last night, one of the biggest Internet companies in the world filed for its Initial Public Offering. If you’re like most Americans, you’ve probably never heard of the company…. Read more

The debate over transparent markets has existed since the onset of computer-based exchanges.  Last month the conversation reared its ugly head again with the recent release of Michael Lewis’s… Read more