Investing

When President Obama’s healthcare reform bill passed in late March 2010, name- brand pharmaceutical companies – including Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN), Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and  Merck (NYSE: MRK) – immediately… Read more

If I were to ask 100 investors what they think are indispensable attributes of great investors, I’d surmise that “intelligence,” “shrewdness,”  “ingenuity,” “foresight” would top the list. I’d also… Read more

I have to confess: I asked for an Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire for Christmas. I’m not usually tempted by the allure of new electronic devices. That’s largely because I… Read more

Interest rates are on the rise, which has placed bank stocks squarely in the spotlight.  Many analysts believe bank stocks will continue to rise if interest rates continue to… Read more

2013 was a phenomenal year to be invested in stocks. With the S&P 500 rising 25%, it was easy to make money in U.S. stocks. But looking forward to 2014,… Read more

No year since the tech bubble burst has seen more IPOs than 2013. Hilton (HLT) was one of eight initial public offerings to debut on U.S. exchanges in the… Read more

Chip Wilson made a fool of himself one too many times. And that’s why he was forced to resign as chairman of the company he founded. Wilson founded Lululemon… Read more

Imagine you own a business with no physical inventory. You have no supply chain, delivery or warehouse costs. Your business can fit a nearly infinite amount of product in… Read more

Starting can be the most difficult aspect of any endeavor.  Bewilderment or intimidation frequently arise from simply not knowing how or where to begin. Stock investing is no different…. Read more