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After a car hurtles off a cliff and kills everyone on board, it really doesn’t matter to those in the car who was driving.

CEOs do not normally step down from their posts abruptly. In fact, because of the rarity, investors often view unexpected resignations of key employees as a sign of trouble… Read more

Another sign that a housing recovery is underway gave housing stocks a nice boost today.

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

Because of extreme volatility, NFLX is a terrible investment.

But it could be a great trade.
 

Yesterday I wrote an article talking about the giant bubble in U.S. Treasury bonds. My father quickly wrote in and asked me to explain why Treasuries are in a… Read more

Investors are fired-up about solar stocks again.
 

Income investors shouldn’t fret over who’s in the White House next January. Dividend stocks are on fire right now, and there are plenty of companies that will continue to… Read more

A very busy earnings week opened with a decidedly mixed report from Citigroup (NYSE: C).