Stock investing can be exciting, but it shouldn’t be a rollercoaster ride for investors. If you know how to read company reports, basis spreadsheets, and what financial measures to review, you’re more likely to pick a winning stock. Staying up...
Stockhouse Editorial
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June 4, 2019
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Gold has taken a $50 hit this week and, if you’ve been watching gold stocks, it would seem like the gold bull run is over forever. Although gold is being historically an extremely volatile asset class and it’s down a mere 4% from its recent...
Andrew Mickey
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October 28, 2012
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The computer hardware sector has been an outperformer during the past year, with the NYSE Arca Computer Hardware Index ( HWI ) soaring more than 87% during the prior 52 weeks. Comparatively, the tech-laden, and market-leading, Nasdaq Composite (COMP) has rallied some 48% dur...
Joseph Hargett
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October 28, 2012
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Shares of security software concern McAfee Inc. ( NYSE: MFE , Stock Forum ) have been far from impressive this year. The stock has underperformed the struggling S&P 500 Index (SPX) by roughly 17% on a relative-strength basis during the past 60 trading days. What's more, M...
Joseph Hargett
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October 28, 2012
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Investors are betting on growth stocks over value stocks by a wider spread right now than at any other time since at least 1990, including during the tech bubble. The ratio between the Russell 1000 Growth Index and Russell 1000 Value Index reached a series high of 1....
Frank Holmes
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May 27, 2020
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With a market capitalization of roughly $8.19 billion, Xilinx Inc. ( NASDAQ: XLNX , Stock Forum ) is large by mid-cap standards, but the company is dwarfed by Intel Corp.'s (INTC) market capitalization -- a whopping $116.78 billion. However, judging XLNX by its size would...
Joseph Hargett
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October 28, 2012
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Independent crude oil refiner Western Refining Inc. ( NYSE: WNR ) is slated to step into the earnings limelight ahead of the open on Thursday, Nov. 4. Currently, Wall Street is looking for a profit of 12 cents per share from the company, a vast improvement over WNR's loss ...
Joseph Hargett
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October 28, 2012
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U.S.-based ETFs had a red-hot 2019, ending the year with $4.4 trillion in assets, a 30 percent increase from 2018. Even bigger changes could be headed our way, if some of the discussions at this year’s Inside ETFs are any indication. Two topics seemed ...
Frank Holmes
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February 3, 2020
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Even as we write this post, the US Stock Market continues to push higher as global traders and investors pour capital into the continued US rally. The strong US Dollar continued to attract capital from around the globe and with fresh earning about to hit from Q4 2019, investor...
Chris Vermeulen
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January 16, 2020
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Share | Medco Health Solutions Inc. ( NYSE: MHS , Stock Forum ) has fallen ill in 2010, and the stock doesn’t look like it will embark on the road to recovery anytime soon. The year started out on a high note, with MHS soaring to an all-time high of $66...
Joseph Hargett
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October 28, 2012
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