"The Rukeyser 100" has returned as an online-only quarterly feature! Although it's now called "The Shepherd 100," we still employ the same time-tested methodology to create our listing of top-performing mutual funds. Read More
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Buy to open the Whirlpool (WHR) June 70 put option. Use a limit order to pay no more than $4.30 per contract. Read More
Sell short Bebe Stores (BEBE) at the market. Also, buy to open the Ebay (EBAY) July 36 call option with a limit set at $2.55. Read More
The first-quarter earnings season will kick off this afternoon, as it does every quarter, with Alcoa getting the ball rolling. Although expectations are low for the aluminum producer, expectations for corporate America are fairly high. Read More
The selling in the past week has not been kind to our trades. The pullback in the SPDR Select Sector Technology ETF (XLK) erased our gain in the XLK June 30 call option. We again rate the trade a buy if you don’t already own it. The selling in Sunpower (SPWR) has been most frustrating, with the shares having traded lower for 14 of the last 15 days. Now deeply oversold, we’ll hold the shares here. Relative to stocks, the precious metals have offered mixed results for investors. Gold has held up better, while the economically sensitive silver has fared slightly worse. As we pointed out last week, any indication of QE III will again light a fire under the metals. Both the iShares Silver Trust (SLV) and SPDR Gold Trust (GLD) are considered buys. So too are the Market Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) ETF and NovaGold Resources (NG), although of the two NovaGold offers the highest return potential. Read More
After a very small pullback last week stocks are once again knocking at recovery highs on optimism the U.S. economy is on track for solid expansion. Whether the recovery truly will have legs, however, is still a question as shoppers taking advantage of mild winter weather in the last few months may have distorted the picture. Read More
The SPDR Select Sector Technology ETF (XLK) touched fresh highs today thanks to strong returns from the likes of Apple and IBM. Continue to hold the XLK June 30 call option in anticipation of further gains to come. Also a hold, but for a different reason… Read More
The Eagle Ford Shale formation in South Texas has become one of the hottest shale deposits in the United States. Check out these Eagle Ford Shale maps to find out why. Read More
Here’s our list of utility stocks with the longest histories of consecutive dividend increases. Read More
To the casual observer, the stock market can appear to be a perverse creature at times. Good news can be perceived as bad and vise versa. Take Fed Chairman Bernanke’s comments the other day. Big Ben stated that he expects the economic recovery to remain anemic, which is hardly the rousing endorsement one would hope to hear. Read More