Corporate managements are buying stock in their own companies at the fastest pace since March 2009 -- the last time stocks were as cheap as they are now. Read More

If you were wondering when Cisco Systems would finally bottom, wonder no longer. The computer networker's fourth-quarter earnings report was good and things will only get better from here. Read More

The Federal Reserve's announcement that it plans to keep short-term interest rates at zero for another two years means that some industries will do much better than others. Read More

Larry Seruma, portfolio manager of the Nile Pan Africa Fund (NAFAX), offers up some promising investment ideas in the dark continent. Read More

Google + may be a Facebook killer. Read More

ConocoPhillips wants to duplicate the stock outperformance of Marathon Oil by spinning off its refining operations. It may succeed, but it's a short-term gimmick. Read More

If you're upset with the owner lockouts of players in both the NFL and NBA, join the club. Since the billionaire owners of sports teams always seem to win in these disputes, why not invest in some of them? You might as well make some money waiting for the games to begin. Read More

Natural gas drilling that employs hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is under intense scrutiny because of the risk of environmental pollution. Is the benefit of cheap energy and independence from foreign energy sources worth the cost? Read More

Apple's Ron Johnson may be a retail visionary, but Jim doubts that his addition to JC Penney's management ranks is worth the $1.2 billion in market cap that JC Penney's stock added on the news. Read More

Emerging-market investors focusing on Chinese companies that export to the West are looking in the wrong place -- if outsized capital gains are the objective. Read More