Stocks to Watch

Advisor Roundtable: Stocks to Short

KCI's investment experts look into their crystal balls and tell you what stocks to short for the rest of this year.

The Best Stocks are Dividend Stocks

Think dividends are boring? Think again.

Silk Road Investor: Invest in the Asian Growth Engines of the 21st Century

Emerging market stocks (especially in Asia) promise the best investment returns. Yiannis Mostrous' Silk Road Investor can help you participate profitably in this exciting, high-growth asset class.

Enough Already! It's Time to Ditch Your Broker and Become a Self-Directed Investor

Brokers have avoided acting as fiduciaries for 70 years and they escaped yet again in the just-passed financial reform legislation. Jim thinks individual investors can do better. Wave goodbye to your broker.

Best Vacation Stocks

Jim goes on vacation but feels compelled to write about a few vacation stocks before he leaves.

Advisor Roundtable: The Passage of Financial Reform Legislation

KCI's investment experts offer their opinion on whether the recently enacted financial reform legislation is good or bad for the U.S. economy, the stock market, and the companies they cover.

Yahoo's Survival Depends upon Microsoft and Bing

Yahoo's second-quarter earnings report was a disaster. But Yahoo! has one last chance to turn things around. Say hello to Microsoft and its search engine technology known as Bing.

SEC-Goldman Sachs Settlement Proves Warren Buffett Wrong

The SEC-Goldman Sachs settlement is a travesty of justice as Goldman escapes with just a slap on the wrist. But at least Goldman admitted that it made mistakes and misled investors. Will Warren Buffett admit the same?

BP Oil Spill: The Effect of the Drilling Moratorium on Deepwater Oil Drillers

BP has capped the Macondo well. Good news? Yes. But it's far too early to give investors the all-clear signal regarding deepwater oil drillers. Why oil service and equipment companies may be better investments right now.

Military CEOs Outperform: Norman Schwarzkopf's Autobiography Explains Why

Academic studies conclude that companies headed by CEOs with military experience outperform other companies. After reading H. Norman Schwarzkopf's moving autobiography about leadership, it's easy to understand why.

U.S. Senate: Pass an Alternative Energy Bill with Carbon Caps Now

America's national security and environmental health demand an energy bill that ends our addiction to foreign oil. Jim is worried that the U.S. Senate is not up to the task. The future profitability of alternative energy investments also hangs in the balance.

Advanced Stock Option Strategies

Jim concludes his series on stock options with four more strategies to enhance your portfolio's returns. Did you know that options allow you to profit from a stock that goes nowhere or from a stock that is going to explode but you have no clue in what direction?

Happy Bastille Day! Best French Stocks to Celebrate With

Viva La France! Jim offers up nine French stocks that trade in the U.S. Some are better than others.

Leveraged ETN of Master Limited Partnerships: Taxes Galore and Risky

UBS has introduced the first ETN that offers 2X leverage to the MLP index. Jim doesn't like it. Purchasing individual MLPs carefully selected by the MLP Profits investment service is a smarter move.

Book Review: The Life and Leadership of Coca-Cola's Roberto Goizueta

The Coca-Cola Company is one of the greatest growth stocks of all time. Roberto Goizueta, who was Coke's CEO from 1980-1997, was a large part of that success.

Comparing Sector ETFs and ETNs

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are a perfect tool for asset allocation. But be careful; ETFs are often labeled similarly but are actually very different when you drill down and see what they own and how much they cost.

Put-Call Parity and Stock-Option Synthetics

Options and stocks are more similar than you think. In fact, options are the building blocks of stock. By combining options and stocks, you can create a virtually unlimited number of different risk exposures. With this knowledge, the world is your oyster.

Not All Earnings are Created Equal: Follow the Cash

Academic research has concluded that the stocks of companies that report earnings based substantially on non-cash accruals underperform the stocks of companies that report earnings based mostly on cash. Investors who spend the time to analyze financial statements will be well rewarded.

Letter to an Investor as a Young Man

Jim writes a letter to his son on what investing mistakes to avoid. Will his son listen? Probably not.

Gun Owners and Gun Manufacturers: Happy Independence Day!

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled -- for the first time ever -- that U.S. citizens everywhere have a constitutional right to own handguns. Great news for gun manufacturers but terrible news for public safety and the democratic process.

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