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Seadrill lost $23 million before taxes in the fourth quarter. The rig company’s revenues fell in the fourth quarter. On Thursday, the rig company Seadrill delivered its accounting report for the fourth quarter. Seadrill lost […]
Construction that mimics the human heart Jystad Corp, The Human Heart; a total artificial heart to offer a solution for patients with advanced heart failure. The design mimics the blood flow pattern and function of […]
When even the country’s capital owners flee the country, it is no wonder that foreign investors lose confidence in the Norwegian economy, says investor Øystein Stray Spetalen. Crimes politicans for weak krone: Investor Øystein Stray […]
With bitcoin seemingly on another parabolic move towards its previous high of nearly 20,000 USD per coin interest is again exploding in the cryptocurrency and blockchain markets. Related businesses and crypto related services has been […]
OptionsHouse is a favourite for those looking to get great contracts at some of the best prices in the industry. Like most options brokerages rates are structured to be a better value for active traders, and transaction prices recently got changed from $3.95 to $4.95 per trade.
Even with the increase this is still pretty much the best price in the industry. Personally I find my trading dollar goes a lot further at OptionsHouse. […]
When it comes to stock scanners and monitoring tools I’m a bit of a prude. If it doesn’t do a specific set of tasks, and do them really damn well, I’m usually going to go […]
Strategic investors are constantly looking for the next big thing. While the safest investments are often low-risk, small-reward stocks that can pay off gradually in the long term, it’s always exciting to get in on […]
In my experience trend following strategies and those focused around support and resistance levels have proven to be effective for a long period of time. It’s always a bit more complicated in practice, but after all the trend is your friend.
Having said that, a membership at Marketclub by INO is very much a trend following strategy, and a pretty decent one at that. […]
Here’s an interesting bit of investing trivia: had an investor picked up shares of The Buckle (BKE) – a midscale casual apparel retailer – at the company’s 2008 low, the shareholder would now have received […]
My biggest pet peeve regarding common stock investing is how so many people have a tendency to over-generalize this asset class. Commonly held beliefs such as investing in stocks is risky, or that the stock […]
Georgia based Aflac (AFL) is probably best known among the general public for the Aflac duck parading about television commercials. However, investors probably know Aflac just as well by its consistency towards rewarding shareholders. Over […]
This Bentonville, AR based mega-retailer perennially ranks amongst the top of the Fortune 500 list and likely needs no introduction. In lieu of a business summary, we thought it might be interesting to highlight some […]
Accenture (ACN) is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company with approximately 275,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. As of the end of fiscal year 2013, the company had revenues […]
Amazon (AMZN) is a stock that seems to defy conventional wisdom about how a stock is, or should be, valued. Fundamental investors, like yours truly, recognize and respect the importance of the earnings and price […]
Proponents of indexing as the best investment strategy seemed to take great delight in reporting how the vast majority of professionally managed portfolios (mutual funds, separately managed accounts, hedge funds, ETFs, etc.) fail to outperform […]
The lexicon of the financial world is full of phrases and jargon that are often tossed about without considering that there may be those who are not exactly familiar with the true meaning of the […]
Darden Restaurants (DRI) is the world’s largest full service restaurant company, with over 2,100 operations in North America. If you haven’t visited one of their chains, it seems especially likely that you have at least […]
In part one of this two-part series I focused primarily on calculating the intrinsic value of a common stock based on an analysis and review of historical information and data. Although I strongly believe that […]
To refer to any stock or equity as an alternative to bonds or fixed income is sure to stir up the ire and consternation of many professional and individual investors alike who deem themselves prudent. […]
Suffice it to say that the Telecommunications Services sector of today is not your grandfather’s Telecommunications Services sector. The explosion, and rapidly becoming ubiquitous implementation, of wireless technologies have been disruptive and game changing. As […]
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