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ITT Educational Services, Inc. (ESI): Is For-Profit Profitable?

ITT Educational Services, Inc. (NYSE:ESI)
There is a lot of controversy on whether or not the profit motive should play a role in the education of society. Those against it claim that corporations......(read more)

Apple Inc. (AAPL), Western Digital Corp. (WDC): Use The Benjamin Graham Investing Checklist to Invest Like Him

benjamin-graham-value-investing
Benjamin Graham liked to keep things simple. In fact, his entire investing principles were simple and disciplined. Buy a bucket of cheap stocks at a......(read more)

ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. (AEY), Gravity Co., LTD. (ADR) (GRVY): The Value Investors’ Guide to Buying Illiquid Stocks

ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEY)
ADDvantage Technologies Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:AEY): 9,978 Gravity Co., LTD. (ADR) (NASDAQ:GRVY): 20,003 Retail Holdings NV (OTCMKTS:RHDGF): 363 VERIS......(read more)

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (FLT): Missed Out on Visa Inc (V) and Mastercard Inc (MA)?

Visa, American Express, Mastercard
Here’s an analysis of a company that I came across which I struggled to value at first. But as I continued to read and learn about the industry, it......(read more)

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP): Go Beyond Large-Cap ETFs For Dividends

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)
A hallmark of many of the most popular dividend ETFs focused on U.S. equities is that these funds are usually tilted heavily toward large-cap stocks.......(read more)

GameStop Corp. (GME), Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and More: iShares Bolsters Factor ETF Lineup With 5 New Funds

BlackRock, Inc. (BLK)
BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) iShares unit, the world’s largest ETF issuer, added to its lineup of factor-driven ETFs today with the debut of five......(read more)

Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS): This New ETF Gets Defensive With Global Dividends

Northern-Trust
The dividend ETF craze continues to grow with another new entrant to the fray, that being the FlexShares International Quality Dividend Defensive Index......(read more)

Is eBay Inc (EBAY) a Buy After Missing Revenue?

eBay (EBAY)
eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) actually beat consensus earnings estimates for the first quarter of 2013 by 1 cent, but underperformance on the top line caused......(read more)

Is Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) a Buy After Earnings?

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX)
The recent market dip has not been good news for Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE:FCX), a leading miner of copper (demand for which is often......(read more)

Does Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) Deserve Its High Stock Price?

Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)
The second quarter of Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)’s fiscal year ended in mid February, with strong results for the membership discount......(read more)

Is Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG) a Buy After Earnings?

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG)
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE:CMG) beat earnings expectations in its results for the first quarter of 2013, with the company reporting a 13% increase......(read more)

Should You Buy or Sell the Phillips 66 (PSX) Correction?

Phillips 66 (PSX)
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) went public as a spinout of ConocoPhillips essentially a year ago, and has risen 74% since shortly after becoming independently......(read more)

Is Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (ANR) a Good Stock to Buy?

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:ANR)
Along with many other stocks in the coal industry, Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE:ANR) has seen its stock price fall dramatically over the last couple......(read more)

Is NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) a Good Stock to Buy?

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) has fallen in price over the last year against a rising market, as flat financials have been compounded by concerns about......(read more)

Is Bank of America Corp (BAC) a Buy After Earnings?

Bank of America Earnings Report
Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC) issued disappointing financials for the first quarter of 2013 on April 17th. Earnings per share came in at 20 cents, which......(read more)

Gold’s Slide Hurting These Country ETFs: SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), iShares Gold Trust (IAU)

Dump Your Hedge Funds and Buy This Stock
Gold’s foray deep into bear market territory Monday is claiming a predictable batch of victims, namely popular ETFs such as the SPDR Gold Trust (......(read more)

Under The Hood: An Unheralded Biotech ETF – iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (IBB)

iShares Silver Trust (ETF) (NYSEMKT:SLV)
Another day, another set of fresh all-time highs for the major biotechnology ETFs. Biotech investors were treated to the same feat in late March, but......(read more)

Netflix Inc (NFLX), The Boeing Company (BA), and Seven Stocks With Surging Earnings Estimates

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX)
There is nothing more important to a stock than earnings. That makes earnings season the most important time of the year for the S&P 500. The......(read more)

The Coca-Cola Company (KO), Linkedin Corporation (LNKD): Billion-Dollar Fund Managers Swear By This Investing Method

The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO)
Michael Marcus turned an $30,000 investment into $80 million. He loves the technique I’m about to share with you. And he’s not alone. Bruce......(read more)

The Blackstone Group L.P. (BX), Apollo Global Management LLC (APO)…Revealed: The Secret Wealth Investment That Yields Up To 17.3%

Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG)
It’s an idea that the richest and most powerful people in the business world almost never say out loud. But takeover king Wilbur Ross knows it......(read more)

Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. (ARP), BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. (BBEP), and Seven Oil Stocks With Yields Up To 9%

BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P.
With the S&P 500 hitting an all-time high, stocks have been stealing the headlines. But behind the scenes, there is a market that is just as hot......(read more)

The Underappreciated Metric That Spotlights Bargain Stocks: Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), Interactive Brokers Group Inc (IBKR)

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT)
We live in a yield-obsessed era. Whether it’s dividend yields, junk bond yields or lowly government bond yields, investors seek yields in......(read more)

Leggett & Platt Inc (LEG): This Dividend Aristocrat Has Raised Payments For 42 Straight Years

Leggett & Platt, Inc. (NYSE:LEG)
In light of a slow economy in recent years, it’s remarkable when you can find a company that has delivered strong dividends and impressive returns......(read more)

The J.M. Smucker Company (SJM): ‘Forever’ Stock Is Up 130% Since 2008

Earnings Analysis: J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE:SJM)
I am always on the hunt for “forever” stocks. These are stocks that can weather the storm and grow even during the market’s darkest......(read more)

Apple Inc. (AAPL): Six Reasons To Buy Back Into The Stock

Apple Inc. (AAPL)
“Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) computers? Aren’t those for artists and graphic-design nerds?” I asked the salesman demonstrating an early......(read more)

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