In the financial world, there are plenty of gauges shareholders can use to analyze their holdings. A pair of the most innovative are hedge fund and insider trading activity. At Insider Monkey, our studies...... (read more)

There wasn't much to like in Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT)'s latest earnings results. Profits were down. Sales were lower than expected. And the company even ratcheted back its expectations for the rest...... (read more)

The soft commodity market is in crisis. Spiraling prices and huge oversupply in the market mean that many producers are not able to turn in a profit, small holding farmers in particular, who make up the...... (read more)

Americans love their coffee, and there's no company that's made that fact more apparent than Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX). The company operates or licenses 1,300 stores in the Americas region,...... (read more)

A thorough understanding of climate change generally spurs long-term investors to make serious adjustments to their risk assumptions for particular companies and industries. This is absolutely appropriate...... (read more)

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the hedge fund king once again. For the first quarter of 2013, 148 top-tier hedge funds held shares of the Cupertino-based tech giant in their equity portfolios, the same number...... (read more)

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)'s Chinese empire is falling apart. It runs around 4,400 KFCs in the country and some 1,000 Pizza Huts. It also owns two small Asian chains by the name of East Dawning and...... (read more)

Since the beginning of Nov. 2012, Sodastream International Ltd (NASDAQ:SODA)'s stock has blown up, rising more than 80%. Yesterday, the stock jumped 12% the day after a presentation in which SodaStream...... (read more)

Everyone loves a good turnaround story, especially when it brings in significant profits for investors. Not too long ago these companies were considered failures, and felt the wrath of Wall Street and...... (read more)