F Daniel Little

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)

When you think about what people were doing twenty years ago while looking for a job, you'll probably think of newspaper classifieds. Ten years ago, people were using Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW...... (read more)

This year has brought us some stocks that have head-scratchingly doubled in value -- much to the displeasure of my CAPS score. As you can see in the chart below, Best Buy Co., Inc. (NYSE:BBY), Angie...... (read more)

General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) figures its re-entry into the S&P 500 club will be quite soon, even though the company is still in the early stages of its turnaround. There's no denying that the...... (read more)

Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has close to $50 billion in cash and cash equivalents. As this hoard continues to accumulate, many shareholders are impatient for a dividend. Will Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) authorize...... (read more)

A couple of months back, through my article “Which Underdog is More Likely to Become a Top-Dog?”, I had expressed how I felt about Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) recovering faster than Research...... (read more)

Consider the two biggest names in the industry: Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) and Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM). Altria is actually the parent company of Philip Morris, having spun off the...... (read more)

Last week, I had a day where everyone I happened to chat with here in Silicon Valley was complaining of wrist pain.  No wonder, between our work and new found social media habits, many of us spend upwards...... (read more)

A real estate investment trust is a company that owns, and in most cases operates, income-producing real estate. By law, REITs must distribute at least 90 percent of their taxable income to shareholders...... (read more)