Holding Nns

The troubled consumer electronics retailer posted horrendous fiscal first-quarter results this morning. Best Buy won't tell you that. In fact, the press release's headline -- Best Buy Reports Better-Than...... (read more)

No sector was hurt as much as housing during the Great Recession of the last decade. Most analysts said that housing would take a decade or more to recover. California, Nevada, Texas, Arizona, and Florida...... (read more)

After months of searching, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) has found a new CEO. The company's board announced on Monday that Robert Douglas ("Doug") Lawler, senior vice president of Anadarko...... (read more)

If you believe – as I do – that natural gas prices are heading much higher over the next three to five years, then at least a handful of natural gas companies should stand out as bargains right now...... (read more)

This week marks the beginning of trading for Nuverra Environmental Solutions, which was formerly known as Heckmann Corporation (NYSE:HEK). The name change is an important next step for a company that...... (read more)

Regular readers of my work will be well aware of my affinity for dividends. When investing for yield, it is important to make sure the dividend is safe and paid from profits generated from real earnings...... (read more)

The volatility of oil prices has brought a lot of uncertainty about the stable revenues for oil and gas companies. This has pushed companies to focus mainly on increasing production to maintain their...... (read more)

Back in 2007, Chinese travel stocks were expected to be the next great growth industry. At the time, investors had many reasons to be optimistic. The 2008 Olympics were supposed to open the floodgates...... (read more)

As the old adage goes, the two things you can't avoid are death and taxes. Some cash-strapped states that are hungry for tax revenue from any source they can find it aren't afraid to combine the two by...... (read more)