Archive for September, 2010

  • The World's Best Stock Market — Mongolia??
    , September 27th, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    Where’s the world’s best stock market not only this year, but for the past decade? I’ll give you a hint: Mongolia! Odd as it may [...]

  • The World’s Best Stock Market — Mongolia??
    , September 27th, 2010 at 10:37 pm

    Where’s the world’s best stock market not only this year, but for the past decade? I’ll give you a hint: Mongolia! Odd as it may [...]

  • Karl Pilkington on Dolphins with Rifles
    , September 27th, 2010 at 5:59 pm

  • Crossing Wall Street Joins StockTwits
    , September 27th, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    As you may have gathered from the new look, we did a little redesign here and Crossing Wall Street is now a part of the [...]

  • IBM Hits New 52-Week High, Closes in on All-Time High
    , September 27th, 2010 at 11:35 am

    Shares of IBM (IBM) have been as high as $134.95 today. That may not strike you as being eventful but consider that IBM’s previous 52-week [...]

  • Yeah, I Confuse Those Too
    , September 27th, 2010 at 11:19 am

    From the BBC: France’s ex-justice minister Rachida Dati mixed up the words “fellatio” and “inflation” – which sound similar in French – during a TV [...]

  • It’s Merger Time!
    , September 27th, 2010 at 10:55 am

    What happens when you have companies sitting on tons of cash and stock prices are depressed? The answer is mergers—lots of them. This morning, Wall [...]

  • Morning News: September 27, 2010
    , September 27th, 2010 at 8:04 am

    The 10 Costliest U.S. Housing Markets in Pictures Stock Index Futures Inch Higher as M&A in Focus Unilever Agrees to Buy Alberto Culver for $3.7 [...]

  • Ignore the Dow
    , September 26th, 2010 at 6:19 pm

    Unless it’s across 10,000, I haven’t paid attention to the Dow in years. The S&P 500 is by far the better index. On top of [...]

  • NICK at $9.33
    , September 26th, 2010 at 6:07 pm

    Earlier I had noted that shares Nicholas Financial (NICK) had suddenly sprung to life. As it turned out, Thursday and Friday were the two heaviest [...]

  • A Little Bit Late
    , September 24th, 2010 at 12:04 pm

    Eighteen months and 70% after the bottom, Steven Pearlstein of the Washington Post tells us “Yes, it may finally be time to get back into [...]

  • NICK Suddenly Wakes Up
    , September 24th, 2010 at 10:26 am

    Yesterday the Buy List only fell modestly compared with the rest of the market thanks to strong gains for Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) and [...]

  • Morning News: September 24, 2010
    , September 24th, 2010 at 9:57 am

    Greenberg: Can an ETF Collapse? Yes, it May Finally Be Time to Get Back into Stocks Apple Passes PetroChina to Become Second-Largest Stock Wall Street [...]

  • Hawkins Keeps Charging
    , September 23rd, 2010 at 1:03 pm

    A few months ago, I highlighted Hawkins (HWKN). One company that I’ve followed for many years is Hawkins Inc. (HWKN). Talk about unloved! Barely anyone [...]

  • From The Onion
    , September 23rd, 2010 at 11:05 am

    JPMorgan Chase (JPM) -$2.99 $34.72 (down 7.9%) Financial stocks plunged today on reports the House and Senate were nearing agreement on wide-scale banking reforms that, [...]

  • Bed Bath & Beyond Hits $44
    , September 23rd, 2010 at 10:35 am

    The stock is very strong today. It seems like only a few weeks ago that BBBY was below $36, which, in fact, it was.

  • Bed Bath & Beyond Hits $44
    , September 23rd, 2010 at 10:35 am

    The stock is very strong today. It seems like only a few weeks ago that BBBY was below $36, which, in fact, it was.

  • McDonald's Raises Dividend by 11%
    , September 23rd, 2010 at 10:10 am

    I recently noted that McDonald’s (MCD) stock hit an all-time high. I wrote, “Forty years ago you could have picked up the shares for just [...]

  • McDonald’s Raises Dividend by 11%
    , September 23rd, 2010 at 10:10 am

    I recently noted that McDonald’s (MCD) stock hit an all-time high. I wrote, “Forty years ago you could have picked up the shares for just [...]

  • The Gold Bubble Bursts — 141 Years Ago
    , September 23rd, 2010 at 9:52 am

    Gold has been soaring higher and higher recently so I wanted to remind investors that tomorrow marks the 141st anniversary of Black Friday. That’s when [...]