Indeed, many hedge fund managers that tend to make a living from short selling have moved to the sidelines, waiting for the market to switch direction before loading up on shorts...
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July 15 - News
More often than not, the departure of a CEO is bad for the short-term prospects of a stock.
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July 15 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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July 12 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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July 10 - News
Its always fun to to learn a little Latin, a language that has played a huge part in shaping the modern English we speak today.
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July 10 - News
It was a great first half for many investors as the market, as measured by the S&P 500, was up by about 10%. The health care sector led the way as it appreciated 19.1%.
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July 8 - News
After a name change last summer, PVR Partners LP (NYSE:PVR), formerly Penn Virginia Resources Partners, set out on a path to switch its business model from coal-oriented loser...
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July 5 - News
Investors in the S&P 500 have to be pleased about the index's strong performance so far in 2013, with gains of about 13% marking the benchmark's best performance this millennium...
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July 5 - News
Today let's look at Tudor Investment, founded in 1980 by Paul Tudor Jones and featuring the flagship Tudor BVI fund.
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July 5 - News
Even with the market as a whole doing well over the last year, a number of stocks have seen significant declines in their stock prices.
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July 1 - Stock Analysis
The U.S coal industry has been going through difficult times in the recent past.
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June 28 - News
No matter the market, there will always be a few lagging disappointments holding back a Wall Street rally or several big losers leading a bearish day.
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June 27 - News
Who will be left to mine the world's metals and minerals? As prices for gold, silver, copper, uranium, and iron ore continue to fall, miners are increasingly turning to layoffs...
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June 27 - News
Master Limited Partnership Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:ARLP) is down 12% from its recent high unit price of $78.5.
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June 26 - News
Last week, Wall Street couldn't think about anything other than the specter of Fed tapering. This week, it's found a new central bank to disapprove of.
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June 25 - News
Today let's look at Gabelli Funds, the mutual-fund and closed-end fund arm of GAMCO Investors Inc.
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June 20 - Hedge Funds
With the world’s largest iron ore miner Brazil’s Vale SA (ADR) (NYSE:VALE) now trading at lows not seen since 2007, many investors are convinced that now is the time to invest...
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June 19 - News
Anticipation of tomorrow's Federal Reserve open market meeting is building, and the indication from investors thus far, following a second straight day of big gains in the broad...
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June 19 - News
The S&P 500 has soared in the past four years, leading many to fear that the index is long overdue for a major correction.
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June 17 - News
Mining companies have long been criticized for not returning enough cash to shareholders.
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June 14 - News
If you have been struggling to generate enough income from your investment portfolio lately, then dividend stocks have been just about the best way to get the cold, hard cash ...
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June 10 - News
Mining companies have been under pressure this year. Whatever you dig, be it gold, silver, iron ore or coal – your stock would fall.
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June 10 - News
Even though the past few days have been a bit rough on optimists, the broad-based S&P 500 ended May with its seventh straight month of gains. While not all U.S.
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June 7 - News
Several popular characters perish, and I'm not about to play spoiler and tell you who they were. Spoiler alert: I don't know who they are. Really.
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June 6 - News
That weeping sound you hear is the collective cry of investors who've witnessed the broad-based S&P 500 rise on 20 consecutive Tuesdays and saw that streak decisively broken today...
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June 5 - News
On Friday, May 31st, iron ore prices reached a 7-month low of about $111 per metric tonne.
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June 3 - News
Is Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) worth your attention right now? The smart money is turning less bullish.
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May 29 - News
Natural Resource Partners LP (NRP) continues to make good progress diversifying away from leasing its owned coal reserves in central Appalachia and the Illinois Basin.
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May 23 - News
There are some stocks that are everyone’s favorites; I believe Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) fall into this category.
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May 20 - News
Any basic economics class will start with these two words on the blackboard. They are the yin and yang of the market.
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May 20 - News
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) is up nearly 20% over the last week on hopes that various cost cutting plans and hopes that China's importing more iron ore will help...
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May 17 - News
The economy is only just starting to chug along again. The situation in Europe is relatively unchanged, China is slowing down and banks are still de-leveraging.
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May 14 - News
Investors have sought out the highest dividend paying stocks they can find in order to maximize their income in a low-interest rate environment.
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May 14 - News
The basic materials sector is under-performing the overall market.
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May 14 - News
Drug Dealers, of all shapes and sizes, prey on the weak and the needy. But before they can sink their claws into their cash cows, they need a drug and an addict.
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May 13 - News
Superinvestor Ken Fisher has outperformed the stock market for 15 years.
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May 9 - Hedge Funds
On Friday, ArcelorMittal (ADR) (NYSE:MT) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 8 - News
Once a darling of fund managers and retail investors alike, Cleveland-based Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) has suffered an epic share-price collapse as well as a number...
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May 8 - News
Mesabi Trust (NYSE:MSB) is an iron ore trust whose income is solely tied to one asset, a mine in eastern Minnesota.
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May 7 - News
Leading the broad-based S&P 500 higher was a continuation move for Apple Inc.
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May 6 - News
Even though the US stock market is creating new highs, some sectors are languishing.
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May 6 - News
In today’s marketplace, there are tons of metrics investors can use to track publicly traded companies.
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May 6 - News
Every week, I take a look at three companies that beat market expectations, since I believe that it's the biggest factor in a stock beating the market.
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May 1 - News
To the average investor, there are dozens of gauges shareholders can use to watch the equity markets. Two of the best are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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April 25 - News
After around 70 years of investing, Warren Buffett has undoubtedly emerged as one of the great investors all of time, but also one of the pickiest.
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April 25 - News
On Wednesday, Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 22 - News
On Tuesday, Teck Resources Ltd (USA) (NYSE:TCK) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 22 - News
With gains of more than 9% so far in 2013, the S&P 500 has already posted better returns than it often manages over an entire year.
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April 21 - News
The devastating sell-off in the stock market on April 15 is, so far, net-neutral on returns on equity for the year.
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April 19 - News
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc (NYSE:CLF) recently closed around its 52-week low of about $18, its 12-month high is $71.
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April 18 - News
