Last year's winners slide to the bottom
We used to bring in mutual fund wholesales at PaineWebber where I worked as a SVP. One day while the wholesaler was giving his introduction to the class of wet behind the ear's brokers, I…
Best Short Squeeze Candidates- Our favorite one Leap Frog (LF)
A common method of getting alpha, out-performance, on your stock portfolio is to ride some short squeeze candidates higher. Beware, most of these stocks merit their short interest. Many are…
U.S. Ski Team Pins Hopes for Sochi on Science - WSJ.com
By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN Reuters Ted Ligety, above, Sarah Hendrickson and Mikaela Shiffrin are strong medal contenders for the U.S. at the Sochi Games. Park City, Utah Most People who saw the footage of…
Insiders might be selling but here's a few name brands that have some buying
We hear a lot about insiders selling this market. That's true but there is some buying going. The most notable is below. And the most notable of these is the big Yum Brands buy of $2.2 million.…
HEARD ON THE STREET: Peeling Cash Off Apple - WSJ.com
This is really a brilliant idea David Einhorn has and if Apple doesn't do it, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see some other companies with lots of cash flow give it a shot. If it works for one,…
Insiders now aggressively bearish - Mark Hulbert - MarketWatch
By Mark Hulbert This is worrisome because corporate insiders — officers, directors and the largest shareholders — presumably know more about their companies’ prospects than the rest of us do. If they…
Two well known investors log-in for Apple
Miller maintains an appetite for Apple By Dan McCrum Legg Mason’s Bill Miller and his co-portfolio manager, Samantha McLemoreInvestors have Apple all wrong, according to Bill Miller. The best…
This article might make you want to sell your AT&T and VZ
The federal government wants to create super WiFi networks across the nation, so powerful and broad in reach that consumers could use them to make calls or surf the Internet without paying a…
Insiders can't sell this market fast enough
This chart from the Washington Service, the premier firm tracking insider activity, shows that insiders are selling sock at a record level. Whatever you might say about the predictive nature of…
Apple quietly unveiled a new weapon in the battle for the TV
There have been rumblings about a new smaller Apple TV. It doesn't sound like a big deal in the press but Apple just made available an Apple TV software upgrade. In the newest release for Apple TV…