Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM), the one-time Canadian wonder stock that dominated the smart phone business, has fallen on hard times. Competition from Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) and even Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has dethroned the corporate playground king as it struggles to regain market share. Even the share repurchase agreement started on July 11 hasn’t added the [...]
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Wall Street Watcher & 5 Hot Stocks for Monday
An intense roller coaster ride greeted stock market investors on this final trading session of the week. Surprisingly bullish job numbers rocketed the major indexes solidly into positive territory by mid morning. However, European and domestic economic fears plunged shares back into the negative. The DJIA fought its way back into positive grounds by the [...]
Hercules Technology Growth Capital: A Dividend Paying Dynamo
Dividend reinvestment is a primary tenant of wealth creation in the stock market. It’s how uber investors such as Warren Buffett build their fortunes. Dividend reinvestment means buying stocks that are proven dividend payers then reinvesting the dividend proceeds back into the stock. Small-cap investors often believe they are blocked from participating in this proven [...]
Wall Street Watcher & 5 Hot Stocks for Friday
A downward spiral of death hit the stock market today as the Dow Jones Industrials plunged more than 400 points on worldwide economic collapse worries. Aided by a strong U.S. dollar and a soaring VIX fear gauge, investors dumped shares and headed toward safety. Gold hit a record high while oil plunged lower on demand [...]
BioElectronics Corporation: Buy, Sell or Hold?
I play tennis, and let me tell you, tennis elbow just doesn’t ruin your game, it makes life in general very difficult due to the pain. Our focus stock today, BioElectronics Corp. (Nasdaq: BIEL), specializes in drug free, anti-inflammatory medical devices designed to treat tennis elbow and a host of other pain relief therapies. The company [...]
Wall Street Watcher & 5 Hot Stocks for Thursday
Stocks hit a new yearly low in the early session but valiantly fought back into positive territory for an encouraging close on the day. Bearish service sector and factory order data failed to stifle the bargain hunting bullish advance, led by a a bounce in technology shares. Initial Claims and another full card of important [...]
Keep it on your Radar; Jammin Java pares Yesterday’s Gains, still a Top Pick
Shares of niche coffee maker Jammin Java Corp. (OB: JAMN) pulled a quick switch this morning, dropping 16% from its gains of more than 50% yesterday on the heels of a lucrative distribution deal. By joining forces with the country’s third-largest office coffee distributor First Choice Coffee Services, Jammin Java will provide 1000 Marley Coffee branded [...]
Wall Street Watcher & 5 Hot Stocks for Wednesday
The brutality continued in the stock market today. Positive news from Washington on a debt deal did nothing to stem the aggressive sell-off. The DJIA broke critical technical support at 12,000 and the S&P 500 gave back all its yearly gains during the downward spiral. The S&P 500 booked its longest losing streak since the [...]
Rolling with it: RBC Bearings capitalizing on Vast Market
The economic situation in the U.S. sucks. Despite the theater of the debt ceiling being raised in the final hour, things still appear dire on the financial front. What’s a stock investor to do given the very questionable domestic economic picture? One way to approach the situation is to locate companies that are undervalued to [...]
Wall Street Watcher & 5 Hot Stocks for Monday
Despite a short covering early session pop higher, debt concerns sent shares spiraling back into negative territory by the close. Although some political progress is being made on the debt ceiling dilemma, a solution by the deadline remains uncertain. Even record corporate earnings could not stem the bearish sentiment of a likely U.S. default. The [...]