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Dover Corp. (DOV) and Family Dollar Stores (FDO) are blue chip companies that currently sell at attractive prices.

Higher returns are good, but higher risk is bad. There are ways to find the optimized combination.

To most investors, stock market seasonality is just one more theory, often ignored unless it’s part of your market timing system. But seasonality always gets a second look as the calendar rolls over at the beginning of a new year. The spike in interest is partly psychological; beginning a new year...

The company is not the stock. I love Apple the company. But I don’t love AAPL (the stock) today.

The way to avoid becoming cynical about the stock market is to wise up to it before it picks your pocket.

Global Investing Editor Vivian Lewis chose the second- best performing Top Pick of 2012, an RBS preferred stock. “Aberdeen Asset Management owns some jewels. I support one of the shares from its stable, Aberdeen Asia Pacific Income Fund, Inc. (FAX – yield 5.30%), a yield fund. FAX is the...

In today’s Stock Market Crash Course, I look at the forces working in the market right now to decide how important or persistent yesterday’s market strength might be. Jim Kelleher and Richard Moroney weigh in with their predictions for earnings season, and John Nyaradi and Mike Cintolo contribute technical perspectives. Click...

Apple still has such a heavy weighting on the major indexes that it’s masking the real strength of the broad market!

In my mind, Warren Buffett is the best investor ever. Here are eight guidelines that will help you become a better investor.

It’s out! We just delivered our annual super-sized Investment Digest Top Picks issue to subscribers last week. Inside are over 50 Top Picks for 2013 from our expert contributors, each representing their single best investment candidate for this year. The picks range from $1-and-under small-cap pharmaceuticals to some of the...