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“Discover Financial Services (DFS) is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company operates in two segments: Direct Banking and Payment Services. The company’s Direct Banking segment includes Discover Card-branded credit cards...

Braskem (BAK) has a reasonable valuation, fairly steady price appreciation and a handsome dividend.

As an investor, it’s important to remember that the economy is not the same thing as the stock market, and vice versa.

As an investor, it’s important to remember that the economy is not the same thing as the stock market, and vice versa. The market can roar ahead even while the economy is struggling, and stocks can falter despite economic growth. But that’s not to say you should ignore news about...

There are many financial yardsticks by which stocks can be evaluated and most of the time, a blunt measurement has little value.

In the course of planning my wedding, I’ve learned some valuable lessons that also apply to investing.

“Stryker Corp. (SYK) shares are a bargain at 15.4 times 12-month forward EPS. Additional acquisitions and new products could boost sales...

Dollar Tree and EZCORP should perform quite well during the next few months.

Petrochemicals are a dull business, but this company’s stock is anything but!

Last week, I wrote here about coiled spring stocks, i.e., those equities with buying power that buoys them during downturns and propels them rapidly upward once those downturns end. The most recent Investment Digest contains yet another great crop of these standouts, two of which I want to discuss here--Sapient...