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“The Southern Company (SO 44.26 NYSE – yield 4.60%)—Of Fortune Magazine’s ‘Most Admired Electric and Gas Utilities,’ The Southern Company has scored first place in financial soundness each of the last four years. Southern’s service area stretches across the states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida, where it serves 4.4...

This week’s three consecutive losing days may have been the start of a topping process before a significant correction. Watch this week’s Stock Market Crash Course to find out where the experts’ technical indicators are pointing now and what important levels the market must maintain to keep its uptrend intact. Click...

In today’s Daily Alert The Oberweis Report Editor Jim Oberweis recommends a new tech stock with strong momentum. “Infoblox, Inc. (BLOX, NYSE) is a leader in automated network control and provides an appliance-based solution that enables dynamic networks and nextgeneration data centers. Dynamic networks enable on-demand connection and configuration of devices...

“The amount of money being committed to corporate share buybacks lately has been impressive. ... More than 100 companies in the S&P have bought back more than 4% of their shares in the past year alone. The buying hasn’t been limited to just one or two industry groups either; it...

For great growth, you’ve got to invest in today’s revolutionary stocks that have the potential to become tomorrow’s blue chips.

If you watched my Stock Market Crash Course video on Friday, you know that we’re in for more volatility this summer. Volatile markets are stressful for many investors, who don’t like seeing their stocks bob up and down indecisively. Not to mention that a lack of direction in the...

You’ve heard about Big Data, I’m sure. It’s a popular buzzword and has propelled a few investing success stories.

“Stamps.com, Inc. (STMP Nasdaq)—This California-based company ($575 million market cap) allows customers to pay for and print postage for a variety of letters and packages online. The 16-year-old firm gets solid marks from several of my models, including my Peter Lynch- and Motley Fool-based strategies. [The latter] methodology seeks companies...

Companies in most industries do better as the economy improves. Consumers are freer with their spending, boosting earnings in consumer discretionary areas, and businesses order more inventory and spend more on services, benefitting everyone from manufacturers to tech companies. But one industry—transportation—is particularly well correlated to economic recoveries. Transportation companies benefit...

Here are four step-by-step instructions on stock investing from the American Association of Individual Investors.

In our latest Investment Digest we have a new mid-year pick from David Banister, editor of Active Trading Partners. “My mid-year pick is Tableau Software (DATA 52.07 NYSE). Tableau software has been growing at a 90% compounded rate for years using their revolutionary Business Intelligence analysis platforms. Their software allows users...

The important thing to remember is that the ideal revolutionary stock has the potential to get very much larger.

“Do you know a bad investor?” Because I naturally assume that anyone who reads my columns is a very good investor.

Timothy Lutts appeared on Central China TV-America to discuss investing in Tesla Motors (TSLA).

Hardly a week goes by without a story or two about the growth of algorithmic strategies or other purportedly nefarious market schemes.

High-quality stocks with low PEG ratios have outperformed the stock market indexes in both advancing and declining markets.

After surging out of their rough patch on a glimmer of hope that interest rates will stay low, the Dow and S&P 500 are challenging their moving averages from the downside today. Can they break through these resistance levels and notch more gains, or was this week’s rally just a...

We all search for the “NEXT BIG THING”. There are many ways to get long exposure to the next big winner using options.

The major indexes are at all-time highs, and many stocks have already delivered double-digit returns year-to-date. It might seem like the worst time for value investors to be doing new buying. But in the latest Investment Digest issue, just published last week, many of our contributors managed to find still-undervalued stocks...

Even with Friday afternoon’s nosedive, the major indexes ended last week less than 2.5% below where they started it. The Dow and S&P 500 ended the week only about 2% off their recent highs, and the Nasdaq fell even less. Overall, the major indexes ended the month of May—supposedly the...