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Negative enterprise value stocks are hard to find. But having outperformed the market by more than 5-to-1, they’re worth hunting for.

There are plenty of stocks under $5, but few of them offer much value. And the distinction between cheap and low-priced is an important one.

In the midst of another stock market correction, it’s important to know how to distinguish between good buy-low candidates and lost causes.

Getting dental insurance for college students may help preserve your kid’s smile (and your wallet) for years to come.

In a struggling stock market, it makes sense to take on less risk in your investing. Low-beta stocks are a good place to start.

Mutual funds have been around for decades, but it’s been just the last 25 years or so that their popularity has skyrocketed, due in large part to the growing participation in 401(k) retirement plans, which made mutual funds household names. About a decade ago, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) gained traction with individual investors and began to give mutual funds some heavy competition. And in the past few years, they have also emerged as good vehicles in which to park retirement money. But what many investors don’t realize is that there is another vehicle (besides mutual funds), which also offers you a means to pool your money with others to buy shares, at nominal costs.

You’ve already heard everyone and their cousins’ opinions on Greece, China and all of that (including mine a few weeks back), so I am not going to bore you with a new in-depth analysis of those situations. Instead, I’ve been thinking of the many questions and comments I’ve gotten during the past month and three lessons that we can learn from this wild period.

from The National Investor Despite some of our gains on Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (APTS) evaporating in the recent past as investors have indiscriminately sold REITs and other rate-sensitive groups as Treasury yields creep higher, this company remains a strong “BUY.” Though headlines suggest that the housing market is strong, it’s much...

I always find several excellent ideas among the comments and suggestions from our readers.

It’s easy to sell people on the promise of huge returns, but investors are in danger of underestimating risk.

Fossil Group (FOSL) is an international designer, marketer and distributer of consumer fashion accessories. Fossil’s products are distributed in myriad ways: wholesale in countries where it has a physical presence, direct to the consumer through its retail stores, from websites and through third-party distributors. Fossil’s wide...

Welcome to the fourth installment about my recent 17-day, 4,218-mile road trip to and through the American Midwest and back—which I’m presenting not chronologically but thematically. Today’s theme is wine—American wine—with a focus on the grapes that originated in America.

Growth investing is like deep-sea fishing for tuna. You spend a lot of time and effort preparing, getting the right equipment, selecting your path, using the right bait and starting your trawling run.

An article in this week’s Barron’s suggests that contrarian investors can easily beat any of the stock market indexes.

Ron Rowland’s All Star Fund Trader newsletter celebrated its 20th anniversary at the end of 2010. Focusing primarily on ETFs and mutual funds, the newsletter also has an equity investing strategy for investors preferring individual stocks. All Star Fund Trader employs an active approach to investing and is not afraid...

With Early Advantage, the editor Nick Hodge reaches beyond energy to disruptive technologies, agriculture, electronics and more. And the early advantage doesn’t only apply to stocks. You’ll get Nick’s musings on productivity, taxes, food, leisure, and more. From chatting with startup CEOs in Silicon Valley... to meeting and working with...

James Turk began publishing the Freemarket Gold & Money Report in March 1987 as a subscription-based investment newsletter focusing primarily on precious metals and national currencies. In August 2009, its name was changed to the Free Gold Money Report. The objective of its website is to be informative and...

Jumping back into the markets can be intimidating if you don’t know what you’re doing or where to put your money. That’s why every month you’ll get the most detailed investment research available on income opportunities from around the world—including the United States. Feature Articles. Every week you’ll...

Dividend Detective is a website catering to income-oriented investors. It offers buy/sell recommendations and extensive background information on stocks in 15 different dividend-paying categories, such as banks, utilities, energy partnerships, closed-end funds, preferred stocks, and real estate investment trusts. Other features include: Dividend Detective Highlights: a monthly printable executive...