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At the end of the day, it’s not the secret insights and arcane knowledge that separate all of us from the elites in any field of endeavor.

Today, I’m going to review some basic growth investing rules. The first rule is to cut losses short.

PDF Solutions is a $695 million market cap technology company that helps its clients design and manufacture integrated circuits in greater volume, faster and at a lower cost. Its clients are fabless semiconductor design companies, foundries and integrated device manufacturers. Its top three clients are Global Foundries, International Business Machines and...

There’s a saying I’ve heard once or twice, but can’t find the origin of: “The stock market is the only place where they hold a sale and no one shows up.” If anybody knows the origin of this quote, please let me know. Unlike regular goods, which see demand increase when their prices...

Volatility in Options Pricing at Earnings

Two quotes that pertain to investing the most are: “It’s Hardest to Keep Things Simplest” and “Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication.”

My grandfather used to say, “Only buy insurance for things you can’t afford to replace.” By this reasoning, buying health insurance is a good idea. Replacing and fixing even small parts of human bodies is very expensive. But while the concept of health insurance makes sense, I’ve always thought the execution...

In football, too many scouts focus on how a prospect looked in the workout room or running drills in a T-shirt and shorts.

Iridium Communications (IRDM, 5.96) Buy Iridium (IRDM:NASDAQ) as a bounce back play on space communications. Iridium is a global leader in providing satellite communication services. The company sells voice and data communication services to areas that are hard to reach—places where cell phones and landlines are not available. ... The company...

Sometime in the near-ish future, the Fed is going to raise interest rates for the first time in over five years. When they do, the companies and governments that have been issuing bonds at rock-bottom rates for years will have to start offering more favorable terms. That’s going to be...

Fall has always been my favorite season. I love the crisp, cool fall days that we get in the Northeast, especially when it’s sunny. I also love the sweaters, boots and scarves that are justified by the chill in the air. Fall always makes me want to go shopping. And I’m...

Bargains can be found in high-quality companies paying dividends yielding more than high-quality bonds.

Alliant Techsystems is an aerospace, defense and commercial products company. The company has three segments: Aerospace Group, which provides rocket motor systems for human and cargo launch vehicles, missiles, missile defense interceptors, micro-satellites, satellite components, structures and subsystems, space deployables and solar arrays; Defense Group, which provides military...

Cabot’s Tim Lutts tells The Suit that a chief goal is to make his readers better educated investors.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke first raised the specter of “tapering” on May 22 of this year. Although investors knew the Fed had to end its program of quantitative easing eventually, hearing the truth from the chairman still had a significant effect on the market. Interest-rate sensitive investments reacted most dramatically. In...

While the market hasn’t reacted as severely to the government shutdown as many expected, the major indexes have lost some ground since their mid-September highs. Now analysts are asking whether October will bring the end of the market’s bull run, a significant correction, or simply more volatility. Click below to...

I’ve found that projects in the real world do have a lot in common with investing. Treat investments as a business.

You can find hotter and younger solar power socks but you won’t find a solar power stock that has a better combination of growth and stability.

It’s no secret that from time to time insider information is illegally used to profit in the stock market.

Many of our REIT recommendations, after rallying sharply to new highs just before the Fed announced its tapering intentions, have come down to earth and now sell at much more reasonable valuations. Digital Realty REIT (DLR) is one of them. ... Digital Realty provides data center platform service, in a...