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Dole IPO busts out of the gate
Perhaps the little guy is finally catching on to the games that Wall Street loves to play.Last Thursday, Dole Foods (DOLE) priced its IPO at $12.50 per share, well below an expected range of $13-$15 a share. Based on that, you might have expected…
Market mildly bullish
Each weekend on Top Stocks I like to take stock of the market and see if the market has changed direction and I might need to rethink my strategy. I report how my portfolio on Wall Street Survivor is doing against the other participants from MSN’s Top …
Market mildly bullish
Each weekend on Top Stocks I like to take stock of the market and see if the market has changed direction and I might need to rethink my strategy. I report how my portfolio on Wall Street Survivor is doing against the other participants from MSN’s Top …
Investing in banks that do right by their shareholders
Banks are reporting great earnings. But this is to be expected because making banks profitable is the most politically palatable way for the government to recapitalize the banking system. The government accomplished this by holding interest rates that …
Has Microsoft turned the corner?
When I added Microsoft (MSFT) to Jubak’s Picks on July 24, 2009 after the company announced results for its fiscal fourth quarter, I wrote “This is as bad as it gets.”
After its Oct. 23 earnings release, the company is now saying the same thing…
Don’t ignore the analyst
Before you read too much into the headline notice I didn’t say listen to the analysts; I said don’t ignore them. Let me explain the difference. My own blog is called Financial Tides for a reason; I don’t recommend swimming against the tide.I think anal…
3 busted IPOs to buy now
Is the market turning into a raging bull?
One sure way to tell if a bull market is back is by examining the number of private companies lining up to become publicly-traded securities.
That number seems to be rising. Last week private equity giant The …
401k Match Makes a Comeback
Yesterday I wrote about perks for jerks. Today, the little guy gets his due.
While the economy may not be producing jobs sufficient to relieve persistent unemployment, corporations are feeling good enough to reinstate 401k matches to those currently em…
7 reasons housing is doomed
Buying a house is one of the biggest purchases most Americans will ever make. And right now, the housing market is the one of the biggest anchors holding back the U.S. economy. Though a recovery is under way in many sectors, the housing market remains …
Expand the pay czar’s role
So the word is out that Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama hatchet man, is going to have the pay of the top 25 executives at 7 of the companies who have not paid back the TARP money, by as much as 90%. If that’s a good idea for those companies why not look at…
Time to take protective action
If we’ve learned anything from last year, it is that our economy is much more fragile than anyone thought possible. Our government’s policy has created strong incentives for the CEOs of financial institutions that are deemed “too big to fail” to …
The market is fine and so is my portfolio
I’m back from a little vacation, had to go to a reunion of my alma mater, Fort Lauderdale High School – Home of the Mighty Flying L’s. The market did fine without me. As always I look at the same market momentum indicators on BarChart to get a sense of…
A small cap stock on cutting edge of modern medicine
This article is from InvestorPlace.Republican Olympia Snowe’s pivotal vote on Tuesday pushed forward a plan to extend health care coverage to an additional 29 million Americans. Say what you want about the political maneuverings, but the bottom line …