5 top-rated stocks at half price

This post comes from The Motley Fool’s Rich Duprey. 
You love buying your shirts when they go on sale. And who can resist a buy-one-get-one-free offer? So when our stocks go on sale, why do we bemoan their low prices?
Smart investors like Warren …

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5 stocks scaling the heights

This post comes from The Motley Fool’s Rich Smith.

It’s every investor’s worst nightmare — buying a rocket stock just before it takes a nose dive.
MSN Money maintains a list of companies whose shares hit 52-week highs, and investors read this list an…

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7 premium stocks at cut-rate prices

This post comes from The Motley Fool’s Matt Koppenheffer.

I am always looking for a good deal, whether that means buying an extra box of Golden Grahams when they’re on sale or pouncing on undervalued stocks.
The idea that anybody would sell a stock fo…

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3 gems hiding in plain sight

This post comes from Matt Koppenheffer at partner site The Motley Fool.”I like to go for cinches. I like to shoot fish in a barrel. But I like to do it after the water has run out.” — Warren Buffett.
In an effort to track down some of the companies t…

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5 stocks on a steady roll

This post comes from The Motley Fool’s Rich Smith.

The idea of buying a stock right after it establishes a 52-week high sends dread through most investors, who worry about the whole “gravity” thing.
That’s the thesis of my weekly column on Nasdaq ($C…

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7 top-rated stocks at bargain prices

This post comes from The Motley Fool’s Morgan Housel.

“I will tell you how to become rich. Close the doors. Be fearful when others are greedy. Be greedy when others are fearful.”Hard to argue with that seed of wisdom from Warren Buffett, isn’t it?
Des…

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10 stocks rocketing into fall

This post comes from Rich Duprey at partner site The Motley Fool.
Some stocks are one-hit wonders, making a big splash when they first appear before quickly fading into obscurity. But for other stocks, that initial run-up is merely a preview of bigger …

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3 blue-ribbon stocks on sale

This post comes from Morgan Housel at partner site The Motley Fool.
Even with the recent rally, it’s ugly out there. Many companies that overleveraged their balance sheets are permanently impaired and will likely never fully rebound. Citigroup (C) and …

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7 appetizing growth stocks

This post comes from Matt Koppenheffer at partner site The Motley Fool.
If I asked you to cook up your ideal company, what would it look like?
I’m not asking for your favorite Fortune 500 company or an up-and-coming small-cap. I want you to think about…

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Rising stars: 5 nearly great stocks

This post comes from Rich Duprey at partner site The Motley Fool.
Some companies are obviously great investments — in hindsight. Yet for every stock screaming “Buy me!” others simply give us a nudge and a nod.
How can we isolate tomorrow’s great inves…

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Hot Stocks: Netflix Finds Success in Innovation, While Other Video Rental Companies Fight For Survival

Video rental king Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) years ago usurped Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI)’s throne as the No. 1 video rental outlet, but now it’s focused on cementing its status as the market leader as other video rental companies struggle to play catch-up.

Blockbuster, still king of brick-and-mortar rental stores, learned first hand the threat an innovative upstart can pose when it ran up against Netflix’s DVD-by-mail business model.

With movie theater tickets costing upwards of $10 (and that’s not including the popcorn or sodas), Netflix’s $8.99 1-DVD plan with unlimited exchanges and streaming video access represents a decidedly better deal for consumers that are tightening their spending amid rising unemployment and waning confidence.

Netflix celebrated its 10 millionth subscriber in February, noting that…

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