The economy, at long last, has begun to recover. That’s not to say things are rosy. Unemployment is still 10%, and some suggest this means the nation’s recovery may be marked by less consumption and higher personal savings than in… Read More

Remember when big banks paid big dividends? Before the financial crisis Citigroup (NYSE: C) paid a quarterly dividend of $0.54; last quarter’s dividend was $0.01. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) paid a per-share $0.64 quarterly dividend as recently as late 2008; December’s quarterly dividend… Read More

You could take a stab at Medivation, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDVN), whose progress on Alzheimer’s treatment has sent its shares soaring three-fold since March. But then there’s OncoGenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: OGXI), whose shares famously fell more than -30% in short order (mostly in one… Read More

The S&P 500 lost ground during the past decade, but this drug maker’s shares returned a gravity-defying +1,179%. That’s the good news. The better news is that the company looks like it’s setting itself up for a repeat performance. Read More

Game on. The market is overreacting to an announcement today from GameStop (NYSE: GME) that it had trouble competing with Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) for holiday shoppers. Holiday sales were flat and GameStop lowered its guidance for the year, which ends in March, to between $2.23 to $2.27… Read More

Trying to find untapped corners of the market has become increasingly challenging for exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but fund issuers have been up to the challenge. One particularly inventive offering by Van Eck fills a conspicuous gap for gold bulls — and the timing couldn’t have been better. Read More

A technology that this company is exploring can literally rock the earth, and possibly heat a city. More on that later. First, consider Iceland — the country, not your backyard during this coldest U.S. winter in decades. Iceland is home to the famous Blue Lagoon outdoor spa,… Read More

Governments like to print money. It’s one of the immutable laws of the universe. Like gravity, or the certainty that Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) will pay a dividend next quarter. Paper money can be traced back to the year 960. Read More

As the debate surrounding health care reform begins to wind down, it’s clear that big changes are coming. And while it’s easy to note the companies that are fearful of the proposals, it’s far more advantageous for investors to figure out who is chomping at the bit. Read More

When 2008 ended with a -37.0% loss in the S&P 500, investors didn’t have a lot of good news to share. But 2009, happily, proved to be a comeback year, with the benchmark index… Read More