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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
by Jim Powell, editor Global Changes & Opportunities
 I think commercial drones -- including new inexpensive ones -- will be very successful. In addition to being useful, they can save companies a lot of money. Meanwhile, down on the ground, robots are also making big advances in the commercial market. Overall, I think the new industries have has excellent potential. Here's two favorite ways to play these trends. Read more... Free Offer
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
by Mike Cintolo, editor Cabot Top Ten Trader
 Medical practices in the U.S. are moving toward electronic record-keeping, workflow organization and billing, and Kansas city-based Cerner (CERN) is riding the wave. The move toward the use of electronic records is partly a result of cost savings and increased efficiency and partly due to government mandates and subsidies for the changeover as a result of health-care reform. Read more...
Sunday, 13 May 2012
by Jim Fink, contributing editor Investing Daily
 At Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Warren Buffett instituted the first share buyback program in 40 years.The buyback is based on a stock price equal to or less than 110% of book value. Consequently, many investors view 110% of book value as a floor for the stock since Berkshire will be buying aggressively at that level. Read more...
Sunday, 13 May 2012
by Nathan Slaughter, editor Scarcity & Real Wealth
 Warren Buffett's annual letter to shareholders is one of the most highly anticipated reports in the financial community. And in his latest letter he gave a ringing endorsement to what is arguably the most spurned of all investments: housing. In fact, he boldly claimed that it would be smart for affluent investors to purchase not just a second or third home, but to "load up" on single-family homes. I couldn't agree more. Read more...
Sunday, 13 May 2012
by J. Royden Ward, editor Cabot Benjamin Graham Value Letter
 Is book value per share important? By itself, no. But when compared to the company’s stock price, it’s enormously important. If a company’s stock price is less than its book value per share, the company could theoretically be liquidated for more money than if sold on the stock exchange.Here's three of our favorite book value buys: Eaton (ETN), Fred’s, Inc. ‘A’ (FRED) and Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO). Read more...
Sunday, 13 May 2012
by John Reese, editor Validea
 My Warren Buffett-based Guru Strategy attempts to use the same conservative, stringent criteria to choose stocks that the "Oracle of Omaha" has used in evaluating businesses.My Buffett-based 10-stock portfolio was first developed in late 2003. Since then, it's returned 62.1%, more than twice what the S&P 500 has gained (28.8%; all figures through April 23). Read more...
Sunday, 13 May 2012
by Gavin Graham, contributing editor Gordon Pape's Internet Wealth Builder
 Our latest recommendation Leucadia National (LUK) is a diversified conglomerate with a long-term approach; indeed, the company could be viewed as another Berkshire Hathaway.It has been run by the duo of Ian Cumming and Joseph Steinberg since 1978. Over that time, book value has compounded at 18.5% per year, compared to 8% for the S&P 500 with dividends reinvested. Leucadia's market price and shareholders' equity have compounded at 19.8% and 19.1% respectively over that period. Read more...
Friday, 11 May 2012
by S&P Capital IQ, The Outlook
 Six S&P Capital IQ equity analysts ranked as “Best on the Street” in The Wall Street Journal’s annual survey of recommendation-performance scores for stock pickers in 2011, a year in which “U.S. stock indexes were largely flat and some sectors were roundly beaten.” Here are some of the winning analyst’s recommended stocks in the category for which he or she won. Each stock earns our highest 5-star buy rating. Read more...
Thursday, 10 May 2012
by Jason Clark and John Buckingham's The Prudent Speculator
 Internet services provider United Online (UNTD) sports a yield of more than 9% after the stock tumbled in price. While we know that the firm has an uphill battle within its media and content business and that the company is still finding its footing in some of its newer endeavors, the sum of the parts seems to stand materially above the current share price. Read more...
Sunday, 13 May 2012
by Geoffrey Seiler, editor BullMarket.com
 Recommended List selection Berkshire Hathaway B (BRK.B) released its first-quarter results last Friday night and then held its annual meeting in Omaha on Saturday.Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett and Vice Chairman Charlie Munger held court before roughly 35,000 shareholders and a panel of three Wall Street analysts to fire questions at the two octogenarian leaders of the company. Read more...
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
by Richard Moroney, editor Upside
 Our quest for the best small and midcap stocks begins with our quantitative ranking system Quadrix®. By combining more than 80 factors from six categories into one Overall score, our Quadrix stock-rating system delivers meaningful outperformance while limiting volatility.For our money, the most attractive stocks are superior on several fronts. Here's a look at three such stocks, all of which meet the following criteria. Read more...
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
by Mark Salzinger, editor The Investor's ETF Report
 As a group, stocks of consumer staples companies have outstanding long-term performance records, despite rarely generating robust growth in any single year. Instead, consistent demand for household products, beverages, food and tobacco throughout an economic cycle makes them stalwart performers that tend to lose far less than the broader market when stocks are in decline. Read more...
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
by Paul Tracy, editor Top 10 Stocks
 Google (GOOG) is included on my list of the "10 Best Stocks to Hold Forever". It is one of the most dominant companies on the planet. It controls an estimated 45% share of the online advertising market -- in addition to its dominant position in online search, email, and mapping tools. Read more... 
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