Best Stocks To Invest In 2012
Can RIAs Provide a Lift for Ameritrade?
How do registered investment advisors (RIAs) play into the outlook for Ameritrade (NYSE:AMTD)? We see potential upside from increased focus on this service. But while opportunity exists, it is important to consider whether the company can really differentiate itself this way. RIAs seem to be a trend among other online brokerages and financial services firms [...]
2 Dividend Stocks Under $5 a Share
Low priced stocks that pay dividends have a few advantages. The lower share price allows for greater diversification. The dividends provide the investor with quicker return or capital and can reduce volatility. You may not be aware of them, but there are actually more than half a dozen stocks, including closed end funds, that sell [...]
Small Caps Stocks for September
Buyouts Bring Small Cap Opportunities A 21-month run of rock-bottom interest rates have created a perfect environment for corporate bonds — and as bond yields fall, bond prices rise and investors and companies have made out like bandits. This has put so much cash in corporate coffers that cash (as a percentage of S&P 500 [...]
Global Investing Roundups
Sequenom, Inc. NASDAQ:SQNM opened at $7.97 and with a fall of 3.47% closed at $7.50. Company’s fifty days average price is $7.18 whereas it has a market capitalization $572.49 million.The total of 4.73 million shares was transacted over last trading day. Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. NASDAQ:ARIA opened at $5.53 and with a fall of 2.53% closed [...]
Checking Renren’s Intangibles
Renren (NYSE: RENN ) carries $7 million of goodwill and other intangibles on its balance sheet. Sometimes goodwill, especially when it’s excessive, can foreshadow problems down the road. Could this be the case with Renren? Before we answer that, let’s look at what could go wrong. AOL blows upIn early 2002, AOL Time Warner was trading [...]
