Ruby Tuesday (RT) Beats Earnings Expectations

Ruby Tuesday (RT) beat analyst expectations by $.02 per share today, when it reported earnings per share of $.11 on a net income of $6.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2010. This is compared to earnings of $.01 per share on income of f $285,000 from the same quarter a year ago.…

PepsiCo (PEP) Earnings Expected to Pop

When your biggest competitor is one of the top brands in the world, it can be easy to grow an inferiority complex. But in the age-old debate of Coke vs. Pepsi, PepsiCo (PEP) has taken the challenge head-on. In fact, over the last 10 years, PEP’s earnings per share have soared 150% compared to Coca-Cola’s…

Don’t Be Lured by the Glitter of Gold

This article is written by InvestorPlace’s Neil George. Thousand-dollar gold. For some investors, after years of patiently investing in gold, the market is finally seeing the light, and it’s buying. The soaring nature of gold isn’t new of course. The last time the metal was soaring, it seemed like there was no top in sight.…

Will Unionizing the Fed Lead to Better Control of the Markets?

This article is written by InvestorPlace’s Neil George. The are a lot of folks who are still steamed about how the Federal Reserve Bank allowed credit markets to expand willy nilly, leading up to the financial disasters of the past year. Perhaps as a way to stem that anger toward white collar guys running the…

Seven Ways to Get 7%

This article is written by InvestorPlace’s Neil George. Is the stock market the best place to be over the long haul? That’s the popular wisdom, to be sure. But this theory also assumes that over the long term, you will earn an average of 7% by investing in stocks. In recent years, that has devastated…