Richard Saintvilus

InvestorPlace Contributor

After 20 successful years in the IT industry, Richard Saintvilus decided his second act would be as a stock analyst. Saintvilus founded WallStPlaybook.com to help educate investors about the highs and lows of the stock market and ways to grow and preserve their wealth. His work has been featured on CNBC, Yahoo! Finance, USA Today, MSN Money, Forbes, and numerous other outlets. You can follow him on Twitter at @Richard_Stv.

Recent Articles

MCD Stock Is Better Off With Less Transparency

By Richard Saintvilus, InvestorPlace Contributor May 27, 2015

McDonald's surprised investors by declaring that it would no longer report monthly same-store sales. And that's a great thing for MCD stock.

COST Stock – Ignore the Noise, Focus on the Costco Earnings Report

By Richard Saintvilus, InvestorPlace Contributor May 26, 2015

Don't let retail sales or a high P/E scare you away from Costco (COST) stock. Costco is a different breed of retailer that marches to the beat of its own drum.

Palo Alto Networks: PANW Stock Poised to Pop After Earnings

By Richard Saintvilus, InvestorPlace Contributor May 26, 2015

With revenue still growing at close to 50%, PANW stock should continue to wildly outperform the market.

CRM: Ignore the Buyout Rumors, Pay Attention to Salesforce Earnings

By Richard Saintvilus, InvestorPlace Contributor May 19, 2015

The cloud market has been robust and will continue to drive profits for Salesforce.com next year and beyond, making CRM stock a solid cloud play.

SPLS: Staples Stock Too Risky Ahead of Earnings

By Richard Saintvilus, InvestorPlace Contributor May 19, 2015

Until SPLS figures out its e-commerce strategy -- wehn online sales become the breadwinner -- SPLS stock will remain speculative.

Ugly Q1 Earnings Punishes URBN Stock

By Richard Saintvilus, InvestorPlace Contributor May 19, 2015

Until Urban Outfitters can post two or three good quarters back-to-back, URBN stock will remain under pressure and a losing bet.

Walmart Earnings Preview: Buy WMT Stock for the Long Term

By Richard Saintvilus, InvestorPlace Contributor May 18, 2015

If you believe retail sales reports, you shouldn't expect too much from WMT stock when it reports earnings this week. But Walmart's innovations gives it a leg up on other stocks for the long term.