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Winnebago Industries Inc. (WGO) reported earnings Thursday morning that have continued the motor home giant's successful 2010. Revenues were up more than 165% over 2009, showing that consumer spending on big ticket items may be on the rebound. Specifically, Winnebego earnings were $3.4 million, their first operating profit in over two years and an astounding increase over WGO stock reported operating loss of -$14.8 million just one year ago.

The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) supermarket chain reported first quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations and the company was rewarded with a downgrade from Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 'neutral' to 'underperform'. Grocer Safeway Inc. (NYSE: SWY) received the same ratings downgrade.

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With mortgage rates for 30-year fixed-rate loans at record lows, 75% of borrowers are looking to refinance. But unfortunately for homebuilders and housing stocks like Toll Brothers (TOL), Pulte (PHM) and KB Home (KBH), sales of new homes remain slow. So can record low mortgage rates turn things around for homebuilders and the housing market?

Investing strategies that indicate we are entering another volatile period for the stock market as in 2008 are way off. Investors should stick to a trading strategy that banks on an economic recovery and rebound for most companies. A group of elite stocks will benefit best from this investing strategy.

When you buy stock, the price-earnings ratio, or the PE ratio, is key. Watching this benchmark closely can help you buy the best stocks.

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) reported earnings this morning that beat analysts' expectations, but quarterly sales and profits are not the focal point for investors. FedEx reported EPS of $1.33, a penny better than earnings estimates on sales revenue of $9.43 billion, substantially better than FDX sales estimates for of $9.04 billion. FedEx Corp. leaders noted that volume growth drove the better-than-expected results for the shipping stock.

British Sky Broadcasting Group, or BSkyB, rejected a News Corp. buyout worth $11.5 billion. However, BSkyB but would like to see another merger or buyout prompted by NWS stock execs. British Sky Broadcasting, a satellite company akin to DirecTV (DTV) and Dish Network (DISH) is already 39% owned by News Corp before the buyout offer.

Cablevision Systems Corp. ( CVC) announced today that it was acquiring Bresnan Communications for $1.365 billion. Bresnan has more than 300,000 customers in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah, and the company's wires pass more than 630,000 homes in the four states it serves. Ascent Media Corp. (NASDAQ: ASCMA), Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC), Charter Communications, Suddenlink Communications, and private equity firm TPG Capital were also said to be bidders for Bresnan. Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ: CMCSA) was apparently not interested, even though it owned 30% of Bresnan.

American Public University which is owned and operated by American Public Education, Inc. (NASDAQ: APEI) was recently in the news when Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) announced that it was starting a program to help its 1.4 million US employees gain a post-secondary education. Wal-Mart employees who participate in the program will get a grant from the school to meet 15% of their tuition costs, and Wal-Mart will pay up to $50 million over the next three years for tuition assistance and other costs.

Last week's report from the US Census Bureau on retail sales for May showed a drop of about 1.2% from April sales. It was the first drop in retail sales since September 2009, a winning streak longer than any in the past 10 years. Suspected retail weakness may have gotten its first piece of empirical evidence this morning as Best Buy Inc. (NYSE: BBY) reported earnings for its first fiscal quarter of 2011 that were well below analysts' average estimates of $0.50 EPS on revenues of $10.9 billion. Best Buy reported EPS of $0.36 on sales of $10.8 billion.

Time Warner (TWX) stockholders are probably missing the good old days of 2008 right about now. Before 2008 got ugly and the financial crisis began in earnest, Time Warner stock was a hot ticket thanks to film studio Warner Bros. and the summer blockbuster The Dark Knight. That single tent-pole film went on to earn a total worldwide gross of over $1 billion, an influx of cash that made movie studio stocks very attractive to investors hungry for the next hit. While summer officially starts next week, the summer movie season has been running since the first week of May, and 2010 has been a lot less sunny than previous years for the film industry.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange became the last U.S. member-owned exchange to issue stock to the public with its CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) IPO.

In the business world, there's rarely a thing as growing too big. But unfortunately for Sam Adams brewer Boston Beer (SAM), the price of success could be higher costs -- and the loss of its label as an "artisan" craft beer.

Mosaic Co. (NYSE: MOS) is reported to be in talks with Mexico's Grupo Fertinal SA de CV about acquiring the Mexican fertilizer maker. The deal could be worth as much as $1 billion. Agriculture stocks including Potash Corp. (NYSE: POT), Syngenta AG (NYSE: SYT), Monsanto Corp. (NYSE: MON) and Intrepid Potash, Inc. (NYSE: IPI) are all down dramatically from the commodity boom of 2008, and the fertilizer sector appears to be searching for a new bottom. This means mergers or buyouts could be in the works for the ag stocks and fertilizer sector.

According to The New York Times, the US has "discovered nearly $1 trillion in untapped mineral deposits in Afghanistan." These mining resources include metals such as copper and gold, as well as lithium which is used in cell phones, laptops and hybrid vehicle batteries. The mining find in Afghanistan is huge, and is being closely watched by the biggest names in mining like Freeport McMoRan (FCX), Rio Tinto (RTP), Newmont (NEM), Vale (VALE) and BHP Billiton (BHP).