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How to Play Hiring or Firing

Betting on a jobs recovery with specific sectors or names is pretty risky. Here’s a better way. It may not be sexy, it’s more likely…

Grand Canyon Education: The Best of a Mess

Grand Canyon Education has proven a rare immunity to the broader woes and poor stock performance of the for-profit education sector.

Best & Worst Stocks of 2012: Homebuilders Rule, PCs Drool

In an overall surprisingly strong year for stocks, here are the winners (like Pulte and Lennar) and losers (like Hewlett-Packard and AMD) so far.

Beat the Market With the Russell 2000 (IWM)

Despite Wednesday’s broad-based selloff, the Russell 2000 ETF, IWM, is constructively positioned for a solid move higher. Check out our targets.

IPOs – Grand Canyon Education-LOPE

How about a company with rock-solid fundamentals in a sector that held its own throughout the brutal bear market? Oh, and the technicals are a…

Apollo Group: What Happens If the Phoenix Loses Accreditation?

The possibility of a one-year (or longer) probation and loss of accreditation puts for-profit educator Apollo Group in dangerous territory.

3 High-Growth Biotech Stocks Investors Shouldn’t Sleep On in April

These high-growth biotech stocks are certainly worth considering for investors looking for market-beating returns in the long-term.

For-Profit Colleges Now Have One Foot In the Grave

Most for-profit colleges will fail the gainful employment test, which means their federal student loan funding is at risk.

ESI Stock: Don’t Buy Into ITT’s Knee-Jerk Rally

ITT Educational Services (ESI) stock zoomed higher on Friday after releasing blowout 2014 earnings. It’s still a strong sell in my book.

5 Ways to Make New Year’s Resolutions REALLY Pay Off

From dieting to quitting smoking to traveling, those promises everyone makes every year create lots of spending. And you can cash in on it, too.

10 Oscar Stocks That Deserve the Spotlight

Here are 10 stocks making a splash right now that have something in common with the 10 films nominated for “Best Picture” at this Sunday’s…

Hard Test Ahead for For-Profit Education Stocks

Much like the housing bubble, the Higher Ed bubble is being driven by cheap, government supported credit. The problem is compounded by the fact that…

With Education Stocks, Indirect Investment Is Better

While for-profit colleges are a bad bet right now, there are more indirect — and smarter – ways to invest in education stocks.

5 Ways All Student Debt Is Not Created Equal

The headlines scream about rising student debt, but they overlook many of the details — like the fact that African-American students often are hit the…

Housing Booms, Tech Breaks — Wednesday’s IP Market Recap

A four-year best in housing starts sent homebuilders upward and onward Wednesday, but the tech sector was slammed after poor reports from IBM and Intel.

12 Stocks To Avoid In 2013

Preservation of capital is critical in building a solid portfolio, and staying away from these 12 stocks will keep you from seeing that capital vanish

MARCH MADNESS: Microsoft (MSFT) vs. Intel (INTC)

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) on a good day might better than Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on a bad day, but even then that’s a long shot.

How to Profit From the Student Loan Bubble

Here are four stocks to short and two to buy to profit from the college tuition bubble and the student loan mess.

Stock Upgrades: COST, LLY, RDS, WMT

Costco (COST), Eli Lilly (LLY), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) and Walmart (WMT) were among some of the widely held stocks upgraded by Louis Navellier in…

3 Ways to Play For-Profit Colleges

Investing in this space has been an unmitigated disaster. But if you’re a value investor, this could be the contrarian play of a lifetime.

BofA Finds a Believer in Options Pits

Quiet options trading day as Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) finds a call buyer and the CBOE Volatility Index (CBOE: VIX) adds .82 to 17.93.

DeVry (DV): When Being the Best Still Isn’t Good Enough

DeVry is arguably the most sensible choice for people looking for a career upgrade. As an investment though, DV stock just doesn’t have any upside.

Low Volume, But Still Noteworthy

Optimists say low volume is reason to treat the sell-off lightly, but low volume only indicates few buyers and many sellers, and it’s been falling…

30 ‘Magic Formula’ Stocks for July

The ‘Magic Formula’ stock screen has beaten the market consistently over recent years — plenty of reason to consider these 30 companies for your own…

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