Back around the year 2000, California-based Cisco (CSCO) was a rock star, and as such, was pretty much a must-own for retail and institutional shareholders. These days, it doesn’t seem to enjoy

Intel (INTC) has been pretty good at making semiconductor chips since it was founded a little over 40 years ago. It’s not too bad at trading, either. Intel was one of the first companies to off

The Cyclical Bull Within the Secular Bear In today’s 2 major financial print-media outlets, Wall Street Journal and Financial Times, you have a remarkable contrast between the academic versus t

What a comeback yesterday. Unbelievable. Let’s hope some of that end-of-day momentum spills over into today’s session.Asian stocks traded higher overnight. The Hang Seng closed up more th

The Securities and Exchange Commission may require some US companies to switch to international accounting rules by 2014. The SEC says the change will make American companies more competitive in the

As the pendulum swings between greed and fear, investors typically behave in 1 of 2 ways: They either become over-enthusiastic during bull markets and over-despondent as the bear’s growl grows

Dell (DELL) says price cuts boosted second quarter sales, but cut profits 17%. Dell’s profit dropped to $616 million, or $0.31 per share, from $746 million, or $0.32, for the same period a year

Marvell Lower on Slower SalesShares of Marvell Technology (MRVL) are lower this morning after the company gave a forecast that indicated sales growth is slowing. Bloomberg reports the maker of chips

As stockholders sweep up the remnants of IndyMac and the FDIC continues to add to its list of troubled banks (Wachovia (WB), Washington Mutual (WM) and Zions Bancorp (ZION)) financial insti

On Thursday, legendary jeweler Tiffany & Co. (TIF) reported its second-quarter earnings. Put simply: They were a gem.In the period ended July 31st, the New York-based company reported a gain of a