During the Great Recession we were bullish on credit card companies due to the fact that we expected people would walk away from undervalued homes with their credit cards intact. They did. Credit Card companies, like Discover Financial Services (DFS), fell over 80% during the credit crisis and provided a great buying opportunity... Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Value Stocks’
Life, Property and Casualty Companies Still Good Value
August 5 | Posted by Kevin Monaghan | Inside Trader Highlights Tags: Book Value, Credit Cards, DFS, Discover Card, Discover Financial Services, Hartford, HIG, Life Insurance Companies, Lincoln, LNC, Manulife, MET, MetLife, MFC, PRU, Prudential, SLF, Sun Life, Travelers, TRV, Value Investing, Value Stocks
Is It Really Game Over For Research In Motion & Blackberry?
June 17 | Posted by Andrew Burchett | Top Story Tags: AAPL, Android, Apple, Earnings, GOOG, Google, Research In Motion, RIMM, Stocks, Value StocksResearch In Motion’s (RIMM) Blackberry used to be the most visible device found in boardroom meetings and business engagements, yet somewhere between the iPhone 1 and the Samsung Galaxy, it fell into the background. The fickle technology sector experiences lead changes more often than a Yankees-Red Sox rivalry game, but Apple has locked... Read more
The Most Highly Rated “Buy” Stocks On The Street Today
April 1 | Posted by Matthew Clark | Show Me The Money, Top Story Tags: Altria, Chevron, CVX, Equity Income Stocks, Exxon Mobil, Health Spring Inc, HS, MCK, McKesson Corporation, MetroPCS Communications, MO, PCS, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, RL, SUP, Superior Industries International, Time Warner Cable, Travelers, TRV, TWC, Value Stocks, XOMOver the recent months it has become increasingly difficult to try and find an investment opportunity that hasn’t already achieved record breaking highs. Is now really a good time to open new positions in the markets or should we lock in profits and head for the sidelines until after a substantial pullback occurs? ... Read more
Interest Rate Hikes In China Provides Value For This Stock
February 19 | Posted by Kevin Monaghan | Inside Trader Highlights Tags: China Mobile, CHL, JNPR, Juniper Networks, Shares, Value StocksDespite many crediting China for leading the world out of the recession, you can’t help to think otherwise by looking at the Shanghai Index performance over last 14 months. While commodities and real estate prices may have seen robust growth, the Shanghai Composite Index returned a negative 14.3% in 2010 and is down... Read more
A Dead Stock That Could Become A Takeover Target
January 30 | Posted by Kevin Monaghan | Top Story Tags: AOL, BGP, Bill Miller, Blockbuster, Borders, Call Options, Eastman Kodak, EK, Radio Shack, RSH, Shares, Stock, Stocks, Takeover Target, Value StocksThere are many stocks I wouldn’t own because quite honestly I think their businesses are doomed. AOL (AOL), Blockbuster, Borders (BGP), and Radio Shack (RSH) are a few stocks I would put in this category. One stock however that I labeled with this distinction may now have some life left in it. In... Read more
