Shares of Google (GOOG) are trading right now under $520 a share in live post-hours trading, down some 6%. The internet giant reported earnings and sales for the fourth quarter that missed Wall Street estimates.
4th quarter revenue came in a staggering $4.83 billion, up 51% from its 4th quarter last year. Net income came in [...]

Every year there seems to be one or two “hot stocks” that grace the cover of investing magazines. Uranium, biotech and dot-com were buzz words that were synonymous with quick wealth and skyrocketing returns. Like any investing sector, some stocks in these areas were true winners and others were duds. One of the more recent [...]

Covestor.com, the community of proven self investors (and also supporter of StockTradingToGo) announced today that they have overhauled their systems to include the addition of brand new blogs for every community member.
I am personally pretty pumped about this new addition, and I am sure many other Covestor members agree with my overall bullish sentiment. Before [...]

3:48 PM EST Update: Market now back at original levels before Fed cut, NASDAQ 2358, S&P 500 1359, Dow 12475.
3:08 PM EST Update: Looking at the NASDAQ at new highs of 2396, S&P 500 1385.86, Dow 12681.41. The rally is on right now, but for how long?
Very interesting to watch the market right now, right [...]

Today the Feds will announce at 2:15 PM EST the decision on what to do with interest rates as their two day meeting will be coming to an end. Most investors expect another half point cut to be coming today, even with the three quarters emergency cut last week.
How this plays into the market is [...]

People who are in their 50s should have a different mix of assets in their portfolio compared to investors in their 20s or 30s. This much we know. Obviously, the closer you are to retirement (and the age when you will start to draw money from your portfolio), the more conservative you would want to [...]

Whether or not you know this, Medical companies are coming into favor, but is your portfolio ready to maximize the opportunity?
Here are 7 different companies involved in the distribution and sales of Medical Products that you should know about and watch. All stock charts are daily 6 month views.
Bard Medical (BCR) stock. Last $92.68.
Recent upgrades [...]

I started blogging originally three years ago after stumbling upon Darren Rowse of problogger.net. I didn’t even what a blog was back then, and at the time I was so bad at writing that I would pay my friends to write my English papers for me just so I could pass.
Now three years later Darren [...]