A couple weeks ago I started my annual navel-gazing exercise of looking back at past “idea of the month” stock (and other investment) suggestions — that first look covered the first year or so of these more formalized ideas for the Stock Gumshoe Irregulars, from 2008 to mid-2009, and now we’ll try to catch up. […]

There are a few things I want to share with you this week — I’ll update you on a few purchases I made for my personal account, including several add-ons to existing positions and one new purchase, I’ll give you my quick take on my (finally) updated tracking spreadsheets for this year, and I’ll check […]

I would be remiss in not at least mentioning two of the bigger stinkers I’ve written about over the last year or so, FTI Consulting (FCN) and China North East Petroleum (NEP). I don’t have a lot to add, but by way of an update here’s what’s up: NEP is still not in compliance and […]

You don’t need me to tell you about the stocks we should probably all be watching — Proctor and Gamble, Coca Cola, Colgate Palmolive, Wal Mart … when they fall, as they have been lately, is the time to think about restocking your larder with the large companies who will continue to dominate the world […]

Time once again to have a quick look at a teaser pick from Nicholas Vardy for his Global Bull Market Alert — a small Chinese oil company that he thinks is under the radar and primed for takeoff. So who is it? Well, for Vardy’s full answer you’ll need to pony up for a subscription […]