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I Continue To LOVE Railroad Stocks Like This One
The Greenbrier Companies (NYSE:GBX) manufactures rail cars. The company was founded back in 1974 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon. It may not be Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), but rail car makers are...
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A Bizarre Pharma Love Triangle
Back on July 3rd of this year, I wrote about a good find in pharma called Salix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SLXP). Salix Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharma company that specializes in gastroenterology...
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Is The Market Setting Up For A Big Fall?
Back on March 27, 2009 I wrote about how Spring was in the air. You could see it almost everywhere you looked. A new BULL market had been born. That was 67 months ago. That was a pretty good call and I...
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Not Just Another Ebola Stock
Cantel Medical Corp. (NYSE:CMN) is a global provider of infection prevention and control products and services to the healthcare market. The company is based in Little Falls, New Jersey. Cantel...
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A Small-Cap Buy That’s Not So Spooky
This October has been one “spooky” month for the market. The underlying fundamentals of the market remain positive. We still have job growth, GDP growth, no inflation, and low interest rates. But the...
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West Pharmaceuticals: A Little Giant In The Pharma Sector
West Pharmaceutical Services (WST) is an example of a good stock in a good sector. I like the health care sector in the current market environment but I prefer companies that are growing at a faster...
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Actavis Says ‘Let’s Make A Deal’
I wrote about generic and specialty drug company Actavis plc (NYSE:ACT) a while back detailing the rumored love triangle between them, Allergan (NYSE:AGN), Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:VRX), and Salix...
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DexCom Still A Favorite Diabetes Stock
DexCom (NASDAQ:DXCM) continues to be one of my favorite diabetes stocks. DexCom, founded in 1999 and based right here in my hometown of San Diego, California, is a medical device company that makes...
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Are Plunging Oil Prices Hurting The Market?
There has been a lot of debate going on recently as to what lower oil prices are telling us and what impact they will have on the economy and the stock market. Looking at the one-year chart for U.S....
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QE Ends In U.S. But Resumes Elsewhere
Here in the U.S. quantitative easing (QE) by the Fed is now over. No more TARP funds to rescue ailing banks. No more bailouts for under-water homeowners. No more buying back U.S. bonds to keep interest...
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Biogen’s Alzheimer Surprise
I have written about Biogen (NASDAQ:BIIB) previously in numerous articles as it is one of my favorite biotech names. But the positive thesis on the stock was tied to its success with its Multiple...
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Skyworks Soaring On More Than Apple
Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) is a semiconductor stock, manufacturing analog and mixed signal semis. Basically, the company’s products help enable mobile connectivity and today almost everything is...
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Market Sell Off: Is It Time To Panic?
This week Wall Street Traders are all back from their holiday vacations and setting the tone for the market. In the first few days of trading it has been a confusing tone, with the market selling off...
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Bill Gunderson: How I Am Investing In Low Priced Oil
Oil stocks continue their slide and have yet to find a bottom. Just look at the chart of the U.S. Oil ETF (NYSEARCA:USO). The verdict is still out on whether low oil prices are a net negative or a net...
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Shedding Light On Illumina
Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) is a biotechnology company based right here in my home town of San Diego. The company manufactures life-science tools for gene sequencing used in disease research, drug...
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DexCom: More Good News For Diabetes Patients And Shareholders
DexCom (NASDAQ:DXCM) stock is trading up on news that its medical app system, the DexCom Share system, to be used in conjunction with its G4 Platinum Continuous Glucose Monitoring device, received FDA...
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AmerisourceBergen Seeing Its Fastest Growth In 5 Years
In an environment where many companies are missing their earnings estimates or guiding down due to external factors such as commodity exposure and currency impact, AmerisourceBergen Corporation...
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Here’s What McDonald’s New CEO Needs To Know
I remember being a young boy in Burbank and eating my first McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) hamburger. My boy-scout troop received coupons for hundreds of free hamburgers and we rejoiced in getting to try this...
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Cognizant: A Way To Play India And Healthcare
Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) is one of the largest providers of technology, consulting and business process outsourcing services. The company was founded in 1994 as a captive arm of Dun...
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Go, Go, Avago
Avago Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:AVGO) is a semiconductor company, which operates in four segments: Wireless Communications, Wired Infrastructure, Enterprise Storage, and Industrial segments. The...
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It Has Paid To Know JACK
Back in the fall I wrote an article about San Diego-based fast-food operator Jack in the Box (NASDAQ:JACK) entitled “Do You Know JACK?” Well it certainly has paid to “know JACK” over that time period....
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NXP Semiconductors NV: Betting On Smarter Cars And Apple
NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI) is a provider of high performance mixed signal and standard product solutions for radio frequency (RF), analog, power management, interface, security, and digital...
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AutoZone, Inc.: Still In The Growth Zone (AZO)
AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE:AZO) is one of those specialty retailers that tend to do well regardless of the economic cycle. After all, most of us own an automobile and AutoZone retails and distributes...
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Hasbro, Inc.: Not Just A Toy Story (HAS)
Rhode Island-based Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) has been around since 1923, and is a company name that most parents and their kids recognize. Hasbro makes toys. Whereas competitor Mattel, Inc....
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Actavis plc (ACT): A Leader In ‘Growth Pharma’
Dublin-based generic and specialty drug company Actavis plc (NYSE:ACT) is a pharma deal-maker. Much of Actavis’ growth as a company has been the result of strategic acquisitions. Actavis used to be...
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc: Not Your Average Pharma Stock
Valeant Pharmaceuticals Intl Inc (NYSE:VRX) is a multinational specialty pharmaceutical company that develops and markets prescription and non-prescription products. The company was founded in 1983...
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Seattle Genetics, Inc. (SGEN)’s Collaborative Approach To Fighting Cancer...
Seattle Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGEN) is a biotechnology company involved in developing antibody-based therapies for the treatment of cancer. As the company’s name would suggest, it is headquartered...
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Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc (ANAC) May Have A “Home Run” Drug On Its Hands
Shares of Anacor Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ANAC) are soaring thanks to some positive results in two late-stage (Phase 3) trials for a topical ointment to treat mild-to-moderate atopic dermatitis or...
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Hasbro, Inc. (HAS): An Underappreciated Growth Story
Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) has been around since 1923 and is a company name that most parents and kids recognize. Hasbro makes toys and while their main competitor Mattel (MAT) and its Barbie franchise...
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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN), Apple Inc. (AAPL),...
We are fully into earnings season, and the battle continues. Last week, we had a number of big names report: some good, some bad, and some just plain ugly. And there are another 125 companies in the...
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TJX Companies Inc (TJX): Still Executing To The Max
Discount clothing and home goods retailer TJX Companies Inc (NYSE:TJX) reported strong results last week, convincingly beating analyst estimates and guiding up both earnings and sales for the full...
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AutoZone, Inc. (AZO): One of the Great Stocks of the Decade
Now that it looks like the FED will not be raising interest rates anytime soon, the market is all of a sudden back in rally mode. With interest diving once again, the auto sector is starting to off. I...
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American International Group Inc (AIG), HD Supply Holdings Inc (HDS): Top 5...
Summary A lot of uncertainty has now been taken out of the market. We are now in a rising interest rate environment. Some sectors will flourish in this environment, while others will suffer. The 2016...
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