Carol Loomis

For investors, the small cap world has many intriguing publicly traded companies. One happens to be Collector's Universe (NASDAQ: CLCT), which, "provides third-party authentication, grading, and related services for rare and high-value collectibles consisting of coins, trading cards, sports...

There is much to be said for defensive stocks like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), and Campbell Soup (NYSE: CPB), among others. Every portfolio needs stocks that will rise with the market, but provide a bulwark in a correction or bear market. For Campbell Soup, there are three...

Of all of the statements made by Warren Buffett that reveal his evolution as an investor, his observation that, “It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price," is the most telling. Previously, Buffett had been an adherent to the Value...