small caps

Investors typically prize small caps for growth. Rarely are these stocks and standard small-cap exchange-traded funds thought of as dividend destinations — certainly not with the Russell 2000 and the S&P SmallCap 600 sporting an average trailing 12-month dividend yield of 1.46 percent....

According to jkvaluefund, shares of China Techfaith Wireless Comm. Tech. Ltd (NASDAQ: CNTF) are priced "at dung." China Techfaith's stock has lost 53 percent from a year ago and more than 90 percent over the past 10 years. Jkvaluefund noted that the company has over $350 million in assets, but...

Credit Suisse's U.S. equity research team, led by Lori Calvasina, released a report titled "August's Sell-Off in a Nutshell." The analysts began the report by noting that the "rout" in equities over the past few days "should not be surprising" as institutional investors and traders developed...

As investors, it's nearly impossible to avoid a fascination with initial public offerings. Just on a general business level, it's fun to see which companies are making shares available to the public. Companies that have gone public in the past 15 years or so are often some of the market...

There's some logic to the old investing adage about stocks and funds moving from “worst to first.” If an asset class has been a lagging performer, it's available at bargain prices. Investors often swoop in to grab shares cheaply. That buying activity, naturally, sends the...

Recap Last week was another one in which early promise turned into an ugly close. Understanding the "why" of the sell off is crucial to guide trading going forward. Thursday's drop appeared to reflect rate hike fears, evidenced by a spiking TNX. However, Friday the TNX crashed,...

ETF Outlook for the Week of July 14, 2014 Last week the S&P 500 suffered a minimal loss of 0.5 percent, however the market saw pockets of big selling. The small-cap stocks fell approximately 4 percent as money came out of the higher beta stocks moved into either cash or sectors that are...

Small cap companies that pay a significant dividend are few and far between. These companies have an ex date (the date by which you need to own the company to receive the dividend) in June, and an annual dividend yield hovering around 10 percent. To help ensure quality, both revenue and...

Amid the growing discussion of a correction, investors are naturally looking for stocks that will hold up well. Two important considerations to factor, in a decision to buy, are seeking out those publicly traded companies that have increasing revenues and that are in defensive sectors. United-...

Today our guest is Geoff Gannon, a private investor and proprietor of Gannon on Investing Direct Download Subscribe in iTunes Hi Geoff, how ya doing? Good Good to Hear.Thank you for coming on and talking to us today.I have a number of questions we are hoping to talk about. Can you give us...

Believe it or not, not every stock is getting trashed today. Quite the contrary actually. A handful of off-the-radar small caps are pushing their way higher. Which ones? The small cap distributors and wholesale stocks, like Watsco Inc. (NYSE: WSO), Houston Wire & Cable Company (NASDAQ: HWCC),...

As tempting as it is to start plowing into names like P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Bob Evans Farms, Inc., Jack in the Box Inc., The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated, and Brinker International, Inc., it's not quite time just yet. Though these small cap restaurants were among the best small cap...