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Call open interest overhead could also keep it from the green. Fertilizer firm Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (NYSE: POT) is expected to take the earnings stage on Thursday, July 29, according to Thomson Reuters. However, even if the company reports stronger-than-anticipated fiscal second-quarter...

Look to these three crucial factors. I’ve often said that my stock-picking approach can be boiled down to this mantra: Share prices follow earnings. I challenge you to look back through history and find even a single company that increased its earnings quarter after quarter, year after year, and...

Stock has outpaced the S&P 500 by 30%. On one hand, JA Solar Holdings Co. (NASDAQ: JASO, Stock Forum) has been a broad-market standout lately, outpacing the S&P 500 Index (SPX) by 30% during the past 20 sessions. From a longer-term perspective, though, the shares have trended somewhat...

By 2015 we could see a new reactor coming online every five days. Over the past three months, I've written frequently about China's incredible appetite for fuels like natural gas, oil, and coal. If you're an investor or a trader, this is one of the "must follow" trends for the next decade. Today,...

Valuations within the industry have gone from cheap to dirt-cheap. Needless to say, the BP ADR (NYSE: BP) oil spill did some serious damage… It continues to create havoc for marine life and human livelihood. And it has sent stocks in both the offshore drilling and oil services industries plummeting...

There are few sectors as volatile, risky, yet as potentially lucrative, than initial public offerings (IPOs). Every time a company turns to the public markets to raise cash, it’s either a boom or bust. Very rarely are they ever just flat. This week was no exception. The much-hailed Tesla Motors (...

China's decision to let its currency rise is bad news. Retailers are "officially" in a bear market. That's what CNBC reporter Matt Nesto said last week. And he's right. A bear market is defined by a 20% drop in a stock or index from its peak. Matt was referring to the Morgan Stanley Retail Index (...

George Soros, Warren Buffett, and Bernanke have their doubts. Just a month or two ago opinions that the serious recession that ended in the last quarter of last year will return in a double-dip later this year were blown off as crazy. However, such opinions are now gathering credibility as...

Vale’s potash project borders the company’s Milestone property Several delegations of high-powered Chinese investment consortiums, government representatives from Beijing, and state-run mining companies have in recent weeks visited Western Potash Corp. (TSX:WPX). Crowding into elevators to the 18th...

Carl Icahn is accumulating shares. There's a massive buzz going on in the video-game community. A video game called "Red Dead Redemption" is flying off the shelves. It's an action-adventure western that takes place in the early 1900s. You ride horses, kill the bad guys, play poker, and...

Kesler believes Colombia will become major centre for mining. When he agreed to become Greystar Resources Ltd.’s (TSX: T.GSL) chief executive in February, Steve Kesler decided that his biggest pay days should come when the company’s Colombian gold mine is finally up and running. It reflects his...

Decision makers have been duped. "You can't believe how screwed up things are down here… " This weekend, I met up with a real estate expert, M, from South Florida. M specializes in REO. REO stands for "Real Estate Owned." Banks lend money to homeowners. Sometimes homeowners don't make their...