Peter Lynch

For value investors like Warren Buffett, Benjamin Graham and Peter Lynch, it doesn’t get much better than a low PE ratio and a high-yielding dividend. Unfortunately, not every stock that gets cheap becomes a value for investors. Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ: FTR), Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ...

Christmas is just around the corner, but there are still a few days left for last-minute holiday shopping. Here’s a look at six books that make excellent gifts for the stock trader in your life. 1. “The Millionaire Next Door” by Dr. Thomas J. Stanley and Dr. William D. Danko...

TransAtlantic Petroleum Ltd (NYSE: TAT) in August reported mixed second quarter results, mostly driven by the decline in oil prices. In a report issued Wednesday, Edison analysts Peter Lynch and Will Forbes notice that while progress is slightly slower than expected, especially on the...

Tycoons aren't born, they're made through determination and a relentless pursuit of growth, improvement and innovation. Our review of several modern day business and finance tycoons reveals that successful business innovators have more than brilliant minds and a strong desire for autonomy...

Money manager Martin Zweig's great moment came on Oct. 16, 1987, when he told Louis Rukeyser that a big market crash was coming. The crash would come be soon. It would be vicious. And, what many people forget, but he also said the crash would also be short-lived. Zweig was right on all counts...

What makes Peter Lynch's investing advice so beguiling to so many is his insistence that the little guy can beat the pros on Wall Street. Go to the mall, he says. See what people are buying -- and where. Pay attention to what your kids buy and use.  Look at what's going on in your community...

Range Resources Corp. (NYSE: RRC) is an independent oil and gas company that is trading at valuations far above those for others in the sector, such as Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE: APC) and Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK). For investors looking to short a stock, Range Resources Corp. certainly looks...

Harvest Capital Credit Corp (NASDAQ: HCAP) is a small cap with a big-time dividend. A business development company, Harvest Capital Credit has a dividend yield of 8.95 percent. Required by law to pay out most of its income in dividends due to tax considerations, business development companies...

The Obama Administration is focusing the efforts of its second term on income inequality in the United States. Although Wall Street is associated with being the province of the wealthy, there is no place that any individual is treated more equitably than as a shareholder of a publicly-traded...

Still looking for last-minute holiday gifts for somebody who loves the investment markets? Or maybe you’re thinking ahead to how you will use those gift cards you receive for Christmas. When was the last time you read a book on investing? The great investors of the world didn’t get those...