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This Day In Market History: Peter Lynch Is Born
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 9:16am | 356Read More...Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that happened on this date. What Happened? On this day in 1944, Peter Lynch, legendary investor and former manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund, was born. Where Was The Market? The S&P 500 finished the month at...
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'I'm A Fundamentals Guy': J Mintzmyer On Picking Winners
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 - 9:37am | 843Read More...J Mintzmyer of Value Investor’s Edge, a financial markets research service for the shipping and energy industries, discussed how he hedges risk and outperforms industry averages by 20-30% in an interview with Benzinga. About J Mintzmyer Mintzmyer began trading during his studies at the...
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Value Or Value Trap? A Closer Look At 4 Cheap Stocks
Sunday, May 7, 2017 - 1:11pm | 757Read More...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...
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6 Books To Buy The Trader In Your Life This Christmas Season
Thursday, December 22, 2016 - 9:05am | 561Read More...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...
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TransAtlantic Petroleum's Data, Eastern European Exposure May Yield Growth
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 3:10pm | 300Read More...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...
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4 Successful Business Tycoons' First Jobs
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 3:10pm | 1309Read More...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...
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Investing Like Martin Zweig: Growth With A Conservative Streak
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 3:28pm | 1319Read More...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...
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How To Invest Like Peter Lynch
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 3:43pm | 1724Read More...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...
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Will Range Resources Return to Earth in 2014?
Friday, December 27, 2013 - 4:31pm | 421Read More...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...
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Check Out the Big Dividend on this Profitable Small Cap with No Debt
Friday, December 27, 2013 - 4:18pm | 448Read More...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...
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Stocks that Pay Dividends are The Great Equalizers for Income Disparity
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 1:31pm | 459Read More...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...
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Five Books That Make Perfect Holiday Gifts For The Investor
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 9:29am | 515Read More...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...
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Is World Wrestling Entertainment About to Get Pinned?
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 4:56pm | 473Read More...Whether or not you think professional wrestling is real, the performance of World Wrestling Entertainment (NYSE: WWE) has been worthy of the championship belt. For 2013, World Wrestling Entertainment is up more than 90 percent. As with so many other publicly-traded entities, especially those in...
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Remember, Do Nothing, Absolutely Nothing Until...
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 8:33am | 3528Read More...In case the action over the past few days hasn't made it clear, traders appear to be implementing an age-old Wall Street-ism right now... "Do nothing, absolutely nothing until there is something to do." Put another way, it looks like most investors have decided to sit on their hands until the...
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Buy Where You Bank: Investing In Small Bank Stocks
Sunday, August 11, 2013 - 10:11am | 711Read More...Investing in small banks has been an incredibly profitable activity for decades now.The potential of these bank stocks is revealed in an examination of Peter Lynch and his legendary performance of the Magellan Fund. Mr. Lynch famously advised investors to buy what you know but he probably...
