Shares of e-tailer Amazon.com sold off sharply in the after-market after the company announced its fourth quarter sales of $12.95 billion, a 36% increase over the previous year. Despite its strong numbers, the earnings fell short of analyst estimates of $12.98 billion. Despite missing the sales number, Amazon.com’s earnings per share figure of $0.91 beat [...]
Amidst the sound of roaring stocks over the last few months, large cap equity income funds have remained somewhat muted, but they may garnering a closer look by skittish investors who may long for quality and stability in their portfolios . The stock market may be ebbing higher but the swells are changing direction and [...]
After the bell on Thursday, January 20, 2011, the Associated Press reported that Google‘s Eric Schmidt would be passing the reins of the company to co-founder Larry Page. Whether or not this change in management will prove positive or negative for the company remains to be seen, but we suspect that the long-term benefits will [...]
Still wondering where to invest? If our top mutual fund pick for 2011 (the Franklin Growth Fund) was not enough to get you started, consider that stocks and the equity funds that buy them remain extremely attractive. One of the most compelling reasons to start investing in equity funds is that investors face a very [...]
As one of the largest mutual fund companies on the market, T. Rowe Price has a history of delivering results to its investors. The company’s Personal Strategy Growth Fund (TRSGX) is no exception, having provided exceptional returns since 2000, particularly when you look at this equity fund and compare it to others in the large [...]
An interesting piece in the October 30, 2010 publication of the Economist the suggests that China may not be as big a deal as we are all making it out to be. The article, titled The Indispensable Economy? China May Not Matter Quite As Much As You Think, makes a strong case for not investing [...]
Small cap mutual funds have had a great run so far in 2010, representing the best performing group of funds among non-specific funds (e.g. real estate, discretionary, etc.). Good returns attract attention, so it makes sense that investors should be a little more curious about small cap funds. But what distinguishes a good fund from [...]
