Fast-moving tech stocks have taken a beating recently, leading to a slew of bargains for people with the guts to buy. No surprises there. Market panics occur daily. That’s why all-star investors bet on growth over the very long term. Bear in mind that this isn’t a list of recommendations. Instead, these companies are offered as candidates for further research. Suntech Power (STP): Suntech’s numbers look good. The stock trades at 28 times forward earnings; return on equity is rising and now stands at 24.76. Manitowok (MTW) just shipped out its smallest and least profitable business. Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH) has been an aggressive buyer of its own shares. Quicksilver Resources (KWK) and Core Laboratories (CLB) also made the MSN money list. Read the rest of this entry »
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Looking for a great investment? If you are following the long-term investor’s time-proven strategy of starting with a small position and then adding more each month by dollar-cost averaging, these five stocks may just be for you, according to Jim Jubak of MSN Money: General Cable (BGC), McDonald’s (MCD), Proctor and Gamble (PG), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), and Toyota Motor (TM). In case you’re wondering, in dollar-cost averaging, you buy the same dollar amount of a stock each month. That means you buy fewer shares when the price per share is high and more when it’s low. Read the rest of this entry »
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