With a little more than a week to go before BB10 hits the stores, Research in Motion (Nasdaq:$RIMM) has become a hot stock again.  The company that invented the smartphone may be reestablishing itself as a major player in mobile.  Or, we could be watching the biggest dead-cat bounce in history. As recently as this...Read More

The last few weeks have seen a rally in…well…for lack of better word, “crap.” Before Tuesday’s correction, Research in Motion (Nasdaq: $RIMM) had risen 37% since just the beginning of this month and had nearly doubled from the low hit over the summer. Facebook (Nasdaq: $FB), the company that may be remembered as the most...Read More

Question: When looking at cheaply-priced stocks, how do you know which ones are solid value stocks and which ones are dreaded value traps? Answer: The value stocks eventually recover, whereas the value traps do not. I realize that my answer is no more useful than Will Rogers’ advice to “Buy stocks that go up; if...Read More

The art of investing is an exercise in making decisions under conditions of uncertainty. But today, it seems that the cloud of uncertainty is a little thicker than usual. During times like these, I like to do what your college professor might have called “cheating.” I like to look over the shoulders of other investors...Read More