Customers, Not Brokers, Profited in an Odd 2007
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Last year, many ordinary investors did reasonably well. The brokers did not. How could that happen?
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Sometimes it pays to invest where others won't.
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Investors: Don't make this costly blunder.
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Some people you would never expect have hefty investment accounts. Be one of them.
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Even amid all the market turmoil, 2007 is shaping up as a decent year for mutual fund investors. International stock funds are up 8.3 percent, and US stock funds are up 4.6 percent.
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The beginning of the year is traditionally a time to look back, and, for the brave of heart, to make a few predictions looking forward.  Lacking the requisite bravery, I'll just quote something that the Economist wrote recently: Rejoice: the embrace of âopennessâ by firms that have grown fat on closed, proprietary technology is something weâll see more of in 2008.  Now, had this "fearless prediction" been made a year ago, I would have been impressed, because 2007 has turned out to be the year when everyone, it seems, wants to be open. read more
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Electronic broker-dealer posts a profit and beats the Street.
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Profits abound, but free cash flow goes missing.
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Despite financial market volatility, U.S. technology companies had a strong 2007. The rising cost of energy, fears of recession, and forecasts of a slowdown in IT spending, however, point to a rocky 2008.
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You don't have to be right every time to make money in the market.
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A second-quarter profit doesn't erase concerns about this gambling company.
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Costco turns in a great quarter. And yet people seem confused. Funny.
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Surging same-store sales don't mean the company's riding a turnaround wave.
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Investing is a journey, not a final destination.
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If your grandmother played the market, she probably invested in utilities for safety and income, not capital gains. She would need to adjust her strategy today.
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But the story's not in the GAAP profits.
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Growing profits isn't magic. It's math.