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Is RF Micro Devices' Stock Cheap or Expensive?
5:05PM 10/17/2011
Numbers can lie -- yet they're the best first step in determining whether a stock is a buy. In this series, we use some carefully chosen metrics to size up a stock's true value based on the following clues:
The current price multiples.
The consistency of past earnings and cash flow....
Clearwire's (NAS: CLWR) survival may have become even more uncertain when its onetime sugar daddy, Sprint Nextel (NYS: S) , essentially told it "Don't let the door hit you in the back." Like a really ugly divorce, it won't be easy to disentangle the community property of this marriage....
Should You Get Out of Meridian Bioscience Before Next Quarter?
4:41PM 10/17/2011
There's no foolproof way to know the future for Meridian Bioscience (NAS: VIVO) or any other company. However, certain clues may help you see potential stumbles before they happen -- and before your stock craters as a result.
A cloudy crystal ballIn this series, we use accounts...
In a speech to the Financial Planning Association, legendary Vanguard Founder and former CEO John Bogle made an observation that's absolutely critical to understanding where the best stock returns come from -- and how to find the next great stock to buy.
He told the assembled guests that only...
There's no foolproof way to know the future for ZOLL Medical (NAS: ZOLL) or any other company. However, certain clues may help you see potential stumbles before they happen -- and before your stock craters as a result.
A cloudy crystal ballIn this series, we use accounts receivable and...
"Don't catch a falling knife," as the old saw commands. (Pardon my mixing a cutlery metaphor.) The idea of buying a former superstar stock at a discount price certainly has its attractions, but you have to make sure you catch the haft -- not the blade. That's where Motley Fool CAPS comes in....
As every great comic will tell you, the delivery matters a whole lot more than the actual joke. Robin Williams can make you laugh at a trite knock-knock joke; Carrot Top could suck the funny bone out of the best punch line.
Likewise, the crisis of consumer confidence around Netflix (NAS:...
First Cash Financial Services (NAS: FCFS) will try to beat its earnings estimates for the fifth consecutive quarter. The company will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, Oct. 19. First Cash Financial Services is an operator of pawn and consumer finance stores in the United States and...
It's no secret that the rate of auto sales in the U.S. -- currently projected to total about 13 million in 2011, give or take -- is running well below pre-economic-crisis norms. Back in those heady pre-2008 days, annual sales rates of 16 million or more were commonplace.
Tightened household...
Like the song says, investors are looking for stocks to love in all the wrong places. They'll pile into the momentum stocks everyone else buys but ignore lesser-known opportunities for fear of straying from the crowd. Overlooked by Wall Street and Main Street, and thus undervalued, these stocks...
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| Symbol | Last | Change / % | Volume |
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Most Actives
| 6.03 | -0.16 -2.58% | 174.29M | |
| 24.45 | 4.86 24.81% | 91.46M | |
| 27.93 | -0.47 -1.65% | 81.59M | |
| 24.42 | -2.25 -8.44% | 76.50M |
% Gainers
| 24.45 | 4.86 24.81% | 91.46M | |
| 5.26 | 0.57 12.15% | 1.34M | |
| 4.56 | 0.38 9.09% | 989,658.00 | |
| 23.92 | 1.87 8.47% | 5,182.00 |
% Losers
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