Filed under: Earnings reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyGardner Denver (NYSE: GDI) makes compressors, pumps, blowers and other fluid transfer equipment for a variety of industrial applications. Its compressors are used with air tools and aid in the processing of petroleum and pharmaceuticals. Its blowers are used to power pneumatic conveying and wastewater a...

Filed under: Stocks to BuyReaders of this space know that, for a plethora of reasons, companies in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors are not my preferred stocks, but there are exceptions. And with the above in mind, Celgene is worth a review. Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) develops and markets drugs to treat cancer, immunological disorders and other diseases. The company's research concentrates on sma...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), International Business Machines (IBM), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyLSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) designs, develops and markets semiconductors used by original equipment manufacturers in the data networking and consumer electronics markets. It also provides a wide variety of storage systems...

Filed under: Newsletters, Mutual funds, Commodities, Agriculture, Stocks to Buy"We're bullilsh on meats," says Eric Roseman, who notes, "I'm convinced we're finally at a turning point in 2008 as farmers continue to cull their herds. At some point, I'm expecting beef and pork prices to surge." Here, the resources expert and editor of The Commodity Trend Alert looks at an exchange-traded note with a ...

Filed under: Stocks to BuyAlthough analysts appear reserved in their sentiment, insiders appear quite positive in regard to the future of ZymoGenetics Inc. (NASDAQ: ZGEN). However, short interest in the company has been increasing and is running at approximately 18% of float. The company is currently engaged in marketing it's protein based treatment for stopping blood loss during surgery. It faces ...

Filed under: Newsletters, Commodities, Oil, Stocks to Buy"The railroad sector is one of the few reliable groups in today's market; with solid pricing power, these companies have a solid future moving forward," says contrarian Chris Johnson. "We are adding CSX Corp. (NYSE: CSX) as a long position to the Insightful Investor portfolio. Here's his look at the stock, and an options play for those seeki...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Ford Motor (F), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyJacobs Engineering Group (NYSE: JEC) provides technical, professional, and construction services to industrial, commercial, and governmental customers worldwide. The company designs and engineers process plants, buildings, infrastructure projects and manufacturing facilities. It also provides operations and maintenance ...

Filed under: International markets, India, China, Newsletters, Mutual funds, Yamana Gold (AUY), Canada, Commodities, Stocks to Buy"You must own some gold in this economic environment," emphasizes natural resources authority Larry Edelson who sees the recent setback in gold prices as "an ideal time to buy." The editor of Real Wealth offers two "core" favorites for those seeking to invest in the sec...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Intel (INTC), Motorola (MOT), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyAnadigics (NASDAQ: ANAD) makes gallium arsenide (GaAs) and indium phosphide (InP) radio frequency integrated circuits for the broadband wireless and wireline communications markets. The physical properties of GaAs and InP allow the firm to make chips that are smaller, faste...

Filed under: Market matters, Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Wrigley, (Wm) Jr (WWY), Anadarko Petroleum (APC), Oil, Stocks to Buy, Cramer on BloggingStocksTheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says it's not a strong-dollar sell -- the story here is still too good.Why did natural gas go down last week? What was that? Inventories were down. The commodity price was up. The fuel itself is green. It is better than ethano...

Filed under: Commodities, Agriculture, Stocks to Buy, Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT)Readers of this space know that the preferred tack is to look for well-capitalized companies with competitive advantages in sectors with secular, long-term growth trends. One select sector has been oil/oil services, and another right near the top has been fertilizer producers, primarily Potash, Mosaic, and Agriu...

Filed under: Forecasts, Apple Inc (AAPL), Dell (DELL), General Electric (GE), Wal-Mart (WMT), Home Depot (HD), Altria Group (MO), Commodities, Stocks to Buy, Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNI)I've received a few chuckles for investment directions I've suggested in the past, but if you care to review a couple of my previous generalities, I believe that my record has held up fairly well.I submit for ...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Intel (INTC), International Business Machines (IBM), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD), Texas Instruments (TXN), Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyCymer (Nasdaq: CYMI) makes excimer light sources for manufacturers of photolithography tools in the semiconductor equipment industry. It offers field support products, customized to support chipmaker customers in their advanced wafer...

Filed under: Earnings reports, General Electric (GE), Boeing Co (BA), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Technical Analysis, Stocks to Buy, Raytheon Company (RTN)Hexcel Corporation (NYSE: HXL) is a leading advanced structural materials company. It develops, manufactures and markets lightweight, high-performance materials, including carbon fibers, reinforcements, prepregs, honeycomb, matrix systems, adhesives and ...

Filed under: International markets, Newsletters, Stocks to Buy"While U.S. banks have struggled amid the credit and housing crises, Credicorp (NYSE: BAP) has excelled," notes John Reese, who assesses stocks based on the strategies of various well-known and time-tested gurus. Here, the editor of the Validea newsletter looks at the Peru-based banking firm commerical banker and explains how it "passes ...

Filed under: Market matters, Deere and Co (DE), Agriculture, Stocks to Buy, Cramer on BloggingStocks, Bunge Ltd. (BG), Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT)TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says the bull story here has more causes than just a weak greenback. Better seeds and more fertilizer. That's it. Those are the technology weapons in the war against food shortages caused in the short term by a worldwide ...

Filed under: International markets, Brazil, Newsletters, Mutual funds, Commodities, Oil, Agriculture, Stocks to Buy"Some 20,000 or more million-dollar block trades are made each day," says Peter Way in Block Traders ETF Monitor, which assesses the activity of these trades. Here's some current top "big block" bets. "Since it's these big dollar pressures that move markets, we want to know what they a...

Filed under: Intel (INTC), Stocks to BuyReaders of this space know that the investment bias is toward large-cap companies with demonstrated business models and a competitive advantage in established markets, preferably with a favorable global trend as a support. With this in mind, Intel is worth an evaluation.Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is the world's largest semiconductor maker, as measured by revenue an...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Analyst upgrades and downgrades, Technical Analysis, Stocks to BuyManpower (NYSE: MAN) is a world leader in the employment industry, offering businesses a full range of staffing-related services. These include permanent, temporary and contract recruitment; employee assessment and selection; training; outplacement; outsourcing and consulting. Manpower maintains a netwo...

Filed under: Stocks to BuyTJX Companies (NYSE: TJX) is the largest, family / off-price apparel and home fashion retailer in the United States, boasting seven retail concepts. Readers of this space know that, given the uncertainties regarding U.S. economic growth, household formation, and job creation, the retail sector is to be avoided. Still, there are exceptions, and with the aforementioned in mi...