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Germany based chemical and pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG (DE:BAYGN), has made an unsolicited take over offer to buy U.S. based chemical and biotech company Monsanto (NYSE:MON) for $62 billion. If...

Warren Buffett is taking a bite out of Apple. Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa), disclosed in a recent regulatory filing that it has purchased more than 9.8 million Apple shares...

Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:VRX) Valeant Pharmaceuticals has had an incredibly hard time in the market as of late, and for good reason. Late last year, it was uncovered that the company was using...

Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS)With the recent sell-off of Gap stock on underwhelming guidance issued by management for first quarter results, it sits on the market at just around $19 a share. That currently...

The emphasis put on the stock market can act like a giant magic show, leaving us oblivious to where most of our wealth is eaten up, systematically, month after month. This cannibalization of wealth...

Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)At first glance, Gilead Sciences, the maker of blockbuster Hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni, looks very, very cheap. At a stock price of just under $85 a share, you...

Amira Nature Fds (NYSE:ANFI)Back on February 25, 2016, this humble writer had written a piece highlighting the potential investment pros and cons of Amira Nature Foods. In that article, I took an...

Pernix Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PTX)Pernix Therapeutics Holdings had yet another incredible day in the market today, following up on the gains that we saw on the stock yesterday. The gains...

In the past few months I wrote about oil being at low levels and how I was buying up stocks like Chevron (NYSE:CVX). Oil was at 2003-low levels and now oil company stock prices are steadily...

Valeant Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:VRX) Valeant Pharmaceuticals is having a great day in the market. However, for many the recent upswing we’ve seen in the stock is a shocker. After all, VRX has been...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has always been a keen innovator of consumer electronics. But it has slowly become a victim of its own success. Over the past decades Apple has been able to do something which...

JP Morgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) stock rose 4% on Wednesday after it released better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter of fiscal year 2016. JP Morgan is often the first bank to release earnings,...

Let me begin this post by explaining that I am a long-term investor, not a trader. I am well aware that averaging down on a stock is not an optimal strategy for someone who is trend-following (duh) or...

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice opened in late March with much anticipation. So who wins? The answer is clearly Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX). The film brought in more than $400 million worldwide on...

Allergan (NYSE:AGN_pa) Allergan had a relatively strong day in the market today. That is, until after hours. Unfortunately, the stock is tanking and in a big way at the moment. The declines are...

Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) Tesla is having an incredible time in the market at the moment, and for good reason. The automobile manufacturer has announced that it plans to unveil its latest model...