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US Equities Reverse Early Morning Losses, After Hours Activity Relatively Quiet
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 5:44pm | 216U.S. equities recovered early morning losses and nearly recovered all of its losses. The Dow Jones index traded as low as 16,278.00 before recovering more than 100 points and closing the day at 16,391.51 - down just 0.13 percent on the day. The S&P 500 index lost just 7 points to close at 1,...
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3 Reasons Small Caps Are The Best Plays For Consolidation In The Precious Metals Sector
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 10:36am | 616A previous article on Benzinga detailed why the consolidation in the gold sector is now so appealing. For those looking to profit from takeovers in the sector, small caps are the best play. Here are three reasons why taking positions in small cap mining firms such as McEwen Mining (NYSE: MUX),...
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Small Cap Companies with Dividend Yields Exploding Up
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - 1:11pm | 409To protect themselves from riskier investments, small cap investors seek dividend payments. This list includes not only top dividend payers, but also companies that have seen significant five year dividend growth. Mesabi Trust With a market cap of 239 million, Mesabi Trust (NYSE: MSB) ...
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Five Potential Small-Cap Value Plays
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 5:24pm | 635Generally speaking, small-cap stocks tend to have less interest from large institutional investors and research analysts. It could be argued that the small-cap market is less efficient than more widely followed stocks. Here are five small-caps yielding over 5 percent, trading at a trailing P/E of...
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How to Squeeze More Gain Out of Micro-cap Stocks
Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 5:45pm | 958Many investors are acquainted with the quick gains in bull markets followed by horrific downturns in bad markets of micro-cap stocks. But is there a better way to trade tiny companies instead of merely riding out the highs and the lows for a volatile return? If micro-cap stocks are simply leveraged...
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Four Small-Cap Energy Stocks to Watch: Josh Young
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 4:00am | 3225The Energy Report: Can you give us a little update on your current appraisal of the energy markets since we last spoke in July?Josh Young: It's definitely been an interesting and tumultuous time. Oil and natural gas prices have ranged widely. A lot of that has had to do with a potential global...
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Psychemedics Gives Stoners a Hair-Pulling Experience
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 2:31pm | 823Whether you're a pill-popper, a pot-head or a crack-head, Psychemedics (NASDAQ: PMD) has the technology to sniff you out before your potential employer offers you a job. Utilizing hair analysis technology, this smaller, Boston-area company delves into a potential employee's recent drug history,...
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10x Return Stocks - True-Growth Stocks (Part 3)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 1:16am | 729In part 1 and part 2 of this article, we discussed crashed-and-recovered and super-spike 10x return stocks. While these two types give the best return in relatively short time spans, most investors, when they think of 10x return stocks, focus on finding true-growth stocks, stocks of companies...
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10x Return Stocks - True-Growth Stocks (Part 3)
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 1:13am | 729In part 1 and part 2 of this article, we discussed crashed-and-recovered and super-spike 10x return stocks. While these two types give the best return in relatively short time spans, most investors, when they think of 10x return stocks, focus on finding true-growth stocks, stocks of companies...
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Top 5 Small-Cap NASDAQ Stocks In The Services Sector With The Highest Dividend Yield (CPLP, BSI, STON, FGP, GLP)
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 8:52am | 168Below are the top 5 small-cap services stocks on the NASDAQ in terms of dividend yield: Capital Product Partners LP (NASDAQ: CPLP) has a dividend yield of 18.5%. CPLP’s shares have risen by 11.33% over the past 52-weeks, as compared to a 41.35% gain in the S&P 500. Blue Square-Israel Ltd (NYSE...
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Today’s Solo Small Cap Leaders Coming on Strong For Weeks Now
Friday, January 15, 2010 - 11:29am | 227Not all stocks are in the gutter today; a couple of small cap names are making bullish progress. And, before you dismiss them as gainers simply due to some volatility, you should also know the group’s been at the top of the leader-board for most of the last six months. Those names? They’re the...
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Today's Biggest Small Cap Losers Could Get Worse: Catalog & Internet Retailers
Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 7:05pm | 146Despite brisk online sales this past holiday shopping season, the luster may be wearing off the entire internet retailing group.... the small caps in particular. GSI Commerce Inc., HSN, Inc., and Blue Nile, Inc. - each of which ran firmly in December (or even before) - may now be feeling the...