If Bill Nasgovitz likes these stocks, you should too. This is the last of the Core Fore investing articles.

One reason John Buckingham is excited about stocks right now is that most investors aren’t. Moreover, the mutual-fund manager sees many of those opportunities in the large-cap arena.

The United States long an exporter of popular culture may be exporting obesity to Europe Asia and Africa thanks to strong fast-food sales led by McDonald’s (MCD).The World Health Organization says about one billion people worldwide are now obese. Since 1980 the number of obese Europeans has tripled. By some estimates about half the population of the United Kingdom is overweight or obese.“The medical community is dumbfounded by the problem ” Dr. Bernadine Healy wrote recently in US News & World Report. “Across the developing world too obesity has become a major affliction as people move out of poverty.”Traditionally ...

Northern Trust's business has held up very well during the Credit Crisis and its current share price reflects that fact.

Northern Trust Corp. turned a profit in the third-quarter, but the company failed to beat analysts’ expectations, according to results released Wednesday.