It’s fascinating how the sell side uniformly aligned to praise the Hewlett-Packard (HP) acquisition of 3Com (COMS) last week. Cheerleaders are plentiful but analysis of an underlying problem seems to be lacking.Whether you believe the 3Com acquisition is good or bad isn’t the critical question. From my perspective if HP wants to overpay to buy access to the Chinese enterprise router market that’s its business. The real question HP investors and those of some other companies should be asking is what took HP’s management so long to figure this out?As we age we become less nimble and flexible. I ...

Stocks have been sailing swiftly this year, but many investors missed the boat by clinging to defensive positions set in the depths of the downturn. Rather than regret lost opportunity, make sure your portfolio is ready for 2010.

The U.S. land rig count has increased for three straight weeks. Is this a real bottom in the cycle or a head fake?

When I use the term “bargain stock ” I'm talking about a stock that's simply being overlooked by the masses that looks cheap by some measure and that still has what I believe to be solid future growth potential.Today I want to look at Hewlett Packard (HPQ). The company is one we all know (and if you don’t hang your head in shame.) HP has bounced back and is way off its lows but it's really not getting anywhere near as much loving as I think it should. In fact there are several things that intrigue me about it right now:1. ...

Recent news from the Energy patch presents a mixed picture, but investors tend to believe what they want and have bid the stocks up and lend capital to those companies that need it.

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by Ridgewater Equity (RWE).

NOTE TO EDITORS: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by RothmanResearch.com.