Bank Stocks: Time to Buy or Run Screaming?

By Lauren LaCapra

The big banks have gotten clobbered of late, and while Wall Street is still bullish about the group's long-term prospects, few seem courageous enough to actually buy the stocks.
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 Chipotle Does Something It's Only Done Once Before in Its 23-Year History
 Twitter Makes a Big VR Hire; Line Sets IPO Price; Alphabet Wants to Remake Cities
 GE Convinces Feds to Lift Costly "Systemically Important" Label
 Priceline, Expedia, TripAdvisor Hope for End of Bitter Brexit Holiday
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Today's Market

Financial: Ambac

Health: Affymetrix

Tech: Yahoo!

Small-Cap: CSK Auto

Other: Motorola


Markets

U.S. Loses Jobs, Recession Fears Gain Strength

Asia Has Mixed Session

Senate Finance Panel Defies Bush on Stimulus Plan


Tech Stocks

Google Dials Up Voice Service in Egypt

Apple TV 3 Fails to Excite Wall Street

DirecTV to Merge With Liberty Entertainment

Sprint Springs to Life Despite Wider Loss

Altera's Net Slips


Company News

Cerner Guides Under Street Estimates

Sambol to Lead BofA Mortgage Business

Alcoa Takes Stake in Rio Tinto

Beazer, Countrywide Team Up

Oil Prices Lift Chevron's Profits

Gannett's Profits Crumpled


Small Business Focus

Five Employee Motivation Myths Debunked

Five Audit Attractors to Watch Out For


INSIGHT & ADVICE
Gregg Greenberg
Gregg Greenberg
Government Must Get Tough on Security to Beat Hackers -- Acxiom Ex-CEO 

Corporations and government agencies alike need to change their mindsets if they want to keep their data safe from hackers. 
Gregg Greenberg
Gregg Greenberg
Slow-Moving Fed Just Swell for High Yield, EM Bondholders 

Low default rates and a slow-moving Federal Reserve will keep high-yield bonds aloft, says Jim Caron, Managing Director in Morgan Stanley Investment Management's Fixed Income team. 
Gregg Greenberg
Gregg Greenberg
2013's Top 10 Dumbest Things on Wall Street 

While indices shot up, dumb things also proliferated. After reviewing our articles for this year, we've compiled the 5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street's top 10 list. 
Gregg Greenberg
Gregg Greenberg
The 5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street: Predictions 2014 

The coming year holds much promise for new discoveries from the Dumbest Lab. Here are our top five predictions. 
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Weekly Roundup$ 

Markets retreat late in the week while focusing on the Fed and the Trump administration. We add a tech name to the portfolio. 
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Rocket Lab Is Burning Up Cash, but It's Still Going Somewhere$ 

Let's take a close look at this space-tech name, its charts and what its biggest obstacle might be. 
Chris Versace
How to Unwind the Growth Seeker Portfolio$ 

All but three names are going over to Trifecta Stocks. 
Jud Pyle
Wrapping Up OptionsAlerts Positions$ 

Here is some guidance for what action to take with the remaining holdings in our former model portfolio. 
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Income Seeker Is Merging With Real Money Pro$ 

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Wrapping Up $ 

This final issue closes out the remaining model portfolio positions and offers some tips for long-term investing success. 
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ANALYSIS
By Ivy Lessner 
Microsoft's Deal Needs Time to Digest 
Assimilating Yahoo! into the fold will be the toughest task.
By Marek Fuchs 
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo! Oh My! 
Here's where the media and Maven missed on the three tech giants' news trifecta.

IN FOCUS

Microsoft, Yahoo! Await Antitrust Scrutiny 
By Alexei Oreskovic 
The proposed merger could be drawn out because of its complexity.



Apple's iPod Classic Could Be Harmful to Your Headphones 
By Gary Krakow 
Users complain that software upgrade damages equipment.



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A Rally to Champion

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COMMENTARY
By Brad Hall 
The Innovators: Winning the Productivity Game 
Companies need to devise an innovative strategy to bring out the best in their work force.
By Doug Kass 
Kass: Color Me More Bullish 
Even if the economic downturn is worse than feared, it will occur within an already undervalued market.

MANAGING YOUR MONEY
Gregg Greenberg
Should Investors Buy Into Alternative Assets Like Hedge Funds? 
Hedge funds and the less-pricey liquid alternative funds that attempt to mimic them have generally underperformed thus far in 2016. 

Gregg Greenberg
Ex-Treasury Secretary Says Economy Should Be Much Stronger 
The American economy is underperforming for a number of reasons, says John Snow. 

Gregg Greenberg
Don't Build Your Portfolio With Non-Traded REITs, Annuities 
Non-traded REITs have highly limited liquidity, high fees and should generally be avoided, said Simon Lack, author of 'Wall Street Potholes.' 

Gregg Greenberg
Taser Shares, Financial Engines Heading Higher, Says Villere Fund Manager 
Shares of retirement advisory firm Financial Engines are rebounding after a sharp summer selloff. 

Gregg Greenberg
Why Uncle Sam Is Unlikely to Cover Your Long-Term Health Costs 
A Nationwide survey finds that only one person in 10 has a plan for paying long-term care costs. 

Gregg Greenberg
What Family Business Owners Should Consider Before Cashing Out 
Closing down after a lifetime of hard work poses its own challenges, says Kevin Harris at Northern Trust. 

Gregg Greenberg
Why Novo Nordisk Is All in on New Diabetes Drug 
Novo Nordisk shares jumped 5% after the FDA approved its long-acting insulin drug Tresiba. The company's Levemir product will remain available, but 'our efforts are going to be behind Tresiba.' 

Gregg Greenberg
Avoid High Yield and Emerging Market Stocks Until Storm Passes 
The anxiety running through the market is causing a cyclical correction that could last through the end of 2015, says Bill Greiner, chief investment strategist for Mariner Holdings. 

Gregg Greenberg
Steve Madden in Step With Shoppers and Investors 
Shares are up 14% so far this year, says John Heffern, portfolio manager for Chartwell Investments. 

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