Stanley Black & Decker Inc., New York symbol SWK, makes power and hand tools and security devices. It took its current form on March 12, 2010. That’s when Stanley Works bought the Black & Decker Corp. for $3.5 billion in stock. Stanley shareholders own 50.5% of the combined company, and Black & Decker investors own the remaining 49.5%.

We analyze Stanley …read more »

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a beginning or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific investment advice. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental piece of investing strategy, and shows you how you can put it into practice right away.

Today’s tip: “Our investment advice on how …read more »

Chipotle Mexican Grill, symbol CMG on New York, is a Denver-based Mexican-restaurant chain.

In the three months ended June 30, 2011, Chipotle’s revenue rose 22.4%, to $571.6 million from $466.8 million a year earlier. The company’s restaurants attracted more customers during the quarter. That pushed up its same-restaurant sales by 10.0%. As well, Chipotle opened 39 new outlets. It now has …read more »

As stock markets have pulled back from their recent highs, you may have wondered about using stop-loss orders to protect your profits.

However, before you try this approach, you should keep in mind that stop-loss orders have a number of risks that can cost you money. Read on and we’ll take you inside this investing strategy, and point out some …read more »

Every Wednesday, we publish our “Investor Toolkit” series on TSI Network. Whether you’re a beginning or experienced investor, these weekly updates are designed to give you specific investment advice. Each Investor Toolkit update gives you a fundamental piece of investing strategy, and shows you how you can put it into practice right away.

Today’s tip: “8 tips for life-long financial …read more »

We’ve long said that the fast-growing Chinese economy holds a lot of investor promise. But we’ve also cautioned that you need to be aware of the risks of investing in Chinese stocks.

One major risk is that it can be hard to get accurate information on Chinese stocks. So if you have any doubts about the integrity of that information, you …read more »

CriticalControl Solutions Corp., symbol CCZ on Toronto, sells services and software that help business better manage, access and store their information. CriticalControl gets about 60% of its revenue from clients in the oil and gas industry, followed by government (20%), health care (10%) and finance and retail (10%).

CriticalControl is one of the stocks we analyze in Stock Pickers Digest, …read more »

Major Drilling, symbol MDI on Toronto, is a large contract-drilling firm that mainly serves the mining industry. Major Drilling is one of the stocks we analyze in Stock Pickers Digest, our newsletter that contains stock investing tips for the part of your portfolio you devote to aggressive investing.

In the three months ended April 30, 2011, the company’s revenue jumped 41.0%, …read more »

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FedEx Corp., New York symbol FDX, delivers packages and documents in the U.S. and over 220 countries and territories.

FedEx is one of the stocks we analyze in Wall Street Stock Forecaster, our newsletter that offers stock market recommendations for the U.S. markets.

For the fiscal year ended May 31, 2011, FedEx’s revenue rose 13.2%, to $39.3 billion from $34.7 billion in …read more »