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"Stocks that go up can keep climbing higher," notes financial columnist Paul La Monica In the "Annual Outlook Issue" of Money magazine.   That line of thought could explain why Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX), which is up more than 40 percent for 2013, should have a bullish future. It is also the case...

Major retailers like Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) are not the only ones worried about a torrent of holiday customers. The Obama Administration has quietly scaled back its marketing efforts for Healthcare.gov, The New York Times reported. Officials are apparently afraid the...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review two cases, among more than 30, in which for-profit companies claimed the Affordable Care Act’s birth control provision mandate violates both their religious beliefs and the First Amendment. The two cases involve privately held Hobby Lobby and...

The Nasdaq index traded above 4,000 for the first time since 2000. The other major indices were flat for the day as markets couldn't hold on to early gains that were boosted by an international accord with Iran. Economic news was rather light and there were no comments from a Fed chairperson that...

This weekend in Barron's online: a look at Sirius XM, the prospects for retailers this holiday shopping season, a small bank merger, Qualcomm ages gracefully and more. Cover Story "Sound of Success" by Alexander Eule. Though Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) has a monopoly on satellite radio, a growing...

A recent article in the Financial Times with the ominous headline, "Hope for faster global growth dashed," reported on the anemic international recovery from the Great Recession. While bearish for many sectors, the Financial Times piece is actually bullish for the staffing industry. Concerned...

A previous article on Benzinga mentioned  "3 Small Caps That Should Profit from ObamaCare." Several weeks later, of those publicly traded companies reviewed, one has been cashing in, big time. So too have its shareholders, as the stock price for Quadrant4 Systems (OTC: QFOR), an information...

Health insurance companies will have to cover most of the costs of reinstating policies cancelled because of Obamacare requirements. Politico reported  President Obama told insurance company CEOs that there will be no federal financial aid to help them restore the policies. Last week, popular...

When publicly traded small-cap companies are posting record revenues, it is a very bullish sign. It demonstrates that there is an increasing demand for the goods and services that the company is selling. Three small caps that have recently registered record revenues include Labor SMART (OTC: LTNC...

This weekend in Barron's online: 13 bargains in the bull market, picking the best ETFs and the prospects for Blount International, Carlyle Group, Discovery Communications and more. Cover Story "Bubble Trouble?" by Andrew Bary. The major U.S. stock markets are at or near record levels, Barron's...

This weekend in Barron's online: recommendations for investing in Latin America, as well as the prospects for Twitter, Discover, Boeing and Covanta. Cover Story "The New Latin America" by Reshma Kapadia. After more than a decade of solid returns, Latin American stocks are down eight percent so...

To say that it has been a good year for the shareholders of TrueBlue (NYSE: TBI), a company in the $29 billion demand labor segment of the $100 billion staffing industry in the United States, would be an understatement. For 2013, the stock price of TrueBlue has soared more than 70 percent,...

With the director of the Office of Management and Budget, Sylvia Burwell, refusing to guarantee that the Obamacare website would be completely working by December 15, the pressure is on. So far the Obama administration’s best response has been to announce a “tech surge” involving the “best and...

In John Grisham's short story “Casino”  Bobby Carl Leach, the richest and most ostentatious man in Ford County, Mississippi, reads every newspaper he can to find investing opportunities. While Leach would focus on notices of auctions and foreclosures, drive by in his flashy Cadillac and check...

As you might expect, for some of the "usual suspects" in the healthcare industry are doing quite well as a result of the Affordable Health Act, a.k.a. Obamacare.   Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH) and WellPoint (NYSE: WLP), two major insurers that are prominent blue chips, come to mind. And there...