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    By Douglas McIntyre

    | 10:00AM 5/06/2011
    Apple's shares are trading at about $347, just shy of their all-time high of $364.90, which they hit in February. It's second quarter earnings were record-breaking. So why are some analysts beginning to worry about Apple's stock?

    By Charles Hugh Smith

    | 11:00AM 2/08/2011
    U.S. equities have piled on way-above-average returns in the last five months. But what can investors expect over the next few years? The charts show some patterns, and they hint that returns could revert to a longer-term, lower average -- but what might that be?

    By James Altucher

    | 8:30AM 8/26/2010
    Some of the best reads for investors from around the Web, including posts about the value of the Titanic ruins, a book review of Michael Lewis's "The Big Short" and the good news about housing.

    By Charles Hugh Smith

    | 1:30PM 6/30/2010
    With all the grim economic news out of Europe and China and the disappointing U.S. jobs report, a stock market rally may seem counterintuitive. But several technical signals suggest that the market is ready for a modest rally in the next few weeks.

    By Kevin Kelleher

    | 12:53PM 6/29/2010
    Apple is the current standard bearer for innovation and now the biggest tech company in terms of market value. Paradoxically, Apple is succeeding even as it faces an unprecedented series of missteps, snafus and just plain bad luck.

    By Carol Vinzant

    | 6:30PM 10/03/2008
    Last week I was up in New Brunswick, Canada and got a chance to try out a novel bear-viewing attraction. At the Little, Big Bear Safari, hunting guide, Richard Goguen has built a tower on his family land to watch black bears. The success of the operation makes me think that bear-viewing has some...

    By Carol Vinzant

    | 4:00PM 8/22/2008
    The Environmental Group WildEarth Guardians says an anachronistic part of the Department of Agriculture spent $117 million last year to kill 2.4 million animals. The Wildlife Services has changed names plenty of times, but dates back to the days when the prevailing wisdom was just to wipe out any...

    By Carol Vinzant

    | 6:00PM 8/08/2008
    As the summer of the staycation draws to a close, you may be looking for something, anything fun to do around home that doesn't cost a lot of money. My big hobby is going places to see wild animals. And I'm certainly not alone. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2006 recreation survey says 87...