What's Hot on TheStreet

Here's what Benzinga's reading on our friend, TheStreet.com.
What's Hot On TheStreet
Stock-Market Rally Faces Another Big Threat An article in yesterday's Wall Street Journal titled "Threat Builds on the Margins" rightfully highlights a risk to the rip-roaring equity-market rally that began March 2009: Namely, that corporate margin expansion can't last forever, particularly in the face of rising input costs for companies. Perhaps Wall Street's earnings estimates are discounting too rosy a future of corporate profitability.
5 Tech Flops Left Out of the Rally The tech rally of 2011 has left a few notable giants out of the jamboree. As big names in mobile like Apple AAPL and Google GOOG continue to ride the upswing in investor interest, outfits like Nokia NOK, Cisco CSCO, Microsoft MSFT, Activision Blizzard ATVI and Intel INTC have demonstrated an alarming ineptitude in the face of competition.
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Inflation for Seniors Financial advisers who work with retirees say fear, uncertainty and anger describe their clients' attitude about inflation.
Why Retailers Pay For Your Free Samples Handle that cocktail frank on a toothpick with care the next time you're taking a taste at the end of a grocery aisle: Someone may have a lot invested in that free sample.