Small caps

It has not been a happy gathering of food companies at the consumer industry conference. ConAgra Foods, J.M. Smucker and Mondelez International all recently reported dismal results. But not all food stocks are down. Kraft (NASDAQ: KRFT), which has a huge overseas presence, reported that sales...

While there is no shortage of terrible publicly traded companies in the retail sector, such as Sears, RadioShack and J.C. Penney, there are three reasons why Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) is a terrific long-term investment, even though its recent earnings have it down. Wal-Mart is the biggest and the...

Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) is hoping that its new video game, Titanfall, will increase the company's earnings. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn now has a $400 million paper profit from his dealings with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) that did nothing to improve the firm or make society a better place. That...

Investors in the publicly-traded cannabis-related sector can do little wrong in 2014 so far, with stocks soaring and, for the most part, holding the gargantuan gains. The Marketfy 420 Investor Cannabis Stock Index, which rose 59 percent in 2013 and was based upon eight stocks, has increased by...

On January 8, 2014, JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) slumped to under $8.50 a share due to cancelled flights. An article ran on Benzinga, "3 Reasons to Buy JetBlue on the Decline." After that article, JetBlue rose to around $9.45 in late January. By contrast, another article in Benzinga called for...

On December 5, when Bon-Ton Stores (NASDAQ: BONT) was up more than 50 percent for the last month and closed at $17.51, Benzinga published the article, "3 Reasons to Short Bon-Ton Stores." At present, Bon-Ton Stores is now trading around $9.50. It is difficult to see Bon-Ton Stores recovering...

For investors, the small cap world has many intriguing publicly traded companies. One happens to be Collector's Universe (NASDAQ: CLCT), which, "provides third-party authentication, grading, and related services for rare and high-value collectibles consisting of coins, trading cards, sports...

Believe it or not, Spam, the legendary product of Hormel Foods (NYSE: HRL), is a delicacy in Asia. It is also served at L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, a chain in the United States that features grilled spam in the Saimin dish. Spam has been very good to the shareholders of Hormel Foods, as it is up...

When Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD) and Pepsico (NYSE: PEP) are disappointing investors, that signals a new paradigm in the beverage sector. Pepsico, Anheuser-Busch InBev and Coca-Cola are still great companies with a place in every portfolio. But what is becoming more...

As detailed in many previous articles on Benzinga, investing for the long-term in oil and natural gas stocks is a wise move. But Big Oil firms like ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) are down for 2014. In addition, the price of a barrel of oil is expected to fall about 10 percent in...

In the years ahead, the rise of the consumer class in emerging nations will power the engine of global economic growth. That has been reported in focused studies from McKinsey Global Institute to outlooks for energy demand from the International International Energy Agency, and Big Oil firms...

Market lost ground Wednesday and will likely open lower again Thursday. The Dow lost about 89 points to close at 16,040.56. The S&P was down 0.6 percent, or about 12 points to close at 1,828.75, and the NASDAQ fell 0.8 percent to 4,237.95. This morning, U.S. markets are indicated to open...