Filed under: Forecasts, Good news, Rants and raves, Apple Inc (AAPL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE), Stocks to Buy, Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG), Recession, American Eagle Outfitters (AEO) If there is anything that makes me think we could be close to a market bottom, it is all the peo...

I hope it's going to be a Thursday thump... At least when you hear the "thump" you know you've hit something! The market encountered virtually no resistance on the way down back to our mid-points and we could not be more thrilled as we went bearish at the top and we've been lining up our buys all we...

Filed under: General Electric (GE), Diageo plc (DEO), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Anadarko Petroleum (APC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Chasing Value, Anglo Amer ADR (AAUK), Stocks to Buy, Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG), Annaly Capital Management (NLY) Anybody have capital gains to show this year? I didn't think...

Filed under: Earnings reports, Analyst reports, Forecasts, Chasing Value, Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG), Best Stocks for 2008 While analysts have proven over and over again that they are human (can't be more polite than that) the impact that they have on short-term stock values is clear. Intuitive S...

Filed under: Competitive strategy, Top Picks 2007, Chasing Value, Stocks to Buy, Intuitive Surgical Inc (ISRG), Technology, Best Stocks for 2008 My eight stock picks for 2008 will not include one of my favorites, Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISRG) because of recent appreciation in the stock pri...