Filed under: International markets , Good news , Financial Crisis It’s been a week of mostly positive data points for U.S. investors.

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Ray of light: More evidence that credit markets are normalizing

Filed under: Stocks to Buy I’m Reiterating my Buy rating for Logitech International SA (USA) (NASDAQ: LOGI ), first recommended on April 18, 2009 at a price of about $12. If you purchased LOGI then, you’re up an impressive 40%

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Logitech remains a trendsetter

Filed under: Scandals , Citigroup Inc. (C) , Bank of America (BAC) , Amer Intl Group (AIG) Bloomberg reports that ” Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C ), General Motors and four other bailed-out firms subject to U.S.

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Bailed out businesses slash lobbying budgets

Filed under: Black and Decker (BDK) , Stocks to Buy If you prudently bottom-fished Black & Decker back in April, you’re up a solid 35%. BDK isn’t as cheap as it was then, but given likely, increasing international demand, a chance for an out-sized gain is still possible, which is why I’m Reiterating my Buy rating for Black & Decker (NYSE: BDK ), first recommended on April 17, 2009 at a price of about $33

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Time to squirrel-away a few shares of BDK

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Filed under: Other issues , Recession , Financial Crisis Here’s something I try to convey to students I teach at the undergraduate level: it can take years, even decades to confirm economic trends — ‘instant-analysis’ is frequently wrong and often serves little purpose — but there are trends one can discern fairly quickly. One economic trend that’s clear and one investors need to recognize: Like orthodox communism, market absolutism is dead as an economic philosophy

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Market absolutism, like orthodox communism, is dead

Filed under: Getting started , Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) , United Parcel’B’ (UPS) , Wells Fargo (WFC) , Serious Money , Stocks to Buy , Best Stocks for 2009 , Olin Corp. (OLN) Money market accounts and certificates of deposit are safe, but they provide very little return on your investment. This fact, and the invigorated stock market, provoked one of my bankers, Dobrinka, at the local Santa Monica Wells Fargo branch, to ask for advice on how I would invest $25,000 if I was just starting out

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Serious Money: What to do with $25,000

Filed under: Earnings reports , Kohl’s Corp (KSS) Retail giant Kohl’s (NYSE: KSS ) reported second-quarter earnings this morning, saying they fell 3% due to higher expenses. Despite the drop, KSS managed to top expectations with the latest results

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Kohl’s tops expectations in the second quarter