Gold, as an investment, is a tricky thing. It tends to be thought of as a safe alternative investment, as compared to stocks, mutual funds or other forms of investment.

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In a Volatile Market, Is It Time to Invest in Gold?

Filed under: Stocks to Buy The first play with First Solar ( FSLR ) did not work out, to say the least: stopped out at $115 after an initial buy recommendation at $184.50 on June 2, 2009 . Talk about haircuts. Well, the calculation here is that FSLR is now slightly undervalued at $116, but the qualifiers abound for this play, so attention is advised

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First Solar: For High-Risk Investors Only

Filed under: Private Equity Software giant Oracle ( ORCL ) finally completed its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems on January 26, for $9.50 per share in cash and debt deal, setting up an opportunity for the company to dominate its competition in the database software and enterprise computing systems markets. Sun has been delisted from the Nasdaq and all Sun stock holders were to have cash payouts mailed to them within a week

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Oracle Completes Sun Merger

Filed under: International Markets , Forecasts Thinking about diversifying a portion of your portfolio out of the dollar, and in to, perhaps, other hard currencies, such as the euro? About six months ago, selling dollars and to buy euros appeared to be such a slam-dunk, no-risk investment move

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Buying Euros, Selling Dollars A Slam-Dunk Winning Strategy? Not Quite

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Filed under: International Markets , China , Commodities China has piles of extra money and is looking for places to invest it. China’s reserves are at $2.4 trillion and grew by $37.8 billion a month last year.

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China’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Is Looking to Invest in Commodities

Despite the negative threat of the January Barometer, the markets rallied and rallied sharply today. A strong ISM release rose above more debt concerns globally. Even a $1.6 trillion deficit being locked in for 2011 had no negative impacts on stocks

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Closing Bell: Market Rally Despite Negative January Barometer (JPM, USU, LEAP, XOM)

The Obama administration could take longer than 10 years to collect a $90 billion tax on financial institutions seeking to cover the remaining costs of a $700 billion bank bailout package, according to the White House’s new budget blueprint.

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Obama’s $90 bln bank tax takes ‘at least’ 10 years

Amazon.com shares fell on Monday on news that the company has pulled several titles of a major book publisher in a dispute about prices for its Kindle e-book reader.

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Amazon shares drop on news of e-book price dispute

Brazilian ethanol-maker Coasan said Monday it has entered a $12 billion venture with Royal Dutch Shell aimed at creating Brazil’s third-largest fuel distribution network.

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Brazil’s Cosan surges on Shell ethanol venture

Brazilian stocks advance, led by a rally in Cosan Ltd. shares after the sugarcane-ethanol producer entered a $12 billion joint venture with Royal Dutch Shell.

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Latin American Markets: Brazil’s Bovespa led by rallying Cosan shares