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Home prices fall in US cities

The SP Case-Shiller index shows that home prices in twenty U.S. metros are falling as compared to prices same time last year.

Kindle Becomes Amazon's Best-Selling Product of All Time

Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) has one thing over Voldemort. It has just slain Harry Potter. The leading online retailer announced that the third generation of its Kindle e-book reader has now become Amazon's best-selling product of all time. It tops Scholastic's(Nasdaq: SCHL) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallowsrelease during the summer of 2007.

One Stock David Gardner Thinks You Should Watch

 If you had a strong desire to learn Portuguese, you could spend some time in Mozambique, try to find a course at your local community college, immerse yourself in a Berlitz class, or pick up the yellow box from Rosetta Stone (NYSE: RST). The company has built a strong reputation for teaching new languages relatively painlessly and affordably, making it the brand-name leader without rival. As Fool co-founder David Gardner says, "I can't find the Pepsi to Rosetta Stone'sCoke. There's no comparable competitor."

 

Analysts Are Completely Wrong About These Stocks

These are some of the CAPS community's most-favored companies. So why does the professional analyst community look down on them? Who's got it right? The professional class of analysts, sitting in their paneled offices, smoking stogies, or a motley crew of community investors pooling their best thoughts for others to share. We've got an idea on who we think will come out ahead, how about you?

2 Unbelievable Bargains to Buy Right Now

In our ongoing series of chats with Fool analysts and advisors, I've been asking them about the stocks on their watchlists and the catalysts that would induce them to buy. Today, the man in charge of training our analysts provides two excellent companies that he owns and believes deserve strong consideration for a spot in your portfolio – no catalyst required.

Don't Obsess About Dividends

 

With interest rates on bonds, bank CDs, and other low-risk investments at extremely low levels, investors have really taken to the income potential provided by dividend-paying stocks. But a stock that doesn't pay a dividend isn't automatically a loser. In fact, sometimes, a company that chooses to make other uses of its free cash than returning it to shareholders via dividends is making the smartest move it can with its capital.




China Digital TV Shares Popped/Plunged: What You Need to Know

Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.

Amedisys Shares Popped: What You Need to Know

 Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.


How Cheap Is Bristol-Myers Squibb's Stock by the Numbers?

Numbers can lie -- yet they're the best first step in determining whether a stock is a buy. In this series, we use some carefully chosen metrics to size up a stock's true value based on the following clues:

Is Oracle's Stock a Bargain by the Numbers?

 Numbers can lie -- yet they're the best first step in determining whether a stock is a buy. In this series, we use some carefully chosen metrics to size up a stock's true value based on the following clues:

 

Country Style Cooking Shares Popped: What You Need to Know

 Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.


Tenet Healthcare Shares Skyrocketed: What You Need to Know

 Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.