Pulte Homes plunged to a new multi-year low today, after our OptionMonster's tracking systems showed strong institutional put buying yesterday. Our puts becamse that much more valuable....   Read More

Can't figure out when to get into the market, and when to stay out?  Congress Asset Management's Peter Andersen feels your pain.  Go for the names that have high dividend yields, and ones that have pretty transparent balance sheets.  There's a lot of them out there right now."   Read More

Banks are anathema to stock-market investors now, but Peter Sorrentino of Huntington Asset Advisors says that will change — probably around the middle of next year.   Read More

The first place investors should focus their attention is the credit markets as there is "significant" value to be found here, James Bevan, chief investment officer at CCLA Investment Management said.   Read More

Motorola has had about as much good news as I've got hair: The company is losing market share every day, and its commoditized business is under attack by Samsung, LG, Nokia, and HTC. But as bad as things are, MOT shares may be worth a look now...   Read More

Volatility in financial stocks, particularly Citigroup and Merrill Lynch, remains very high, according to Rebecca Darst, equity options analyst with TheStreet.com.   Read More

Telcos, pharmas and some media stocks present investment opportunities now, according to Fergus O'Sullivan, managing director at Morgan Stanley.   Read More

Richard Sparks of Schaeffer's Investment Research admits the current market environment is a tough one, but he still has some suggestions about where a stock investor's money should go.   Read More

Car sales are off a cliff, financials are drowning in red ink, and retailers are facing the worst holiday-shopping season in recent memory. So what isn't a disaster?  Howard Rubel of Jefferies & Co. points investors toward defense companies.   Read More

The rules for investing in technology have changed as much as the markets themselves. Weiss Capital's Mike Burnick and Fort Pitt Capital's Kim Caughey offered CNBC their tech stock picks — and pans. (Part Two)   Read More