Investors should get ready for a bumper bear-market rally by building a portfolio out of the most beaten-down stocks they can find, said Clem Chambers of ADVFN. See his picks here!

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David Spika, Timothy Plan Large/Mid-Cap Value Fund portfolio manager, offered investors advice on where to put their money.

SanDisk shares are moving nearly 15 percent higher Wednesday, as talk of a renewed buyout bid by Toshiba hits the trading desks. Here's super-trader Jon Najarian's take on it...

Don't buy the stocks that others are buying, says Craig Callahan, founder and president of ICON Advisers. He says investors should target what others are selling — like consumer discretionary stocks.

Shopping for dividend stocks? Here is CNBC's list of the highest dividend yields offered by Dow 30 stocks.

The price of gold is set to rally to $2,000 per ounce next year as an improvement in the economic outlook causes fear of inflation and currency debasement, Philip Manduca, head of investment from ECU Group, told CNBC.

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These days, just about every stock picker in the business will tell you to be in the market for the long term.  Broadleaf Partners president and chief investment officer Doug MacKay is no exception, but he's willing to go out on a limb for an investor who absolutely must have some short-term gains.

BP is seeing bullish options activity today after the company reaffirmed its commitment to dividends and capital expenditures.

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared Tuesday to close 270 points higher, CNBC asked market experts for their best investment advice.

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We all have our heroes.  David Schick's hero is the American consumer, scaling back and scooping up bargains to survive soaring gas prices, plunging employment, and crunching credit.  The reasons behind two of his stock picks are clear; the reasons behind his third stock pick, less so.

The Thanksgiving-week rally took the markets up 10 percent, and with a 28-percent gain, financials outperformed just about everything else.  BlackRock's Bob Doll sees investors cashing in on those gains this week, and recommends a move to more defensive stocks.

The red ink started to flow with Monday's opening bell on Wall Street.  Holland & Co.'s Mike Holland urged investors to stay with the best names as the best strategy to survive the bear market.