Avoid Negative-Net-Worth Stocks Like the Plague: John Dorfman I rarely buy a stock whose debt is greater than stockholders’ equity, or corporate net worth per share. In effect, that means I won’t give a second look to about one third of U.S. stocks.

Investors Sour on These Stocks, So I Like Them: John Dorfman Solar-energy stock prices have been falling for about two years.

Only the Savviest Forecasters Win My DEFT Contest: John Dorfman Very few people foresaw the Great Recession of 2007-2009.

Four Winning Stocks With More Nice Gains to Come: John Dorfman Sanderson Farms Inc., Hasbro Inc., CF Industries Holdings Inc. and Ralcorp Holdings Inc. have moved up nicely this year.

Four Bargains Emerge Amid Knocked-Down Stocks: John Dorfman Most stock-market declines are not the end of the world -- just a confirmation of J. Pierpont Morgan’s famous dictum that stocks “will fluctuate.”

Buy Stock Now to Ride Second Stage of Bull Market: John Dorfman From Jan. 19 through Feb. 4, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, a decent gauge of the overall U.S. stock market, dropped about 8 percent.

Analysts Hate These Five Stocks, So Buy Them Now: John Dorfman Wall Street analysts turn up their noses at Eli Lilly & Co.

Ten Stocks I Wouldn’t Touch With a 10-Foot Pole: John Dorfman Don’t buy Cablevision Systems Corp.

Earnings Growth Drives Me to These Five Stocks: John Dorfman Lots of companies are showing improved profits these days, but only a few can boast that their profits doubled in the latest quarter from the previous year.

Stocks Analysts Hated Beat the Ones They Loved: John Dorfman As 2010 gets under way, the stock that Wall Street’s security analysts love most is CMS Energy Corp. It garners 14 “buy” recommendations, with no dissenting votes. One might think that this stock can’t miss.