Peet’s Coffee & Tea (NASDAQ: PEET) and Green Mountain Coffee (NASDAQ:GMCR) are two coffee stocks showing up on our radar. With the price of coffee beans moving higher you have to wonder how much longer these two stocks can run. Margin erosion could occur in the near future as increased coffee costs are difficult to pass on to the consumer. Premium names could be punished as consumers trade down to cheaper brands.

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and ValueClick (NASDAQ: VCLK) showed up on today’s stock chart scan. Microsoft displays a small symmetrical triangle pattern. A break of the resistance trendline could setup MSFT for a modest run to the $26.50 area. ValueClick has an impressive chart showing an ascending triangle pattern with a $14.00 neckline. If VCLK can break through resistance it could reach $17.50 very quickly.

International restaurant companies are rapidly expanding into untapped markets all over the world. For US based companies, McDonalds (NYSE:MCD) and Yum! Brands (NYSE: YUM) foreign markets represent a fresh place to grow. Lower taxes, labors rates and regulations make expansion into heavily populated countries like China and India imperative.

NovaGold Resources, Inc. (AMEX:NG), Silvercorp Metals (NYSE:SVM) and Endeavor Silver Corp(AMEX:EXK) are three mining stocks climbing the wall of worry. Even with the massive run in precious metals prices, these three stocks could double yet again before the next presidential election.

If you believe the United States will be an inflationary environment over the next five years you have to believe in a major bullish move for precious metals like gold and silver. If you go one step further you will realize just how lucrative micro-cap gold and silver miners are. Rising profit margins can propel [...]

Most people think of assets as anything that can be readily converted to cash. Common possessions like cars, houses and electronics are often thought of as assets. In actuality, this couldn’t be any farther from the truth. Assets are things that generate positive cash flow and put money in your pocket.