Consumers are always disappointed when they discover one of their favorite restaurants has closed abruptly, with a note on the establishment's front door. This practice has occurred more often lately, as the casual restaurant sector has faced economic challenges and financial distress, leading to closures of many chains' locations. Common reasons for shutting down locations have included fierce competition among restaurant chains, rising labor and food costs, and high lease rates that have forced several ...

Momentum investing is essentially an exception to the idea of "buying low and selling high." Investors following this style of investing are usually not interested in betting on cheap stocks and waiting long for them to recover. Instead, they believe that "buying high and selling higher" is the way to make far more money in lesser time.Everyone likes betting on fast-moving trending stocks, but it isn't easy to determine the right entry point. These stocks often lose momentum when their future growth potenti ...