Saturday Stocks and Startups - Thanksgiving Edition

It’s been a quiet week given the Thanksgiving holiday. I took a few days off to eat, drink, and be merry with family, and hope you did the same!

But there’s plenty on the investing front that caught my eye over the past several days, so it’s time for me to get back in the saddle.

So, I’m taking some time this weekend to kick off a new recurring piece by popular demand: Let’s call it “Saturday Stocks and Startups” and see if that sticks.

Since I departed 7investing earlier this year, I’ve received many requests from readers for a central place to follow my thoughts on investing in both publicly traded stocks and private startups — particularly beyond my musings on Twitter (it’s still not “X” to me) and my rudimentary author page at The Fool.

Because I’ve since launched more free-ranging coverage on startups here at Bottom Line Investing — and noting much of my work on public stocks doesn’t always translate effectively to the Fool’s article-style format — it seems a logical next step to extend my research on publicly traded equities here to BLI as well.

Without further adieu, here’s what caught my eye in the worlds of stocks and startups this week:

On stocks: