Green Mountain Coffee: The Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde of Socially Responsible Investing

By Ben Strubel:In our opinion one of the most damning pieces of evidence against Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) was released last week in a proposed amended class action lawsuit filed against GMCR by Horowitz.

By Bret Jensen:Over the last six months there has been much talk about various commodity bubbles, primarily in gold and oil. However, equities in these areas seem reasonably priced despite the run up over the last few years in underlying gold and oil prices.

ByNick Chiu:Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (GMCR) is engaged in two operations: the specialty coffee and coffee maker business. The specialty coffee unit produces coffee, tea and hot coca from a portfolio of brands, including Tully's Coffee, Green Mountain Coffee, and Newman's Own Organics coffee.

By Interactive Brokers: GMCR - Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. - Shares in Green Mountain Coffee Roasters fell as much as 8.95% this morning to a fresh all-time low of $21.06 after grocery chain operator, Kroger Co., said it plans to sell private label coffee pods for Green Mountain's Keurig single-cup brewing machine. GMCR's patent on the K-cups expires in September.

Cabot submits: By Timothy Lutts On the investing side, what’s interesting today is this: Even though the popular market indexes have weakened in recent weeks, the broad market’s health still looks good. And there are still a lot of great growth stocks to choose from.

Green Mountain coffee announced it's entered into a five-year deal with Starbucks. The company also posted EPS of $0.93 beating estimates by $0.20. Revenue of $1 billion, a 14% increase, was in-line. Trading in Green Mountain has been halted on the announcement.

By Qineqt:The recent past for Green Mountain Coffee (GMCR) has been nothing less than a nightmare. It's stock price fell to record low levels this year. Historically, GMCR was a company that enjoyed a monopoly through its K-Cups by licensing it to several companies. It used to charge a high price for K-Cups whereas a fair price for Keurig (GMCR's single cup coffee brewing machine).

By Chris Katje: News out today sees Snapple (DPS) flavors coming in K-Cup and Vue pack form to the popular Keurig brewing system owned by Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR).