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2 Stocks You'll Brag About Owning Someday
Buying good companies at good prices and holding on to them for years, if not decades, has proved to be the best way to grow wealthy. So which stocks do we think are great buy-and-hold candidates....
3 Dividend Stocks That Thrive in Market Crashes
Dividends are an important component of a fully thought out investment strategy during the best of times, but a critical one when things turn south and markets crash. They can be the lifeline that....
Forget Qualcomm: NXP Semiconductors Is a Great Growth Stock In Its Own Right
With its pending $38 billion buyout offer from Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) still on the table -- equal to $110 a share -- Netherlands-based NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) may seem an unlikely....
5 Companies Primed to Profit From This $3.3 Trillion Energy Prize
The Permian Basin that sits underneath western Texas and southeast New Mexico has produced a remarkable 29 billion barrels of oil since its discovery nearly a century ago. However, according to a....
Better Buy: Starbucks Corporation vs. Coca-Cola
Few stocks have created more wealth for their long-term investors than Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). The coffee king and soda giant excel at turning caffeine into cash,....
1 Reason to Buy Apple Stock, and 1 Reason to Stay Away
Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are up nearly 12,000% since the launch of the very first iPod in 2001. With that wildly successful product, Apple began its transformation from a niche computer....
What's Driving Ford Motor Company's Woes in Europe?
Most investors remember Ford Motor Company's (NYSE: F) dark days in Europe following the past recession, when the automaker burned through billions of dollars in profits. Fortunately for....
Marijuana Drive-Thrus and Online Weed Orders Are a Real Possibility in This State
Few industries are growing as quickly as the legal marijuana industry. Within the U.S. -- according to data from Marijuana Business Daily's most recent annual report, entitled Marijuana Business....
3 Reasons Workers Seek Flexible Jobs -- and Why You Should Do the Same
Many working adults have no choice but to report to the office at a preset hour each day and leave at a specific time, regardless of the amount of work they actually have on their plate. But a....
How to Build a Portfolio That Will Last Until You're 100
The idea of running out of money in retirement is pretty terrifying. If your income evaporates late in your retirement, your options for replacing it will be limited. And even if you manage to do....
How the Walt Disney Company Makes Most of Its Money
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is well known for its movies and theme parks. It consistently puts out the highest-grossing blockbusters. It took four of the top five spots for....
How Does Payment History Impact Your Credit Score?
Your FICO credit score depends on five categories of information, and payment history is the most important. If all your credit accounts show flawless payment histories month after month, it can....
Pandora Is Making a Promising Bet on Video Ads
Pandora Media (NYSE: P) might be the world's leading music-streaming specialist, but that doesn't mean it can't capture the visual attention of its nearly 80 million active listeners as well.Last....
2 Dates for Netflix Inc. Investors to Circle in October
Heading into the final quarter of the year, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) investors have to like where they stand. The stock is trouncing the broader market with an over 40% gain so far in 2017 as the....
Intel Corp. Prepping New Optane Solid State Drives for Enthusiasts
One technology that Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has been promoting for quite some time is 3D XPoint, a new non-volatile memory technology that it co-developed with memory specialist Micron (NASDAQ:....
3 Dividend Stocks I'd Buy Right Now
I'm a big fan of generating passive income, which is why I love investing in dividend stocks. The main thing I use that money for right now is buying more income-paying stocks so I can continue....
JPMorgan Chase's Stock Could Soon Pass a Major Threshold
Shares of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) have climbed considerably over the past year and are now closing in on $100. When it eventually crosses that threshold, it will be the first time in the bank's....
Nike Looks to the NBA for Salvation
Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) could use some air these days.Revenue at the Swoosh increased just 0.1% in its most recent quarter, its worst quarterly sales growth in almost seven years. Sales in North....
Better Buy: Domino's Pizza or Papa John's Stock?
Both Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) and Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) have been surprising winners in the post-recession era as their shares have skyrocketed. The competing....
Tech Stocks This Week: Amazon.com Inc.'s New Products, Roku's Hot IPO, and More
It was a busy week in tech. The biggest news was likely Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) substantial expansion to its lineup of smart-assistant Echo devices. In addition, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) said its....
The Latest Scandals Show Why Facebook Is Invincible
September has been a terrible month for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) as the brand has been dragged through the mud on two separate scandals.First, the social network was found to have allowed inauthentic....
Bank of the Ozarks: 2012 vs. 2017
It's no secret that Bank of the Ozarks (NASDAQ: OZRK) is charting a risky course by financing speculative commercial real estate projects in most major metropolitan areas across the country. Yet....
Could Bank of America’s Stock Hit $30 Soon?
It's almost hard to believe that Bank of America's (NYSE: BAC) stock could be closing in on $30 a share, but it is. The reason it's hard to believe this is because, at this time last year, it was....
Oil Prices: Next Stop $85 a Barrel?
What a difference some new data makes. A few months ago, analysts were throwing in the towel on the oil market, with several slashing their price targets on crude and downgrading oil stocks.....
Better Buy: Exelixis, Inc. vs. Immunogen, Inc.
It's been a really good year for Exelixis (NASDAQ: EXEL). The biotech's share price has jumped more than 60% so far in 2017, thanks to continued momentum for its kidney cancer drug Cabometyx. But....