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Rogers Communications Inc.'s Wireless Division Continues to Shine
Rogers Communications' (NYSE: RCI) wireless division continued to do the bulk of the heavy lifting by once again supplying most of the company's top- and bottom-line growth. That helped offset mixed
Better Buy: Himax Technologies, Inc. vs. NVIDIA
Investors looking to profit in the semiconductor space have certainly been in the right place recently. The sector has been on fire and has risen over 53% in the last year, as tracked by the PHLX
The 5 Best Utility Dividend Stocks Today
Published by Bob Ciura on July 20th, 2017
Income investors rely on utility stocks for steady dividends. Utilities have earned a strong reputation among income investors, and for good reason.
Soft Pricing Undercuts Market-Share Gains at C.H. Robinson Worldwide
A familiar theme characterized C.H. Robinson Worldwide's (NASDAQ: CHRW) second-quarter 2017 results, released Wednesday after the closing bell. Revenue rose appreciably, but other key metrics
Invest in an All-Time Market High? That’s the Best Move!
Published July 20th, 2017
This article is a guest post by Mike McNeil, author of 30 Days to Dividend Growth Investing. You can download his book for free on his blog The Dividend Guy Blog.
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Will IBM Ever Be a Great Dividend Stock Again? 1 Analyst Thinks So
Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and "initiate coverage" on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they're talking about? Today, we're taking one
Here's Why Smart Sand Inc's Stock Is Sinking Today
Shares of frack sand producer Smart Sand (NASDAQ: SND) were falling on Thursday morning and were down more than 15% at 11 a.m. EDT following an analyst downgrade.That downgrade came from an analyst at
Intel Corporation Kills Off Its Wearable Devices Effort
Back in 2014, chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) reportedly dropped around $100 million on a company called Basis Science.In a press release announcing the completion of the acquisition, Intel called
Here's Why The Best Is Yet to Come for Baidu, Inc.
Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) has been a laggard in the Chinese tech industry over the past year due to a government crackdown on its advertising practices, weak sales growth, and the rising costs of
Philip Morris International Disappoints as Currency Headwinds Return
As a global business, Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) gets much of its revenue in foreign currency, and the strong dollar over the past several years has eaten into the tobacco giant's
Qualcomm: Buy the Dip?
Let's face it: When it comes to money, people don't always make good decisions. Thanks to a litany of psychological biases, investors often sell stocks for below their intrinsic value or overpay for
Investors First Sell, Then Buy Lockheed Martin Stock After Earnings
It was kind of a one-step-back, two-steps-forward quarter for Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT).Shares of the world's largest pure-play defense stock fell a fraction of a percent after it reported earnings
Chemours Co: Buy at the High?
Things didn't start out so great when DuPont (NYSE: DD) decided to let certain specialty chemical manufacturing operations fly under their own flag as Chemours Co. (NYSE: CC) in mid-2015. The stock
3 Oil Stocks I'd Buy Right Now
Oil prices have been stubbornly weak all year. We can blame that on shale producers since the industry has hit the accelerator on drilling activities this year causing an output surge. While growing
Netflix's Latest Quarter Proves That Content Is King
Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX) posted another blowout quarter earlier this week, but this one was even better than its average subscriber beat.Netflix's second-quarter subscriber growth crushed its own
The Biggest Risk Facing 21st Century Fox, Inc.
The way people consume entertainment has changed and it's going to continue to change.Cord cutting, or ditching a traditional cable subscription in favor of using streaming services, has been a slowly
5 Fascinating Numbers About Bank of America's Mobile Banking App
Mobile banking isn't the future of banking; it's the present. And few banks have cracked the nut on mobile banking as well as Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) has.On the bank's second-quarter conference
5 Things AeroVironment Management Wants You to Know About The Business
When drone-aircraft maker AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) reported its year-end fiscal 2017 earnings last month, management delivered a warning: Sales in the current quarter will probably fall about 16%
Valspar Costs Overshadow Sherwin-Williams' Revenue Gains
A strong economy makes homeowners more willing to spend money to do work on their homes, and Sherwin-Williams (NYSE: SHW) has been a beneficiary of that favorable trend for years. Not only has the
Apple's Legal Battle Is Wrecking Qualcomm's Licensing Business in More Ways Than One
Mobile chip giant Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) reported fiscal third-quarter earnings last night, and the company's licensing business expectedly took a major hit due to the ongoing and escalating legal
Better Buy: Shopify Inc. (U.S.) vs. Zendesk Inc.
If you don't know what SaaS stands for, you're already behind. Companies that offer software-as-a-service -- SaaS -- design cloud platforms with software for customers to use from any connected device
iPhone Speculation Helps Finisar Stock, but There's Competition
Shares of Finisar (NASDAQ: FNSR) took a beating in March after the company's third-quarter financial performance wasn't good enough to match Wall Street's expectations. In fact, the fiber-optic
Hanesbrands: Value Play or Value Trap?
Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE: HBI), manufacturer and marketer of popular apparel brands such as Hanes, Champion, and Playtex, has been on a bit of a roller-coaster ride the last couple of years. Its stock
Rumor: Apple Inc. Will Update iPhone SE Next Month
In March 2016, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) introduced the iPhone SE. The device retained the same form factor as the iPhone 5s, which itself retained the same general form factor of the iPhone 5 launched in
I Still Can't Believe Freeport-McMoRan Inc. Spent $20 Billion on This Oil and Gas Deal
In early December 2012, Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) unveiled a bold move to buy not one but two oil and gas businesses, agreeing to pay roughly $20 billion in a combination of cash, stock, and the