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4 Top Stocks You Can Buy on Sale for 2018
Stock bargains are hard to come by these days. The S&P 500 has soared 18% since the start of the year, and many of its members are up by multiples of that figure.Underperforming stocks don't....
Disney's Interest In Fox Is All About Streaming
Disney (NYSE: DIS) is working on a couple of direct-to-consumer streaming products for ESPN and its film studios. Adding in the assets of Twenty-First Century Fox's (NASDAQ: FOXA) film and....
Home Depot Gives Investors a $15 Billion Christmas Gift
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is the stock that keeps on giving. Ahead of its analyst meeting, and just in time for the holidays, the retailer announced a $15 billion share buyback.For longtime owners of....
Starbucks Opens Its Second Roastery as It Aims to Move Upmarket
Earlier this week, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) opened its second Starbucks Reserve Roastery. The pilot location opened in Starbucks' hometown of Seattle three years ago. Fittingly, the second....
Comcast's Universal Orlando Steals a Page Out Disney's Playbook
If you enjoy rubbing elbows with actors in superhero costumes between forkfuls of shrimp scampi and have $50 burning a hole in your pocket, then Comcast's (NASDAQ: CMCSA) Universal Orlando has a....
Why Macy's, J.C. Penney, and Kohl's Surged in November
Shares of Macy's (NYSE: M), J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), and Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) jumped 26.9%, 18.2%, and 14.9% last month, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.The....
Tech Stocks This Week: Prime Video on Apple TV, Tesla's AI Chip, and More
In this week's review of tech stocks, Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) cozy up, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) confirms it's developing artificial intelligence (AI) hardware chips, and....
Will 2018 Be Home Depot Inc's Best Year Yet?
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is poised to cross $100 billion in annual sales for the first time right before the business enters 2018. That's an impressive achievement when you consider that the sales....
Why the Holidays Aren’t Merry for UPS and FedEx
You might expect that the holiday quarter would be the best period of the year for UPS (NYSE: UPS) and FedEx (NYSE: FDX) -- but the two shipping giants consistently lose a pretty big chunk of....
2 Top Casino Stocks to Buy Now -- and 1 to Avoid
Casino stocks have become great growth and cash flow investments on the market over the past decade as companies have expanded around the world and begun paying dividends. Not all casino stocks,....
Costco Earnings: 3 Numbers to Watch
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) will post its third-quarter earnings report next week, right in the heat of the holiday shopping season. We already know the world's second-largest retailer, behind Wal-Mart....
Finally, Ford Prepares to Double Down in China
Half a decade ago, one of Ford Motor Co.'s (NYSE: F) sources of growth was the exploding Chinese automotive market. Between 2012 and 2015 Ford posted strong annual sales gains there, and Chinese....
Why General Motors Thinks the First Self-Driving Company Will Win Big
Will there be a significant "first-mover" advantage in self-driving cars? Will the first company (or group of companies) to bring the technology to market enjoy significant long-term advantages....
Will CVS Get the Chance to Buy Aetna?
In this Market Foolery podcast, host Chris Hill is joined by Industry Focus: Healthcare host, Kristine Harjes, to dig into CVS Health's (NYSE: CVS) offer to purchase insurer Aetna (NYSE: AET) for....
3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can Boost Amazon’s Growth
Slowly but surely, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an integral part of our lives. Of course, we don't have AI-enabled robots running errands for us just yet, but tech companies are....
Why Retail Stocks Are Loving the GOP Tax Plan
Investors have fled retail stocks this year as worries mount regarding the "retail apocalypse". Brick-and-mortar chains have announced more store closings than any previous year on record.....
Ford's Self-Driving Business Plan: A Commercial Vehicle by 2021
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) will begin testing its autonomous-vehicle technology in at least one city starting in 2018 -- but it's still planning to wait until 2021 to bring its technology to....
Why McDonald's Is Bringing Back the Dollar Value Menu
Let's be frank: Value menus based on dollar price points are a loss leader in the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry. Their primary purpose is to draw traffic into stores, where, if a....
Chipotle Hopes You'll Give Queso a Second Chance
When Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) finally made its queso available at restaurants nationwide in early September, it boasted of "cracking the code" to the melty cheese that so many consumers....
Will 2018 Be McDonald's Corp.'s Best Year Yet?
There's no denying that McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) is having a heck of a year. The fast-food giant has seen its shares hit new all-time highs every single day this week, trading 46% higher so far in....
Can Restaurants Really Save the Struggling Retail Industry?
Two wrongs don't make a right, and two failing businesses joining together don't make a healthy one -- just ask Sears Holdings. So if those are bad ideas, can aligning two ailing industries make....
Why 2017 Was a Year to Remember for McDonald's Corp.
The first step in McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) business turnaround was admitting that it had a problem. Following three straight years of shrinking sales, executives began fiscal 2017 fully aware that....
3 Growth Stocks at Deep-Value Prices
With the stock market at record highs, many investors are paying premiums for companies that appear capable of delivering big earnings growth over the long term. That sets them up with a....
Can China and Italy Boost Starbucks' Slowing Growth?
Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is hoping international expansion will be the shot of caffeine that its growth story needs. The Seattle-based coffee maker reported fourth-quarter same-store sales and....
1 Dividend Stock to Buy in December
If you're looking for income from your investments in the stock market, Kroger (NYSE: KR) is a great long-term bet. Not only does it sport a meaningful dividend yield today, but Kroger's dividend....