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Is IBM a Buy?
Has International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) officially turned the corner? In the recently reported third quarter, the company beat analyst estimates on revenue and earnings per share....
Intel Might Be Trying to Make Up for Lost Time
Just recently, word emerged that chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was planning to introduce another product seemingly based on a derivative of its 14-nanometer chip manufacturing technology known....
Why 2017 Was a Year to Forget for Kimberly-Clark Corporation
One of the benefits of owning a diversified consumer goods stock like Kimberly Clark (NYSE: KMB) is that you're unlikely to suffer from dramatic swings in the business. Demand for diapers and....
5 Things I Hate About Apple
Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are closing in on the all-time highs they hit last month, and Citi analyst Jim Suva feels that the good times will continue. He offers up five reasons to own Apple....
Is Enbridge Inc. (ENB) a Buy?
Canadian energy infrastructure giant Enbridge believes it is a "must-own" investment. That's because it's a financially strong company with a premier asset base backed by a low-risk business model....
3 Reasons Amazon.com, Inc. Stock Could Fall
I'm no doomsday prophet, nor am I pessimistic about the future -- especially when it comes to Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock. In fact, few investors would lose as much of their portfolio as I would....
T-Mobile Is Taking on Big Cable
T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) has decided to disrupt another industry. The company that forced its wireless phone rivals to abandon long-standing practices including contracts and overages will launch....
Is It Time to Get Greedy With Altria Group Stock?
The ever-quotable Warren Buffett once said that investors would do well to be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. Cigarette maker Altria (NYSE: MO) has had a rocky....
IoT Stocks: What to Watch in 2018
The Internet of Things (IoT) market, which includes various gadgets connected to each other and the cloud, is expected to grow rapidly over the next few years. Research firm IDC expects global....
Bob Iger May Stick Around at Walt Disney After All
Recently, I profiled Bob Chapek, the Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Parks & Resorts executive that was recently rumored to be heir apparent to CEO Bob Iger. Iger's contract, which has been extended....
MercadoLibre Stock: Next Stop, $330?
Shares of MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) hit another all-time high on Tuesday, and at least one Wall Street pro sees the Latin American online marketplace speedster going even higher. Piper Jaffray....
Twitter's New Threaded Feature Is the Latest Subtle Effort to Undermine the Character Limit
Brevity.That's been Twitter's (NYSE: TWTR) primary defense of its character limit over the years, even though the potential exists that removing the character limit could broaden the appeal of the....
NVIDIA's Artificial Intelligence to Power a "Drone Traffic Cop" to Monitor Canadian Highways
NVIDIA's (NASDAQ: NVDA) artificial intelligence (AI) products for data centers and autonomous cars get significant press coverage, but its drone AI products and projects don't get the attention....
3 Stocks to Help Baby Boomers to Reach Their Goals
Retirement goals are highly personal. But a few broad themes, including stability, income, and growth, stand out as popular ones for investors who are preparing to transition -- or have recently....
Here's Where Things Went Wrong For Coca-Cola in 2017
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), one of Warren Buffett's favorite stocks, is widely considered a safe income play for long-term investors. However, Coca-Cola's 9% gain over the past year underperformed both....
Why This Apple Inc. Analyst Might Be Right About a 2018 Supercycle
A little while ago, generally reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo with KGI Securities, whose Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) analysis and predictions have typically been quite accurate, said that while "the market....
Why MGM Resorts Is Upgrading Monte Carlo
The Las Vegas Strip is getting another face-lift now that MGM Resorts (NYSE: MGM) is spending $450 million to turn the Monte Carlo into Park MGM. It's a needed upgrade for an aging property and....
Is Illumina, Inc. a Buy?
2017 has been an excellent year for Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN), the market leader for gene sequencers, having revived sales growth thanks to the rollout of a new product line. Shareholders have been....
United Continental's New Share Buyback Plan Is Less Impressive Than It Seems
Last week, airline giant United Continental (NYSE: UAL) announced that it is on track to complete its current $2 billion share repurchase authorization by the end of this month. The company's....
Windows on ARM Is Back, and It Makes Sense This Time
Chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and perpetual runner-up Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) have benefited greatly from the fact that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows, the overwhelmingly dominant....
What Will Happen to Costco's Digital Business?
You can't look at Costco's (NASDAQ: COST) digital business without examining its delivery efforts. Even for the warehouse club, which has been more or less immune to the impact the internet has....
Here's Why Your Bank Account Interest Rate Won't Go Up Even If the Fed Raises Rates
The Federal Reserve has raised rates four times since 2015. The market expects a fifth post-crisis increase in the Fed's target rate on Wednesday, which would bring the fed target to a range of....
What It Costs to Buy the "12 Days of Christmas" Gifts
Image source: Getty Images.While a partridge in a pear tree has not been a fashionable gift to give in a very long time (if ever), it's the first present mentioned in the popular Christmas song....
The Simple Reason Why I Won't Buy Kinder Morgan, Inc. Stock
Midstream oil and gas giant Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) has announced plans to increase its dividend by an average of around 25% a year between 2018 and 2020. At first blush, that's a pretty....
Uber's Terrible 2017 in Review
Uber has had one heck of a year, in all of the worst ways. The company is in the midst of trade secret lawsuits, consumer protection lawsuits, and bans from cities. It's trying to fix its culture....