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Here's Why Disney Would Want a Big Piece of Fox
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) has built its recent success on the back of the intellectual property (IP) it owns. Since the company spent $7.4 billion buying Pixar, and $4 billion each for Marvel and....
Allergan Keeps Heading Lower. Is It Time to Buy?
Allergan's (NYSE: AGN) stock slid by double digits for the third straight month in October. So after dropping by another 13.5% last month, Allergan's stock has now lost around 30% of its value....
Better Buy: Cisco Systems, Inc. vs. General Electric
Both Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and industrial giant GE (NYSE: GE) are in the midst of sweeping transformations. In Cisco's case, CEO Chuck Robbins is focused on paring overhead as it transitions away....
Why American Airlines' Share Buybacks Are Slowing Down
During 2015 and 2016, American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) set itself apart from its peers in the airline industry by repurchasing an enormous amount of stock. As a result, the company has reduced its....
Visa's Very Real Catalyst for Growth
In what has surely become a familiar story for shareholders, Visa Inc (NYSE: V) once again reported a stellar quarter late last month. Looking over the company's numbers from its fiscal....
Is Teck Resources Ltd. a Buy?
Mining companies rarely specialize in one commodity. That's mostly due to the nature of raw ores and mineral deposits, which often contain multiple resources. For instance, gold, silver, and lead....
3 International Stocks for Retirees
Retirees these days are living longer than ever before. That means there's a need to not only sustain your income with dividends, but also to grow your nest egg by investing in high-quality....
Holiday 2017: The Truth About the "Retail Apocalypse"
If you read the news or watch it on television or the internet, you would think that most malls teeter on the edge of closing, with empty storefronts and Starbucks accounting for most storefronts.....
3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks I'd Buy Right Now
It might seem risky to buy higher-yielding dividend stocks in today's market, as the S&P 500 hovers near historic highs and interest rates gradually rise. The logical move for conservative....
3 Stocks a Young Warren Buffett Would Buy
Warren Buffett, the famed billionaire investor and CEO of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, has always been a value investor. Buffett tries to estimate how much a stock is worth and buy it for....
The Insurer That's Crushing It in Obamacare
Worry that Obamacare is on life support doesn't seem to scare Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) CEO Michael Neidorff. Over the past few years, he's been significantly increasing Centene's exposure....
Better Buy: Novavax, Inc. vs. Pfizer Inc.
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) ranks as one of the giants of the pharmaceutical market, with a blockbuster vaccine franchise. Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) is only a fraction of Pfizer's size and is still at least a....
Better Buy: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. vs. Intel
Though there were some similarities in their third-quarter earnings releases, shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) have taken dramatically different turns since....
The Only 3 Big Pharma Companies Growing Market Share
With worldwide spending on prescription drugs increasing from an estimated $774 billion in 2017 to over $1 trillion in 2022, a rising tide of pharmaceutical sales is lifting a lot of drug company....
What You Need To Know About Broadcom’s Bid for Qualcomm
Phone chipmaker Broadcom has made a surprising and splashy $105 billion bid for its rival Qualcomm yesterday, making it potentially the biggest takeover in the history of the technology – if the....
Big Tech Giants Get Even Bigger
Tech giants Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) are all hitting all-time highs this week after reporting spectacular quarterly....
Russian Ads Overshadow Facebook's Otherwise Fabulous Quarter
After last quarter's blowout performance, Facebook, Inc.'s (NASDAQ: FB) third-quarter financial release came against the backdrop of company executives' testimony in Congressional hearings about....
3 Stocks That Could Be Life-Changers
Most investors dream of "life-changing" stocks -- investments that deliver such huge returns over the years that they really do change the way we live. Of course, out in the real world, many....
The Simple Reason Why I Won't Buy Sirius XM Holdings Inc. Stock
SiriusXM (NASDAQ: SIRI) has built an impressive business built on subscription revenue. The satellite-radio company has 32.2 million subscribers, an amount that has steadily climbed, and revenue....
Why Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. Stock Popped Today
Shares of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (NASDAQ: FOXA)(NASDAQ: FOX) jumped 9.9% on Monday, following reports that the media leader recently held talks to sell most of its assets to Walt Disney Co.....
Disney Earnings: What to Watch
It's been six years since Disney (NYSE: DIS) posted a decline in annual operating results, but that streak could end when the company announces its fiscal fourth-quarter numbers this week. Its....
The 3 Stocks on the MFM Team's Radar This Week
In this segment of the Motley Fool Money radio show, host Chris Hill asks Million Dollar Portfolio's Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger, and Total Income's Ron Gross about the companies they have....
Square Partners With SAP: What Investors Need to Know
In Square Inc.'s (NYSE: SQ) second-quarter conference call, CEO Jack Dorsey promised that the company was constantly looking for ways it could "accelerate and deepen" its offerings to its....
Tesla's Love-Hate Relationship With the Media Makes No Sense
Electric-car maker Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has rather mixed feelings regarding the media. The company is all too happy to tout positive coverage and product reviews, only to turn around and chastise....
Enbridge Keeps Its Foot on the Gas in the 3rd Quarter
It's almost impossible to keep track of everything going on at Enbridge (NYSE: ENB). Between all of its operating subsidiaries, the corporate restructuring related to its merger with Spectra....