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Fiserv Inc. (NYSE: FI) had a strong month as its stock price rose 12.4% in June, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. The stock is up about 23% year to date, trading at around $125 per share

In some ways, Fastenal (NASDAQ: FAST) is an incredibly boring industrial company. In other ways, it's quite exciting. However you view it, though, there's one thing it has done for investors

As you scan the investment landscape, it's hard to find truly exceptional businesses. I'm talking about those that have wide economic moats, long track records of financial success, and sizable

Artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and robotics have taken the stock market by storm. Yet one overlooked area to invest in these trends is the industrial economy, specifically manufacturing.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a composite of stocks, with some doing better than others over any given period. In June, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), and Verizon (NYSE: VZ)

Is a bull market really underway or are the bears just taking a break? It's a glass-half-full or glass-half-empty type of question, and the answer really depends on who you ask and your outlook on

I added Southern Company (NYSE: SO) and Dominion Energy (NYSE: D) to my portfolio a few years ago. Both are large utilities and, at the time I bought them, each had a historically high yield. I'm

The Teamsters union says negotiations with United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) over a new contract have "collapsed," raising concerns that there will be a strike later this summer. Investors are

Some companies have a knack for enriching their investors. They can consistently grow their earnings and dividends, giving them the fuel to produce market-beating total returns.

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It's been a pretty good year for the S&P 500 index (up 16.5% in 12 months), but the price recovery hasn't been universal, and companies like chemicals and materials company Celanese (NYSE: CE) and

United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) stock was a winner on Monday, rising by 2.5% in price after encouraging news about an important labor negotiation hit the headlines. That performance easily topped

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has changed the world of automobiles forever. It may struggle a lot more to crack the heavy-duty trucking market in the same way, with a handful of players holding dominant

The past week has been extremely rough for United Airlines' (NASDAQ: UAL) customers and employees. An uptick in flight cancellations initially sparked by bad weather and FAA staffing issues spiraled

Energy stocks have had a couple of strong years. Renewable energy stocks have skyrocketed, too, with Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEP)(NYSE: BEPC) standing out as a big winner. It's also very

With the stock market's strong rally in the first half of 2023, it's easy for investors to forget that dividend stocks exist. After all, what good is a 3%, or even 5%, dividend yield when the stock

There's little doubt that solar is the future of the energy business. It's cost-effective, flexible, and environmentally friendly, checking off all of the most important proverbial boxes. That's why