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3 Finance Gurus Who Believe Bitcoin May Be Worthless
If 2017 goes down in the books as anything, it'll probably be "the year of the cryptocurrency." Headed by bitcoin, the aggregate cryptocurrency market cap grew by more than 800% at one point this....
Low-Yielding REITs Leave Little Margin for Error
Data-center REITs enjoy some of the highest multiples on the market and thus offer yields of 3% and sometimes even less when other high-quality REITs in other sectors trade at higher yields. To....
Why REITs (Even Data-Center REITs) Are Financial Stocks
If you look at Digital Realty Trust (NYSE: DLR), it's not all that surprising that you might think of it as being a tech company first and foremost. But the economics of its business is perhaps....
2 Stocks You've Been Ignoring
Sometimes a stock just slips off the radar, almost like it enters a quiet period. Maybe some big news blew up to rattle investors, and now it's no longer the hot stock of the day; maybe the....
Why Leveraged Oil Stocks are Bad Investments
This week's Industry Focus episodes are all about looking back on our mistakes and learning from them, and what better mistake to look back on than recommending a soon-to-be bankrupt company?In....
What Investors Need to Know About Activision Blizzard's Advertising Opportunity
When Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) acquired King Digital Entertainment in early 2016, it brought under its umbrella one of the best mobile game makers in the world, boasting two of the....
Time to Get Greedy With Cypress Semiconductor Corporation Stock
Cypress Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CY) has grown rapidly in recent years. Its stock rallied 25% this year to a two-year high, and that momentum could continue on rising demand for its chips. It might....
1 More Clue That Disney World Hasn't Turned Things Around
There's no point in ending a birthday party when everyone's still hungry for cake. Disney (NYSE: DIS) is extending a dining discount for annual passholders at its Florida resort that was supposed....
3 Dividend Stocks That Thrive in Market Crashes
Dividends are an important component of a fully thought out investment strategy during the best of times, but a critical one when things turn south and markets crash. They can be the lifeline that....
2 Stocks You'll Brag About Owning Someday
Buying good companies at good prices and holding on to them for years, if not decades, has proved to be the best way to grow wealthy. So which stocks do we think are great buy-and-hold candidates....
Forget Qualcomm: NXP Semiconductors Is a Great Growth Stock In Its Own Right
With its pending $38 billion buyout offer from Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) still on the table -- equal to $110 a share -- Netherlands-based NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) may seem an unlikely....
5 Companies Primed to Profit From This $3.3 Trillion Energy Prize
The Permian Basin that sits underneath western Texas and southeast New Mexico has produced a remarkable 29 billion barrels of oil since its discovery nearly a century ago. However, according to a....
Better Buy: Starbucks Corporation vs. Coca-Cola
Few stocks have created more wealth for their long-term investors than Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). The coffee king and soda giant excel at turning caffeine into cash,....
1 Reason to Buy Apple Stock, and 1 Reason to Stay Away
Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are up nearly 12,000% since the launch of the very first iPod in 2001. With that wildly successful product, Apple began its transformation from a niche computer....
What's Driving Ford Motor Company's Woes in Europe?
Most investors remember Ford Motor Company's (NYSE: F) dark days in Europe following the past recession, when the automaker burned through billions of dollars in profits. Fortunately for....
How the Walt Disney Company Makes Most of Its Money
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is well known for its movies and theme parks. It consistently puts out the highest-grossing blockbusters. It took four of the top five spots for....
Pandora Is Making a Promising Bet on Video Ads
Pandora Media (NYSE: P) might be the world's leading music-streaming specialist, but that doesn't mean it can't capture the visual attention of its nearly 80 million active listeners as well.Last....
2 Dates for Netflix Inc. Investors to Circle in October
Heading into the final quarter of the year, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) investors have to like where they stand. The stock is trouncing the broader market with an over 40% gain so far in 2017 as the....
Intel Corp. Prepping New Optane Solid State Drives for Enthusiasts
One technology that Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has been promoting for quite some time is 3D XPoint, a new non-volatile memory technology that it co-developed with memory specialist Micron (NASDAQ:....
3 Dividend Stocks I'd Buy Right Now
I'm a big fan of generating passive income, which is why I love investing in dividend stocks. The main thing I use that money for right now is buying more income-paying stocks so I can continue....
JPMorgan Chase's Stock Could Soon Pass a Major Threshold
Shares of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) have climbed considerably over the past year and are now closing in on $100. When it eventually crosses that threshold, it will be the first time in the bank's....
Better Buy: Domino's Pizza or Papa John's Stock?
Both Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE: DPZ) and Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) have been surprising winners in the post-recession era as their shares have skyrocketed. The competing....
Tech Stocks This Week: Amazon.com Inc.'s New Products, Roku's Hot IPO, and More
It was a busy week in tech. The biggest news was likely Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) substantial expansion to its lineup of smart-assistant Echo devices. In addition, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) said its....
The Latest Scandals Show Why Facebook Is Invincible
September has been a terrible month for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) as the brand has been dragged through the mud on two separate scandals.First, the social network was found to have allowed inauthentic....
Could Bank of America’s Stock Hit $30 Soon?
It's almost hard to believe that Bank of America's (NYSE: BAC) stock could be closing in on $30 a share, but it is. The reason it's hard to believe this is because, at this time last year, it was....