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You Wouldn't Believe the Size of Costco's Membership Fee Income
Costco (NASDAQ: COST) is the second largest retailer in the country, trailing only Wal-Mart in annual revenue. Yet the warehouse giant generates far less profit from its product sales than its....
3 Biotech Stocks That Skyrocketed This Week
If you like excitement, biotech stocks provided plenty of it over the last several days. And most of the buzz stemmed from the $11.9 billion buyout of Kite Pharma (NASDAQ: KITE) announced by....
2 Top Dividend Stocks for Your Roth IRA
It's never easy finding great stocks trading at reasonable prices and sporting high yields. You have to wait for a market downturn or find companies that are out of favor for some reason.....
Solar Cars Are (Almost) Here
Ever since electric vehicles (EVs) became a viable alternative to traditional gasoline cars, there has been a push to make them greener. Rather than fueling EVs with electricity from the grid --....
3 Reasons Intuitive Surgical, Inc. Stock Could Rise
In a previous article, I laid out the bear case against Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG). Today, I'm looking at some ways the robotic surgery leader's stock could trend higher in the years....
After a Nuclear Boondoggle, Duke Energy Is Turning to Renewable Energy
The traditional utility business has been holding out hope that some form of new electricity generation would allow them to maintain their monopoly status without rocking the boat in the way wind....
Why Is Bank of America's Dividend Growing So Fast?
Earlier this year, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) announced that it would increase its dividend by 60%, boosting its quarterly payout from $0.075 per share up to $0.12 per share.That's a hefty....
These 3 Stocks Just Raised Their Dividends
As I wrote in the previous installment in this dividend stock series, we're in a sleepy time for dividend raises. Many companies are holding off on declaring higher payouts until the next....
3 Reasons Gilead Sciences Jumped to Buy Kite Pharma
Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) might be the most disciplined capital allocator in biotech. For years, its management has resisted calls from the peanut gallery to make a big acquisition,....
Best Buy's Great Quarterly Results Get Overshadowed by a Question Mark
Despite posting positive numbers during the second quarter, shares of Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) are down double digits. It has been a great run for investors the last year, but the company warned that....
Strong Pickup Sales Were a Bright Spot for Ford in August
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) said its U.S. sales fell 2.1% in August. That was a smaller decline than analysts had expected. A big surge in sales of Ford's F-Series pickups helped to offset....
How GE’s New Management Will Affect the Company’s Future
General Electric Company's (NYSE: GE) CEO Jeff Immelt is stepping down and handing the reins to the CEO of GE Healthcare John Flannery, and investors seem to have pretty split feelings about it.In....
Gilead Sciences’ Oncology M&A Strategy Explained
Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) has wanted to be a leader in cancer treatment for awhile, and this week, it made a big splash into the indication when it announced the planned acquisition of Kite....
You Reached Retirement: 3 Stocks to Consider Today
There's a lot of attention dedicated to saving money leading up to your retirement, but the topic of putting your money to work once you're finally there is too often ignored. And even then, many....
Why L Brands, Conn's, and lululemon athletica Jumped Today
The major benchmarks added to their gains for the week on a positive but quiet day on Wall Street. Jobs growth slowed during August, with employers adding 156,000 jobs for the month, lower than....
Why Snap, Tech Data, and Ambarella Slumped Today
Friday was a positive day for the stock market, as the major benchmarks built on gains achieved over the last several trading sessions. Investors seemed to shrug off news that job growth slowed in....
Wonder Why Gilead Sciences Bought Kite Pharma? Here’s the Answer!
The next big thing in cancer treatment could be chimeric-antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or CAR-T, a novel approach that uncloaks cancer cells so that the immune system can destroy them. The....
Intel Gets a Jump in the Notebook Market With Its New Chips
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has been taking a lot of heat from Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) in the CPU (central processing unit) space. AMD's Ryzen CPUs have taken the market by storm and,....
Why J.M. Smucker Stock Lost 14% in August
Packaged foods specialist J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) shed 14% last month, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence.The decline pushed the stock to lows that shareholders....
Better Buy: Eli Lilly and Company vs. Pfizer Inc.
Two of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world have been around since the 19th century. Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) was founded in 1876, while Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) began....
3 Stocks That Pay You
Other than the obvious reason that investors like the steady stream of income that comes from investing in dividend-paying stocks, the stability it conveys about a particular business provides a....
Wearables Market Continuing to Shift to Smartwatches, Says IDC
Market researcher IDC has put out its latest estimates on the wearables market for the second quarter, and consumer preferences continue to shift increasingly away from basic fitness trackers and....
General Motors Posts Record Bolt EV Deliveries
August was an important month for General Motors' (NYSE: GM) all-electric Bolt. It marked the first month the vehicle was available nationwide. On the back of this rollout, Bolt deliveries climbed....
2 Rock Solid Consumer Goods Stocks with P/Es Under 15
With the S&P 500 up more than 70% over the past five years, it might seem tough to find "cheap" stocks in the market. But there are actually plenty of stocks which still trade at steep....
Why Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Shares Opened Lower Today
Shares of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (NYSE: HPE) opened much lower today at $14.13, compared to yesterday's close of $18.06. That might appear to be quite a drop, but the price change is only due....