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3 Stocks to Buy for the Next 75 Years
Where will you be in 2091? It's safe for most of us to assume we won't be around. So here's a better question: What companies that exist today will still be around in 2091? Even if money won't....
Pfizer Exposes the Sordid Underbelly of Drug Prices
Johnson & Johnson's (NYSE: JNJ) one of the largest drugmakers in the world, and according to a lawsuit Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) has filed, it's leveraging its size to negotiate contracts that....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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:....
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....
What Will These 5 Companies Do With Half a Trillion Dollars?
Cash is one of the most valuable assets a company can have. Smart businesses can deploy cash to take advantage of opportunities for expansion and growth, while also wooing investors by offering....
Can Rite Aid’s C-Suite Shake-Up Be Good News?
Only months after Rite Aid's (NYSE: RAD) planned merger with Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) disintegrated, Rite Aid's CEO Ken Martindale left the company to become the CEO of GNC Holdings,....
3 Things You Need to Know About Intel Corp.'s New Gaming Chips
Late on Sept. 24, chip giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) announced a new family of chips code-named Coffee Lake, targeted at the desktop personal-computer market. This volley of chips, which seem....
3 Stocks to Hold for the Next 20 Years
Twenty years is a very long time. On average, it's a period of time that will include a handful of bear and bull markets, several elections, major wars and conflicts, and periods of economic....
Better Buy: Synaptics vs. Cypress Semiconductor
Investors in chipmakers Synaptics (NASDAQ: SYNA) and Cypress Semiconductor (NASDAQ: CY) have a different story to tell this year. These two semiconductor specialists have enjoyed varying fortunes....
Better Buy: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. vs. Target
In one corner stands Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT), heavyweight champ of the U.S. retail industry with nearly $500 billion in annual sales. In the other corner is Target (NYSE: TGT) -- an underdog....
3 Reasons Investors Should Like Accenture Plc's Results
Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) fourth-quarter results for fiscal 2017 have been posted, and they're looking good. Despite the market's muted response to the results, the earnings release gives....
Found: 3 Stocks Retirees Should Consider Adding
A well-constructed retirement portfolio should help preserve and grow your base of wealth so that you're free to enjoy other pursuits in your non-working years.To help find stocks that could help....
The Chinese Buyout of Imagination Is Bad News for Qualcomm
Imagination Technologies, which once supplied Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) with GPU designs, recently agreed to sell itself to Canyon Bridge, a Silicon Valley-based private equity firm backed by the....
1 Great Biotech Stock You Have Never Heard Of
About 90% of drug candidates that enter clinical trials never make it to market. That brutal fact makes the small-cap biotech sector a tough place for investors to put their money to work.However,....
A Big Surprise From the Apple Inc. iPhone 8 Teardown
Shortly after Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 8 went up for sale, iFixit got hold of one, tore it down, and, with some help from the chip experts at TechInsights, managed to identify many of the key....
Here's How Chipotle Plans to Save Its Burger Chain
Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) has struggled at recreating its own success with other fast-casual concepts.It seems like dozens of companies have been trying to create the Chipotle of whatever niche they....
How Risky Is ExxonMobil Corporation?
Oil prices peaked at over $100 a barrel in mid-2014 and then fell sharply to around $30 a barrel in January of 2016. Although prices have rebounded since that low, they remain range bound at about....