Lockheed Martin's Disaster Robot Gets the Go-Ahead From DARPA
Filed under: Investing Atlas Robot. Photo: DARPA via Wikimedia Commons. If you're a human, you're a first-responder, or you just like robots, you might want to take note, because Lockheed Martin's...
View Article3 Most Horrendous Health-Care Stocks of 2013
Filed under: Investing Health-care has been hot in 2013. Not every stock in the sector has sizzled, though. Here are three of the most horrendous health-care stocks of the year. A disappointing fish...
View ArticleWhy Natural Grocers Should Be on Your Watchlist
Filed under: Investing Sales of organic products in the U.S. increased at an average annual rate of 17.86% -- between 1990 and 2011 -- to nearly $32 billion. Organics are only a portion of the...
View Article4 Colleges That Boast Super-High Graduation Rates
Filed under: Investing How important is it to graduate from college with a bachelor's degree in four years' time? For students piling on loan debt in order to finish their studies, I believe it would...
View Article5 Unique Uses for Prepaid Debit Cards
Filed under: Investing Flickr source Prepaid debit cards are often thought of as only being tools for people with low incomes or bad credit, but in some situations, a prepaid debit card can provide...
View ArticleThe Fed in 2014: The Key Decision to Watch For
Filed under: Investing The Federal Reserve finally began its long-awaited reduction of bond-buying activity in its most recent meeting, setting the stage for an eventual end to quantitative easing. But...
View ArticleI Never Thought of Kim Kardashian As a Stock Picker. This Totally Changed That.
Filed under: Investing Photo credit: Hollywood_PR. Would Kim Kardashian make a good investor? The new website Likefolio.com believes Kim might just be better than we think. The website tracks Facebook...
View ArticleHow Disappointing Are General Motors Company's December Sales Figures?
Filed under: Investing Sales of the Chevrolet Silverado plunged in December. Photo credit: General Motors December is historically the best sales month of the year for automakers as smart shoppers key...
View ArticleWhy FireEye, FuelCell Energy, and Plug Power Are Today's 3 Best Stocks
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleThis Week's 5 Dumbest Stock Moves
Filed under: Investing Stupidity is contagious -- even respectable companies can catch it. As we do every week, let's take a look at five dumb financial events this week that may make your head spin....
View ArticleThe Nasdaq's 5 Most Hated Stocks
Filed under: Investing It's been tech boom version 2.0 for the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite , which vaulted higher by an index-topping 38.3% in 2013. Casting aside any fears of tapering from the...
View ArticleStarbucks Launches Gift Card Sales in China
Filed under: Investing Starbucks is making it easier for its Chinese customers to give presents of coffee and other goods to each other. The company announced today that it has introduced its gift...
View ArticleIs This M&A Battle Hurting Shareholders?
Filed under: Investing It looks as though investors in both Men's Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank are caught in a bout of corporate pride. In the last half of 2013, following the departure of its founder...
View ArticleWal-Mart's Reputation Takes a Hit From China Donkey Meat Scandal
Filed under: Investing For a country in which food quality is already suspect, it's probably not much of a surprise that China is suffering though yet another bout of tainted goods. The fact that it...
View Article5 Top Stocks to Own in 2014: ULTA
Filed under: Investing In the third part of this five-part series, we look at the largest beauty retailer in the United States, Ulta . Ulta was one of the market's best-performing stocks in 2013 before...
View ArticleThis Week's 5 Smartest Stock Moves
Filed under: Investing If you're feeling good about the market, you're not alone. Take my hand as we go over some of this week's more uplifting headlines. 1. Don't pull the plug Things are looking up...
View ArticleWhy Cadence Design Systems Inc Rallied Today
Filed under: Investing While Fools should generally take the opinion of Wall Street with a grain of salt, it's not a bad idea to take a closer look at particularly stock-shaking upgrades and downgrades...
View ArticleFriday's Top Upgrades (and Downgrades)
Filed under: Investing This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on. Today, our headlines feature downgrades...
View ArticleWhere the Money Is: 2014 Preview
Filed under: Investing In this special edition of the Motley Fool's everything-financials show, Where the Money Is, Fool financial analysts Matt Koppenheffer and David Hanson look ahead to 2014. Matt...
View ArticleThese 3 Companies Will Profit From Mobile Ad Spending
Filed under: Investing Mobile is king, and capturing the dramatic increase in mobile ad spending will be a boon for those companies ready to reap the rewards. Search and online advertising behemoth...
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