Where the Money Is: January 17
Filed under: Investing Will 2014 be your year? There's a huge difference between a good stock and a stock that can make you rich. The Motley Fool's chief investment officer has selected his No. 1 stock...
View ArticleEarnings Wrap-Up for 3 Big Banks
Filed under: Investing Morgan Stanley, Bank of New York Mellon, and GE reported earnings last week -- what do long-term investors need to know? In this segment of The Motley Fool's...
View ArticleDoes This Plan Help Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Investors?
Filed under: Investing Another day, and another proposed plan on what to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The latest plan from a group of Congressmen aims to wind down the two entities and...
View ArticleHuman Inequality Is Despicable, but Stock Discrimination on Wall Street Is a...
Filed under: Investing Today here in the U.S. we celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and most Americans had the day off to commemorate Dr. King's impact on American history and human civil rights....
View ArticleSirona Dental Systems, Inc. Sinks Its Teeth Into Rising Demand
Filed under: Investing Dentists may find that patients are more willing to spend on restorative procedures now that the job market is recovering and consumer sentiment is heading higher. That offers...
View Article3 Stocks Set to Make Big News This Week
Filed under: Investing Synovus Financial, Regions Financial, and Discover Financial Services are all set to report earnings this week. Synovous and Regions, both banks focused on the Southeastern part...
View ArticleShould I Invest in a Stock for Only 6 Months?
Filed under: Investing Are stocks a safe investment over a six-month time period? In this segment of The Motley Fool's financials-focused show, Where the Money Is, banking analysts Matt Koppenheffer...
View ArticleGoogle's Quantum Computing Tests Failed, but the Next Computing Era Is Coming...
Filed under: Investing If you put the world's first commercially available quantum computer and the world's foremost commercial user of computing power together, magical things will happen. At least,...
View ArticleHollywood Isn't Dying, It's Evolving
Filed under: Investing Award shows are everywhere -- music, movies, and television. It's like white noise. I ignore most of it, but I do pay attention to the Academy Awards. Maybe it's the tradition of...
View ArticleThese 4 Dow Stocks Boosted Their Dividends the Most in 2013
Filed under: Investing Dividend investors routinely turn to the Dow Jones Industrials for stock ideas, given that every single one of the Dow's 30 components pays a dividend. But even within the...
View ArticleMea Culpa: Why I Was Wrong About Sears Holdings
Filed under: Investing Last year I wrote several articles focused upon the underlying value of Sears Holdings real estate assets far exceeding its market capitalization. Fellow Fool Mark Holder's...
View ArticleA Wal-Mart Growth Story You Didn't Know About
Filed under: Investing As you have likely heard a thousand times by now, China's middle class is emerging. This naturally leads to increased consumer spending, which then presents significant growth...
View ArticleWhy I'm Switching From Milk to Silk
Filed under: Investing Have you ever received shares from a corporate spinoff and ended up actually liking the spun-off company better than the parent? That's the situation I find myself in my...
View ArticleBank of America's Billion-Dollar Judgement Day Is Only Days Away
Filed under: Investing More than two years after a settlement was struck between Bank of America and 22 institutional investors over a passel of mortgage securities gone bad, a job promotion for the...
View ArticleShell's Recent Profit Warning Won't Be the Last
Filed under: Investing Royal Dutch Shell just issued a big profit warning for the fourth quarter of 2013, bringing its expected full-year 2013 earnings to $16.8 billion. This is a significant fall from...
View ArticleWednesday'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 upgrades...
View ArticleBill Gates: 'By 2035, There Will Be Almost No Poor Countries Left'
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View ArticleJohnson Controls Inc. Earnings: What to Expect
Filed under: Investing Johnson Controls will release its quarterly report on Thursday, and the stock has risen to all-time highs based on the strength of the auto industry. With the company providing...
View ArticleGeneral Dynamics Earnings: Beating Estimates and the Potential for Growth
Filed under: Investing What: On Wednesday, General Dynamics reported its 2013 fourth-quarter results, beating estimates on earnings and revenue. Starting from the top, revenues for the fourth quarter...
View ArticleWhat to Expect From Nokia Corporation's Earnings
Filed under: Investing Follow @andrewtonner The last 12 months have witnessed a major reversal of fortune for fallen star Nokia Corporation . NOK data by YCharts. With little doubt, the single biggest...
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