3 Questions That Windstream Holdings' Investors Need to Ask
Filed under: Investing Investors who own a stock with an almost-11% yield need to be hyper-focused on whether that yield is sustainable. Windstream Holdings has repeatedly said it is focused on keeping...
View ArticleAT&T Isn't Going to Buy Sirius XM
Filed under: Investing Everyone likes to play Cupid, and a Wall Street Playbook article on Seeking Alpha this morning argues that AT&T should pursue a match with Sirius XM Radio . Instead of...
View ArticleThis Partnership Confirmed Its Contrarian Strategy in a Big Way
Filed under: Investing Legacy Reserves (NASDAQ: LGCY), a master limited partnership, or MLP, recently made a big, gas-oriented acquisition of property in the Piceance Basin in a deal with WPX Energy...
View ArticleStaples, Inc. Earnings: Can Office Retail Survive?
Filed under: Investing Next Tuesday, Staples will release its quarterly report, and shareholders haven't been certain whether the office-products retailer will be able to produce long-term success...
View ArticlePlug Power's Quarter Proved Why Investors Should Remain Apprehensive
Filed under: Investing If there was any doubt that Ballard Power Systems was a better bet on the fuel cell market than Plug Power , this quarter helped put that arguemnt to bed. Sure, both companies...
View ArticleHome Depot is Popping: To Buy, or Not to Buy?
Filed under: Investing The Dow Jones Industrial Average was hovering just eight points under breakeven at 1 p.m. EDT Friday after suffering a triple-digit loss on Thursday. A ray of sunshine on the...
View ArticleThere's No Hope for Molycorp
Filed under: Investing When Molycorp was a hot stock in 2010, it was because rare earth mineral prices were through the roof as China cut back exports. As the theory went, if Molycorp could open its...
View ArticleFollow Buffett's Lead With This Electric "Pipeline" Company
Filed under: Investing Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway just inked a deal to buy power-line owner AltaLink in Canada. That extends Buffett's bet on the power sector in a big way. You can follow his...
View ArticleWarren Buffett Pushes Verizon Higher as the Dow Jones Falls Today
Filed under: Investing Yesterday Warren Buffett revealed a stake in Verizon that is pushing the stock higher today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average treads water. As of 1:30 p.m. EDT the Dow was down...
View ArticleHerbalife Shareholders Should Be Frightened by This FTC Release
Filed under: Investing Last January, the FTC halted Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing, froze its assets, and charged its executives with operating an illegal pyramid scheme. This week, the FTC reached a...
View ArticleAfter a Weak Spring, SeaWorld Forecasts a Dry Summer
Filed under: Company News, Earnings, Entertainment Industry Getty Images SeaWorld Entertainment (SEAS) can't seem to shake the ghosts of "Blackfish." The operator of marine life theme parks posted...
View ArticleDuke Energy to Build 750 MW Natural Gas Plant in South Carolina
Filed under: Investing Duke Energy Corporation announced today that it plans to build a 750 MW natural gas power plant at the site of an existing South Carolina coal-fired facility. This announcement...
View ArticleMerck & Co. Inc. Pays Out All of Its Profits as Dividends. Is This...
Filed under: Investing In some ways, Merck is the most generous dividend payer on the Dow Jones Industrial Average . That's obviously great for Merck investors -- unless the pharma giant is going too...
View ArticleBotox King Swings Back at "Unsustainable" Acquirer
Filed under: Investing Valeant Pharmaceuticals is on the hunt again, and its latest target is Botox king Allergan . Like many would-be acquisitions, Allergan isn't going down without a fight. Taking...
View ArticleThis Capital Gains Tax Trap Can Ruin Your Portfolio
Filed under: Investing Nobody wants to pay capital gains tax. It reduces your total return and takes away investing capital that could otherwise grow and multiply over the years. But especially with...
View ArticleWhy Shares of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Got Pinned Today
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 ArticleFirst-Time Home-Buyers: How Much Do You Really Need to Save?
Filed under: Investing Singles, couples, families -- at some point almost everyone turns their financial attention to buying a home. But how much do we really need to save the first time out? How much...
View ArticleDo Social Security and Medicare Go Hand in Hand?
Filed under: Investing Millions of Americans use both Social Security and Medicare. But how do the programs affect each other? In the following video from our Social Security Q&A series, Dan...
View ArticleSt. Louis Fed's Bullard Sees Rate Hike Sooner Than Expected
Filed under: InvestingJames Bullard, President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, may have inadvertently caused a small stir in the markets on Friday. After Janet Yellen has been speaking about...
View ArticleWhat Does Generic Copaxone Mean for Teva, Mylan, and Novartis?
Filed under: Investing Teva Pharmaceuticals recently lost its latest bid to block the FDA from approving generic versions of its blockbuster multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, Copaxone. The drug, which...
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