Why I'm Cutting Cable's Cord
Filed under: Investing Cable has been on the way out in my household for well over a year now. I pay nearly $100 per month to Comcast for a dozen channels I watch regularly, and I now spend more time...
View ArticleIs McDonald's Finally a Good Investment Opportunity?
Filed under: Investing McDonald's , the largest restaurant chain in the world, is one of the most recognizable brand names out there. Yet, does either of these facts automatically make it a good...
View ArticleIs Apple Disrupting Health Care's Disruptors?
Filed under: Investing Apple recently announced its iOS 8 operating system, replete with new features that continue the proliferation of the Internet of Things. One new built in feature, HealthKit,...
View ArticleForget Obamacare Exchanges: This Is the Real Healthcare Revolution
Filed under: Investing Obamacare's arrival has sent tidal waves of change cascading across the health care sector. From millions of new insurance subscribers to fresh regulations and new taxes,...
View ArticleActivision Blizzard Has a Date With Destiny in the Fall
Filed under: Investing On May 6, the early favorite for surprise stock of the year, Activision Blizzard , released its second-quarter earnings. Three months removed from an unexpected gap-up in share...
View ArticleWhy Tesla Motors Released Its Patents
Filed under: Investing Tesla's Model S has brought the company an interesting problem: It can't make enough to satisfy demand. Source: Tesla Motors Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday that the...
View ArticleSolving the Flaring Problem in North Dakota
Filed under: Investing North Dakota has a flaring problem, and it's hurting the U.S. economy and the environment. A negative impact of soaring hydrocarbon production is the rapid increase in natural...
View ArticleSocial Security: Does Medicare Force You to Take Benefits?
Filed under: Investing Most people who enroll in Medicare have their required premiums withheld from their Social Security benefits. But if you don't get Social Security, will Medicare force you to do...
View ArticleCharity Donations Are Great, but Doing This Is Better
Filed under: Investing Many people who give charitable donations to nonprofits are uncertain that their giving is effective -- that it makes a difference, that the nonprofits are high-performing, and...
View ArticleSurprise! Americans Don't Hate Bank of America
Filed under: Investing Do you hate Bank of America ? How its actual customers feel about it will stun you. Since the financial crisis, Bank of America has been the object -- and at times rightly so --...
View Article3 Sources Predicting Apple's iWatch Will Outsell the iPad
Filed under: Investing With Apple stock approaching a split-adjusted $100 per share, Cook & Co. may have finally convinced the Street that the stock is worthy of rebounding to the all-time high it...
View ArticleHere Are 5 Reasons to Add Cvent to Your Watchlist
Filed under: Investing Cvent oversees a cloud-based event management software capitalizing on what turns out to be a global industry that cycles more than $550 billion (with a b) each year. Cvent has...
View ArticleNewmont Mining Isn't Spending Enough
Filed under: Investing Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) has made impressive progress cutting costs during the past year. For example, during the first quarter, compared to year-ago figures, Newmont's all-in...
View ArticleAbercrombie & Fitch: Sustainable Recovery or Short-Term Bounce?
Filed under: Investing Source: Abercrombie & Fitch. Teen fashion retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is up by an impressive 28% year to date as investors seem more confident about the company's...
View ArticleThe Critical Number You Missed When Looking Through Bank of America Corp's...
Filed under: Investing Bank of America gets endless media coverage. But one number may have gone unnoticed from far too many. The impressive rebound Over the last few years banks have dealt with their...
View ArticleWhy Every Millennial Should Own an ETF
Filed under: Investing Source: Wikimedia Commons user Gphgrd01. To the average millennial, trying to understand the investment world is like trying to build a mansion from scratch; it's overwhelming,...
View ArticleIMF to U.S.: Make an Orderly Exit to Low Rates, Increase Minimum Wage
Filed under: EconomyThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its 2014 Article IV Consultation with the United States of America. The Article IV highlighted five themes that the IMF feels...
View ArticleChevron, Home Depot Jump Despite a Sluggish Dow
Filed under: Investing Stocks have bounced all around today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 10 points as of 2:35 p.m. EDT and its 30 member stocks split nearly even between risers and...
View ArticleTesla Motors Inc.'s Decision Could Lure a Partner and Solve a Looming Problem
Filed under: Investing Tesla Motors' Model S charging. Source: Tesla Motors Tesla Motors Inc.'s stock market gains have been nothing short of impressive, though the young electric-car maker faces many...
View ArticleHere's Why American Express Can Charge More Than Visa or MasterCard
Filed under: Investing Flickr / Images of Money. As anyone who owns or manages a retail business knows all too well, American Express charges merchants significantly higher fees than Visa or...
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