General Electric Drags on Dow as Alstom Deal Gains Approval
Filed under: Investing The Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen 0.14% near the end of this week's first day of trading, a modest decline as investors weigh new economic data. Existing-home sales...
View ArticleThe Latest Sign of Ford Motor Company's Explosive Expansion in the World's...
Filed under: Investing Ford's Focus remains a hot option in China. Source: Ford. Every single month, journalists who cover the automotive market must find a different way to describe Ford's breakneck...
View ArticlePlaying Brazil's Oil Boom: 1 Company to Buy and 1 to Avoid
Filed under: Investing Brazil's pre-salt offshore formations are believed to be one of the largest oil deposits on earth. Some analysts estimate them to contain 50 billion to 100 billion barrels of...
View ArticleIs This Retail Spinoff a Solid Investment?
Filed under: Investing Lands' End's first quarterly results announcement since being spun off from Sears Holdings shows that the company is growing nicely and may well be the future direction of...
View ArticleAlstom Acquisition Coming Together for General Electric
Filed under: Investing Dow Jones Industrial Average declined slightly in Monday's trading session after both the Dow and S&P 500 posted gains for previous six consecutive days. Despite the small...
View ArticleBetter Stock Today Challenge: Kinder Morgan Partners vs. Melco Crown
Filed under: Investing In the spirit of World Cup competition, we're holding our own tournament in search of the Better Stock Today. We're pitting 32 companies against each other, and you, the reader,...
View ArticleWhy Patience Is the Necessary Ingredient to Buy Oracle Corporation
Filed under: Investing Oracle Corp. is going through a necessary but painful business transformation, one that is fairly common in the technology sector nowadays. Many companies, including Oracle, are...
View ArticleWhy Shares of Integrys Energy Group, Inc. Popped 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 ArticleWhy Shares of Meritor Inc. Plunged 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 ArticleAmazon Stock: 1 Feature The Fire Phone Needs to Drive Profits
Filed under: Investing The Fire Phone won't be a meaningful catalyst for Amazon.com stock until it gets better at enabling commerce. I'll understand if that sounds crazy. The onboard Firefly database...
View ArticleAfter Market: Record-Stopping Session as Stocks End Mixed
Filed under: Market News, Mergers & Acquisitions, Drug Companies, Materials & Construction, Scandals and Lawsuits Wall Street takes a tiny breather after the Dow and S&P hit new records but...
View ArticleSunPower Teams Up With KB Home to Build Energy Storage
Filed under: Investing If you're looking at a home built by KB Home in the near future you may have the option to not only include solar panels, but also energy storage, making life off the grid...
View ArticleBetter Stock Today Challenge: Seadrill vs. Isis Pharmaceuticals
Filed under: Investing In the spirit of World Cup competition, we're holding our own tournament in search of the Better Stock Today. We're pitting 32 companies against each other, and you, the reader,...
View ArticleWhy Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical Inc. Shares Briefly Spiked Higher
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 ArticleHomebuilders Climb on Strong Housing Data
Filed under: Investing After climbing to within 10 points of record high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 0.5% late in trading today. There wasn't a clear reason for the late sell-off and...
View ArticleGoogle Inc: Getting Serious About Games
Filed under: Investing While not exactly an Achilles' heel, Google Play has only performed marginally well. Despite having more mobile devices running its Android OS than anyone on the planet, Google...
View ArticleWhy These Royalty Trusts Are Guaranteed to Fail and 1 MLP That Won't
Filed under: Investing In a previous article I outlined why royalty trusts were terrible long-term investments and why income investors should choose upstream MLPs as an alternative. Since that time,...
View ArticleWhy Wix.com Ltd. Shares Popped 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 ArticleWill You Feel at Home Investing in This Extended Stay Hotel Group?
Filed under: Investing Source: Extended Stay America Extended Stay America , the largest mid-price extended stay hotel operator in the US with close to 700 hotels in 44 states across North America,...
View Article3 Ways Wal-Mart Will Increase Shareholder Value
Filed under: Investing walmart.com You might love or hate Wal-Mart Stores , but if you're an investor, then you should show it some love since it has a track record of taking care of its shareholders....
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