How to Play the Retail Sector in the Second Half of 2013
Filed under: Investing It's been a turbulent couple of months for the retail sector, as investors are digesting a mixed bag of consumer data and earnings reports. Consumer confidence and consumer...
View ArticleWhen Will These Dow Stocks Raise Their Dividends?
Filed under: Investing One reason so many investors follow the Dow Jones Industrials is that all 30 of its component stocks pay dividends. Yet some Dow stocks are better about rewarding their...
View Article3 Solid Reasons for Why You Should Buy this Retailer
Filed under: Investing Discount retailer Dollar Tree has been impressive this year, as robust strategies and terrific execution have helped it outperform its peers. However, there was a blemish in the...
View ArticleConocoPhillips' New Strategy Is Turning Heads
Filed under: Investing ConocoPhillips is a lot like that guy or girl you hardly recognized at your high school reunion. Over the past 18 months, it's gone from a sluggish integrated major with what...
View ArticleBetter Buy Now: Visa or MasterCard?
Filed under: Investing The world of credit and debit cards is dominated by two household names: Visa and MasterCard . Both companies are giant with billions of cards in circulation around the world and...
View ArticleThe Evolution of Retail
Filed under: Investing Retail is not what it used to be. Hanging out at the mall was once the cool thing to do; now people seek convenience and turn to online shopping instead. This change in customer...
View ArticleLegal Marijuana Brings New Jobs, Interest From Big Business
Filed under: Job Market, Drug Companies, Job SearchGetty Images By Paul Toscano The cannabis legalization trend is creating jobs in states where laws have been relaxed, and big business is "looking...
View ArticleBig Oil's Big Lobby Dollars
Filed under: Investing Photo credit: Flickr/Tax Credits. The word "lobbying" makes the majority of Americans cringe, or roll their eyes, or just sadly shake their heads. It's a game that champions for...
View Article3 Rock-Solid Income Opportunities
Filed under: Investing Photo credit: Flickr/Tax Credits. It's true what they say: You have to spend money to make money. However, that doesn't mean you have to toil and sweat for every last dime....
View ArticleCostco's International Challenge
Filed under: Investing Join The Motley Fool for a conversation with retired Costco CEO Jim Sinegal. In love with retail since his first job as a bagger in 1954, Sinegal co-founded Costco and served as...
View ArticleThe True Costs of the Largest Event in Human History
Filed under: Investing On this day in economic and business history ... Victory Over Japan Day, popularly known as V-J Day, marks the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II on Sept. 2, 1945....
View ArticleFracking Improved Our National Security More Than the Department of Defense
Filed under: Investing Photo credit: Flickr/U.S. Army. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy, the increase in oil and gas production last year from fracking has...
View ArticleNetflix Shares Should Double When the Company Crosses This Bridge
Filed under: Investing In the spring of 2012, I outlined a $300 target price for Netflix . The goal seemed lofty, since Netflix shares traded for just $104 at the time. Then again, I gave the stock...
View ArticleIs Sheryl Sandberg Microsoft's Next CEO?
Filed under: Investing It's been a week since I brought up Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg as a rock star candidate to be Microsoft's next CEO, and apparently I'm not alone. Social wagering website...
View ArticleWill Comcast Profit From "Riddick"?
Filed under: Investing For Vin Diesel's Riddick, which comes to box offices next weekend, monsters and mercs aren't a problem. But a boy band? That's a different story entirely. Vin Diesel returns in...
View ArticleDow's Year-to-Date Winners and Losers
Filed under: Investing With two-thirds of the year over, it's a good time to look at the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and a few of its big winners and losers for the year. As for the...
View ArticleThe S&P 500's 5 Most Hated Stocks
Filed under: Investing August was the first time that the broad-based S&P 500 has looked vulnerable in more than a year. Yet, even with a 3%-plus drop for the month, the S&P 500 is up 14.5%...
View ArticleCBS Back on the Air in NY, LA, Dallas with Time Warner Deal
Filed under: Media, Entertainment IndustryAlamy NEW YORK -- TV network CBS and cable provider Time Warner Cable ended their monthlong programming dispute on Monday and resumed broadcasts to millions of...
View ArticleTortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited...
Filed under: Investing Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update as of Aug. 31, 2013 LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS...
View ArticleAmerican Eagle Outfitters Makes It 37 in a Row
Filed under: Investing Teen retailer American Eagle Outfitters announced today its third-quarter dividend of $0.125 per share, the same rate it paid last quarter after raising the payout nearly 14%...
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