Why Coca-Cola Couldn't Out-Pop PepsiCo and the Dow in 2013
Filed under: Investing Soft-drink leader Coca-Cola has done fairly well for investors during 2013, treating shareholders to a 13% total return so far this year. But given the 23% jump in the Dow Jones...
View ArticleAfter Market: A Good Day for Tech; New Records for Dow, S&P 500
Filed under: Technology, Market News, Healthcare Industry, Stocks, Stock Markets Two tech giants continued to shine in the markets Wednesday: Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) shares jumped 9 percent, rising to...
View ArticleCan Intel Do With Phones What It's Doing With Tablets?
Filed under: Investing Intel boldly proclaimed that it would be selling "at least" 40 million tablet chips throughout calendar year 2014. While getting there will require the company to forgo any real...
View ArticleWhy Aerovironment, Inc.'s Shares Popped
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 ArticleA Holiday Message From Peter Lynch: Invest in What's Filling Your Shopping Cart
Filed under: Investing Peter Lynch is famous for the idea of investing in what you know, a tenet we espouse at The Motley Fool -- especially around the holidays. In this segment from the Motley Fool's...
View ArticleAmerican Express Offers Discounts for Shopping This Weekend
Filed under: Investing This Saturday marks the third annual "Small Business Saturday," sponsored by the folks at American Express . Since 2010, the company has been promoting the importance of small...
View ArticleWhy BioScrip, Frontline, and Prosensa Are Today's 3 Best Stocks
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 ArticleWhat Will Procter and Gamble Do in 2014?
Filed under: Investing With 2013 now down to its final weeks, investors are starting to plan for the year ahead, looking for stocks to add to their portfolios. Of all the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
View ArticleThis Restaurant Company Proves There Is Money in Pasta
Filed under: Investing Many pasta focused Italian restaurant chains are having a tough time. Olive Garden of Darden Restaurants , Macaroni Grill of Ignite Restaurant Group , and others are seeing...
View ArticleUnder the Hood: Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars Are Almost Here
Filed under: Investing Hyundai, Toyota , and Honda all showed hydrogen fuel cell vehicles last week, and all said they will have production models for sale soon. Hyundai's will arrive next spring, and...
View ArticleBest Buy: Should You Buy After the Plunge?
Filed under: Investing One of this year's biggest success stories has been Best Buy's  turnaround, which has sent the stock on a meteoric rise and made it one of the best performing stocks of the...
View ArticleThe Asset Allocation Pragmatist
Filed under: Investing Adding an array of asset classes to your stock allocation can sometimes provide ballast for your portfolio, similar to how a keel keeps a sailboat afloat. Diversification can...
View ArticleHow GameStop Is Thriving in a Digital World
Filed under: Investing GameStop isn't just surviving as the video game industry marches toward a digital sales model --Â it's thriving. In the video below, Fool contributor Demitrios Kalogeropoulos...
View ArticleWhat This Market-Bashing Hedge Fund Is Buying and Selling
Filed under: Investing At the beginning of 2013, Lone Pine Capital was the seventh-largest hedge fund in America. Led by portfolio manager Stephen Mandel, the fund recently had a portfolio value of...
View ArticleWill Europe Kill the E-Cigarette?
Filed under: Investing Even as conferees meeting at the Royal Society in London were hearing about how e-cigarettes could save millions of lives annually, European Community regulators in Brussels are...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble Bounces Back; TiVo Stumbles Into Thanksgiving
Filed under: Investing Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing...
View ArticleThe Holiday Credit Card Trick Millions Fall for Each Year
Filed under: Investing With holiday shopping season in full swing, millions of Americans will get offers to open new credit card accounts. Yet as attractive as those credit card offers might be, with...
View Article3 Companies Immune to the Drama Over Thanksgiving Day Shopping
Filed under: Investing A truncated holiday-shopping season is prompting more stores to open on Thanksgiving Day, sparking public outcry. A "Say No to Shopping on Thanksgiving" page on Facebook has...
View ArticleDow Morning Report: How the Dollar Affects the Dow's Newest Stocks
Filed under: Investing The Dow Jones Industrials are closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. But with most international markets open, it's a good time to take a look at how foreign currencies have an...
View Article3 Things You Didn't Know About Your Thanksgiving Meal
Filed under: Investing Source: Marcus Quigmire, via Wikimedia Commons. As we gather with family and friends for a traditional Thanksgiving meal this year, it's worth considering where all of that...
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