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Globant Lifts Full-Year Guidance After a Strong Q2
Software consulting and IT services provider Globant (NYSE: GLOB) enjoys quite a niche in the field of direct digital transformation, which, as its name implies, involves restructuring legacy....
Where Will AK Steel Be in 5 Years?
If you're a value investor, you might be interested in one of the more beaten-down sectors of the market: industrials, particularly U.S. steelmakers. In the first half of the year, U.S. steel....
What Should I Do With My Crazy Student Loans?
Q. I've recently gotten engaged to the woman of my dreams, but I'm worried about starting off our life together in serious debt. It took me a while to figure out what to do for a career, and as a....
Home Depot Earnings Preview: What to Watch
Investors in Home Depot (NYSE: HD) have good reasons to pay attention to its upcoming earnings report. The home improvement leader's last two announcements added uncertainty to its outlook, with....
5 Proven Ways to Boost Your Retirement Income
When the American Institute of CPAs surveyed hundreds of CPAs last year, 30% of them reported that the top worry of their clients is running out of money. It may be your worry, too, and it's a....
Is Denison Mines a Buy?
Denison Mines' (NYSEMKT: DNN) primary asset is the Wheeler River Project, a uranium mine site that it hopes to have up and running by 2024. The company has some pretty rosy projections for what....
Southwest Airlines Will Resume Hawaii Expansion in 2020
For the past five months, Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) has had to keep its Hawaii growth plans on ice, because of the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX. The 737 MAX was supposed to account for....
3 Reasons Lyft Is a Better Buy Than Uber
The market still seems confused about Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) and Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER), the ridesharing rivals that went public earlier this year.Not only are both stocks trading (at the....
Disney World Needs Galaxy's Edge to Succeed
A galaxy that's "far, far away" is finally within reach for guests at Disney's (NYSE: DIS) sprawling Florida resort. Previews for high-end Disney World passholders kicked off over the weekend for....
Hulu Is Rapidly Becoming a Force in Pay-TV
Hulu launched its live TV service just over two years ago, but it's already grown into one of the bigger pay-TV services in the United States. It's certainly no AT&T (NYSE: T), Comcast....
Wide-Body Jet Orders Jump at Airbus and Boeing in July
The safety crisis surrounding the 737 MAX this year has put a damper on order activity for the latest version of Boeing's (NYSE: BA) workhorse single-aisle jet. More surprisingly, Airbus (OTC:....
Have These Tumbling Cannabis Stocks Hit Bottom Yet?
Shares of cannabis stocks large and small were beaten down after soft second-quarter results disappointed investors expecting soaring sales of recreational cannabis in Canada that haven't....
Why This Oil Stock Believes It Will Be a Big Winner Over the Long Term
Hess (NYSE: HES) is nearing a pivotal point in its long-term strategic growth plan. The company and its partners, ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and China's CNNOC, expect to begin production from the....
This High-Yield Renewable Energy Stock Has Powered Up the Dividend Growth Engine
Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE: BEP) had enough embedded growth within its existing portfolio to expand its cash flow per share at a 6% to 11% annual rate through 2022. That would give the....
Lowe's Earnings Preview: Seeking Balanced Growth
Investors have been frustrated by Lowe's (NYSE: LOW) last few earnings reports. The home improvement chain's first year under the leadership of CEO Marvin Ellison, who worked for rival Home Depot....
Switching Jobs Might Boost Your Salary -- but Will You Lose Money in Other Ways?
There are plenty of good reasons to switch jobs, and often, the decision to do so is financially motivated. In fact, in a study from ADP Research Institute, workers who switched jobs this year....
Healthcare REITs: A Boom Is Coming
The story behind healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs) has long been that they will benefit from the giant baby boomer generation as it crests into retirement. After all, healthcare....
Baidu Stock Has a Lot to Prove This Week
There's never a bad time to put out a blowout financial report, but it's fair to say that Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) really needs some good news when it reports second-quarter results after Monday's....
Is Amgen a Buy?
Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) has made some investors really, really rich. Accounting for stock splits through the years, Amgen has delivered a return of close to 58,000%. An initial investment of $10,000....
Is Union Pacific Stock a Buy?
Under the circumstances of a slowing U.S. industrial economy, it's been a pretty good year for Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP). The stock is up more than 22% on a year-to-date basis at the time of....
Target Earnings: What to Watch
Target (NYSE: TGT) investors have had plenty of good news to celebrate in recent months. The chain's last two quarterly reports included some of its best growth metrics in years. Better yet,....
Will Buybacks Propel Booking Holdings' Stock Price?
Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG) has been one of the best-performing stocks of the past 20 years. The operator of online travel booking websites including booking.com, kayak, and Priceline has....
10 Marijuana Stocks Wall Street Thinks Will Double
Perhaps it's no coincidence that cannabis is green, because the green rush has generally treated investors well. Those folks with the foresight, and luck, to have invested in some of the pot....
Why This 5.1%-Yielding Dividend Stock Is So Excited About What Lies Ahead
ONEOK (NYSE: OKE) is in the midst of a building boom. The pipeline giant has a growing list of midstream infrastructure projects under construction that are beginning to come online. As that....
How Big Is Celgene's Latest Good News?
After a couple of years of mainly bad news, Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) is enjoying a streak of good news so far in 2019.The biotech won U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a....