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Did Intel Just Fire a Shot Across the Bow of AMD and NVIDIA?
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) launched its latest generation desktop central processing unit (CPU) in September and made some pretty bold claims about its capabilities. In a press release,....
3 Things to Watch in the Stock Market This Week
Stocks jumped last week, buoyed by strong earnings reports that helped send the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) past 23,000 points for the first time in its history. The S&P 500....
Apple Inc. Supplier Targets 2020 for 5-Nano Production
During contract chip manufacturing giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (NYSE: TSM) third-quarter earnings conference call (login required), company co-CEO Mark Liu offered some....
Better Buy: Kroger vs. Costco
Peter Lynch once said retail investors should "invest in what you know," and it's likely that a lot of readers will have shopped at either Kroger (NYSE: KR) or Costco (NASDAQ: COST) recently.....
5 Habits That'll Keep You From Getting Rich
We all want to accumulate wealth, either during our careers or in time for retirement. However, countless Americans wind up sabotaging their efforts by repeating the same critical errors. Here are....
The 5-Minute Guide on How to Invest in Marijuana Stocks
For those wondering how to profit from the nearly $7 billion marijuana business, a fine place to look is the stock exchange. Even at this early stage of the cannabis industry, several companies in....
3 Reasons to Stay Away From Qualcomm
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) has been under siege this year. The chipmaker's business has run into trouble thanks to a feud with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), which has encouraged other smartphone players to....
25% of Americans Say They'll Never Be Able to Retire -- 3 Signs You Might Be One of Them
Ah, retirement. Most people dream of the day they can walk out of their jobs and spend the rest of their lives relaxing and living the life they'd always wanted.Unfortunately, retirement isn't all....
How to Save for Retirement When You Don't Have Much Money
Saving for retirement is hard enough as it is -- let's be honest, nobody wants to sock away money that you know you won't see for decades -- but it's even harder if you don't have much extra cash....
This Time It's Different: Part 3 of Our Series on U.S. Downturns
Wall Street has infamously had its share of ugly Octobers, so Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp chose this month to offer their listeners a special treat: a four-part series on the history of....
3 Dividend Stocks That Should Pay You the Rest of Your Life
If you want to be blown away by the wealth-building power of stocks that pay ever-growing dividends for decades, look at this chart for Altria Group (NYSE: MO). The orange line represents just....
Will 2018 Be the Year of the Personal Drone?
Drones have gotten a lot of attention over the past few years as they've created new markets for everyone from weekend hobbyists to realtors to professional drone racers. Personal unmanned aerial....
Should You Buy AT&T After its Recent Dip?
Shares of AT&T (NYSE: T) have fallen 16% this year due to ongoing concerns about the sluggish growth of its wireless business, high debt levels, natural disasters, declines in video....
3 Unusual Energy and Industrials Stocks for Your Radar
The energy and industrials sector is hugely varied in the kinds and sizes of companies it contains, and it's bursting with investment opportunities, if you know where to look.In this week's Energy....
What I'm Watching When Under Armour Reports Earnings
Investors aren't expecting year-over-year revenue growth from athletic apparel company Under Armour (NYSE: UA) (NYSE: UAA) when it reports third-quarter earnings on Oct. 31, as the company has....
NVIDIA's Data Center Business Is Set for Growth in China
One of the hottest growth markets for NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) right now is data centers. The same graphics processing unit (GPU) technology used to power video games is now being used by cloud....
Can Ctrip and Despegar.com Bounce Back After Last Week's Drop?
It was a rough week for a couple of international travel portals. Shares of China's Ctrip (NASDAQ: CTRP) and Argentina's Despegar.com (NYSE: DESP) declined 12% and 11%, respectively, last week,....
Should Retirees Have Life Insurance?
The primary purpose of life insurance is to protect your dependents financially when you're gone. By the time you reach retirement, it's unlikely that you'll have many people depending on your....
3 Stocks for Whipping Inflation
Despite an unemployment rate barely higher than 4%, a situation that should induce wage and price growth, inflation has been chronically low for years. While it may seem as if this period of....
3 Healthcare Stocks for Your Radar
The healthcare sector is one the most exciting and volatile industries out there, with clinical trial results and administrative changes having the potential to make or break so many companies.....
Is the New Kohl's Partnership With Amazon.com Suicidal?
Earlier this week, Kohl's (NYSE: KSS) officially launched its recently implemented partnership with e-commerce juggernaut Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN). Ten Kohl's locations in the Los Angeles and....
Big Blue's Big Bounce, and What Blew Housing Starts Down in September
In this Market Foolery podcast, Chris Hill, Jim Mueller of Stock Advisor and Motley Fool Options, and David Kretzmann of Motley Fool Rule Breakers and SuperNova consider just what in its quarterly....
Why This REIT Stock Is a Dividend Investor's Dream
If you're a dividend investor, you'd probably consider an ideal dividend stock to be one that pays a higher-than-average yield, with the dividend likely to steadily grow over time, right?For a....
3 Arguments for and Against Legalizing Marijuana
There's arguably no industry in the U.S. that's growing at a faster, more consistent pace than legal marijuana. Marijuana Business Daily's latest report, "Marijuana Business Factbook 2017,"....
Better Buy: Yamana Gold Inc. vs. GoldCorp
Gold prices are up nearly 13% year to date, but some of the biggest gold-mining stocks are struggling to keep up with the prices of the precious metal. Goldcorp (NYSE: GG), one of world's top....