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Should You Buy Apple Shares After the iPhone X Launch?
Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone X has been so hyped up that CEO Tim Cook said in May that iPhone sales were lower because customers were holding out for this 10th-anniversary edition of the....
Why Apple Finally Embraced Dolby Vision
Thanks to Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), it's been a great week for Dolby Laboratories (NYSE: DLB) investors. Dolby shares are up more than 15% over the past four days, including a nearly 10% pop on....
Hate Risk? You'll Love These 3 Stocks
Risk is unavoidable -- however, several stocks have positioned themselves in a way that still offers growth potential while mitigating risk, unlike high-growth stocks that are years away from....
Dead Stock Walking: Snap Has Nowhere to Go but Down
The old saying "just because you can doesn't mean you should" would seemingly apply to vanishing-message platform Snap (NYSE: SNAP), a once highly anticipated tech IPO that has since crumbled.It's....
3 Dividend Stocks Ideal for Retirees
If you're near or in retirement, owning dividend stocks can be a great way to create a consistent stream of cash flows to fund your living expenses or even travel the world. But not all dividends....
Nordstrom Local Becomes the Latest Brick-and-Mortar Experiment to Win Back Shoppers
Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) recently revealed plans for a new store concept -- Nordstrom Local will be much smaller than the typical department store while offering services, including manicures,....
3 Value Stocks for Conservative Investors
Value can be measured in a lot of ways, depending on the nature of the company you're analyzing. A low price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio may be a good measure, book value may be used, or sometimes,....
Apple, Inc.'s Epic Face ID Fail: Not a Fail After All?
If you were watching the live stream, you probably cringed. The very first action performed on Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) new iPhone X totally -- and embarrassingly -- failed during Apple's Sept. 12....
Apple, Inc.'s iPhone X Event: What Analysts Are Saying
While the media seems to have mixed feelings about Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) new $999 iPhone X, there's less disparity among analysts. Overall, analysts seem optimistic after Apple's Sept. 12....
When Will ExxonMobil Corporation Split Its Stock Again?
Oil giant ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is no stranger to stock splits, having completed seven of them over the course of its history. Many of those occurred after its stock price had risen into the....
Why Halozyme Therapeutics, Tenet Healthcare, and AMC Entertainment Holdings Jumped Today
The stock market was once again mixed on Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrials gaining ground to set a record high for the third session in a row even as other major benchmarks lagged behind.....
Why Shares of Tiffany & Co. Dropped Today
Shares of jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) slumped on Thursday after news broke that Qatar's sovereign wealth fund sold a large block of shares. The shares were reportedly priced....
Facebook Is Planning to Spend as Much as HBO on Original Content
HBO's slogan "So Original" is becoming less and less accurate. More and more, networks are focusing on high-quality original content. From Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) to FX, top-notch original....
Will the Federal Reserve Raise Interest Rates Next Week?
One of the most important things that will happen in the market next week is the Federal Reserve's announcement about whether it will raise interest rates for the third time this year. But while....
Exelixis, Inc. and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Gear Up for Round 2 of the Kidney Cancer Drug Battle Royale
Take your seats, investors: The battle in first-line advanced renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer, is about to begin.In one corner, weighing in at a market cap of $8....
Apple Likely Dreamed Up 3D Sensing Five Years Ago
The headline feature of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) new iPhone X is its 3D-sensing capability, which enables improved augmented reality (AR) experiences as well as the Face ID facial recognition....
3 Stocks With Alphabet-Like Return Potential
With shares of Google -- or Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), rather, following its restructuring in late 2015 -- up more than 1,600% since its initial public offering just over 13 years....
Why Shares of Autoliv Jumped 12% Today
Shares of Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV) surged on Thursday. The Stockholm-based supplier of automotive safety systems said that it's considering a proposal to split into two companies: one focused on....
2 Top Dividend Stocks in Industrial Machinery
Though it still faces its fair share of risk, the global economy is steadily firming up. Global gross domestic product is forecast by the World Bank to expand at a rate of nearly 3% in 2018 and....
Debunking Common Arguments Against Dividend Investing
Published September 14th, 2017
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Better Buy: Kinder Morgan, Inc. vs. ONEOK, Inc.
Pipeline companies can be excellent options for income-seeking investors. These entities typically generate steady cash flow, the bulk of which they send back to investors via generous dividends.....
Tesla, Inc. to Unveil "Unreal" Semi Truck
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk finally put a date on the company's highly anticipated semi-truck unveiling. The unveiling will take place on Oct. 26, about one month after originally....
Apple Inc.’s Brilliant Low-Cost iPhone Strategy
Although Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) unveiled a new, premium iPhone (called the iPhone X) starting at $999 (significantly more expensive than previous flagship iPhones), one thing that people don't seem....
This Just In: Nucor Stock Upgraded
Every day, Wall Street analysts upgrade some stocks, downgrade others, and "initiate coverage" on a few more. But do these analysts even know what they're talking about? Today, we're taking one....
Here's Why Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. Is Soaring Today
Shares of Halozyme Therapeutics (NASDAQ: HALO), a small-cap biotech focused on creating products that help other drugs work more effectively, rose by 16% as of 10:45 a.m. EDT on Thursday.....