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Will Home Depot Raise Its Dividend in 2018?
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) has produced amazing gains in recent years because of the rebound in the housing market after the financial crisis, but that's only been the crowning achievement in a longer....
Why Is Home Depot Spending $8 Billion on Stock Buybacks?
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) can't seem to get enough of its own stock. Executives a year ago set a target for $5 billion worth of share repurchases, but ended up spending $7 billion after changing their....
Will McDonald's Raise Its Dividend in 2018?
McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) has been one of the best performers in the Dow Jones Industrials in 2017, climbing more than 40% over the past 12 months. Long-term investors know that such performance is....
3 Dividend Investing Tips That Could Earn You Thousands
Stock dividends are excellent tools to have in your investment income arsenal. Simply owning an index fund that mimics the S&P 500, for example, would deliver 2% today at a time when most....
7 Key Takeaways From Home Depot's Earnings Call
After Home Depot (NYSE: HD) reported its third-quarter results, its leadership team shared some important information with investors during the subsequent conference call.Here are the highlights....
Home Depot Gets With the PROgram
In what is becoming old hat for the giant home-improvement retailer, Home Depot Inc (NYSE: HD) posted another solid quarterly earnings report earlier this month. The company's revenue rose to $25....
Hankering to Invest in Subway? Here's the Thing...
Sandwich chain Subway has more locations than any other quick-service or fast-food restaurant chain in the United States, but an investment in the company is impossible. The parent company,....
Better Buy: The Walt Disney Company vs. Netflix Inc.
Sometimes, there's no wrong answer. Both Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) are high-quality investments, but for different reasons that fit different roles in your portfolio.I own....
Is Retail Making a Comeback?
The retail sector just had its best week of the year, and companies across the board are seeing big pops on solid earnings reports.In today's episode of MarketFoolery, Chris Hill talks with Jim....
This Simple Move Could Make Disney a Great Dividend Stock
When you think of dividend stocks, it's likely The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) doesn't appear near the top of your radar. After all, shares of the company currently yield 1.6%, less than the....
Is Disney's Latest Move Greedy or Brilliant?
There's rumbling in the belly of Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) original theme park. Disneyland stopped selling its Southern California Passport on Monday, a $469 annual pass for locals that offers....
Walt Disney Co.'s Fiscal 2017: What Investors Should Know
As Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) ESPN subscribers continued to tumble and Disney faced off against tough comparisons for its studio entertainment segment, the company's fiscal 2017 was challenging,....
Did Foot Locker Just Sound the "All Clear" Signal on Nike Stock?
A touch of optimism can produce dramatic price swings in an out-of-favor stock. Foot Locker (NYSE: FL) shareholders experienced that happy dynamic last week when shares soared by over 20%....
A Great Quarter for Home Depot, an "Eh" Day for Its Shareholders
In this segment of the MarketFoolery podcast, host Mac Greer is joined by Motley Fool Director of Small-Cap Strategy Bill Mann and Matt Argersinger of Million Dollar Portfolio to discuss the....
3 Blue-Chip Dividend Stocks You Can Keep Forever
With the market at all-time highs, it's tempting to sell some stocks and lock in profits. But unless you need the cash, it's often smarter to hold your winners for decades instead of quarters.....
3 Dividend Stocks for in-the-Know Investors
Dividend stocks are every retiree's best friend. By owning a small portion of a company, you get paid every quarter for doing nothing! All you have to do is continue to hold your shares. There are....
Best Buy: Coca-Cola, McDonald's, or Verizon?
Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO), McDonald's (NYSE: MCD), and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) each reported lower revenue through the first nine months of 2017. Yet investors have had dramatically different responses to....
5 Things Home Depot Wants You to Know
Home Depot (NYSE: HD) executives were thrilled with the third-quarter performance they recently announced, and not just because natural disasters pushed sales growth to its highest rate in years.....
Why I'm Not Selling My Walt Disney Shares
Let's be honest: Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) fiscal 2017 wasn't very impressive. For the first time in nearly a decade, the largest monkey in the entertainment jungle posted declines in both revenue....
5 Things Disney Wants You to Know
Nobody's perfect. Last week Disney (NYSE: DIS) reported that sales and profits fell over the past 12 months, marking the first time in seven years that the entertainment giant failed to set a new....
Home Depot (HD) Q3 2017 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.Home Depot (NYSE: HD) Q3 2017 Earnings Conference CallNov. 14, 2017 9:00 a.m. ETOperatorContinue readingSource: Fool.com
Theaters Won't Make as Much From "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"
Many fans all over the world are extremely excited about the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi, starring Mark Hamill in his return to the role of Luke Skywalker.But perhaps no one is as excited as....
Disney's Streaming Service Won't Compete with Netflix
Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger gave a few more details about Disney's forthcoming direct-to-consumer streaming service during the company's fourth quarter earnings call. The streaming service....
Home Depot Inc. Lifts Its Outlook -- Again -- After Hurricanes Boost Results
Natural disasters depress sales results for most retailers, but they have the opposite impact on Home Depot's (NYSE: HD) operations. That helps explain why the home improvement giant recently....
What Might Be Next for Disney's ESPN and the NFL?
The beating heart of The Walt Disney Corporation (NYSE: DIS), at least from a financial perspective, is the company's media networks division, which provides approximately half of the company's....