Western Union (NYSE:WU | WU Price Prediction) did little to impress the market with its third quarter earnings report. The underperformance led WU stock to drop more than 3% for the day and knocking…
Health insurer UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:UNH | UNH Price Prediction) just reported third-quarter earnings results that handily beat analyst expectations on the top and bottom lines, but its outlook for the rest of the year…
The cost of college is no joke. The annual cost of a college education at a public institution has grown from $394 in 1970 to $9,750 today. It is substantially more expensive at a…
Although dividend stock investing is one of the best ways investors can significantly better their portfolio returns over time, dividend growth stocks are even better. Numerous studies have shown dividend stocks have outperformed non-paying…
The past few years were not kind to high-yield income-seeking investors. The Federal Reserve’s “higher for longer” monetary policies that kept interest rates at historically elevated levels depressed high-yield stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).…
Gen Z gets dumped on a lot about its work ethic. They are often stereotyped as lazy and less motivated than their older counterparts; want higher wages for low-skill jobs; and want work schedules…
It is a common misconception that most millionaires are trust fund babies who didn’t work for their money and contributed nothing to society to obtain their wealth. It’s why politicians find it easy to…
If you can’t beat the market just buy the market. What this nugget of investing wisdom suggests is for you to compare your portfolio returns against those of the stock market index, typically the…
Nothing is certain but death and taxes, even in retirement. Perhaps because many believe their tax bill will be lower when they’re no longer working, they have no plans to minimize their taxes further.…
Most investors understand that stock splits don’t change anything about a company’s business. They just make the stock cheaper so that more investors can buy it. It is seen as a bullish sign by…
Investing in the stock market has long proven itself as a winning formula for generating wealth, though there are many paths to profits. One of the best is buying dividend stocks. Dividend stock investing…
Although heading into retirement is supposed to be when you finally take your foot off the gas and coast into a time of greater leisure activities, for a large and growing number of Americans,…
Money may be the root of all evil, but it can also be a cause of considerable unhappiness in a relationship. According to the American Psychological Association, nearly a third of all adult relationships…
The best vehicle for creating wealth is investing in stocks. Not gold, not bonds, not real estate. Although one asset class or another may beat stocks over shorter periods, the long-term results prove that…
Stock splits are typically viewed as bullish indicators that a company sees more growth is on the horizon. Although nothing fundamental changes about the business, making the share price cheaper allows more investors access…
Investing in the stock market has proved to be the surest way to creating significant wealth over time. While there are any number of strategies an investor can employ to beat Wall Street at…
Buying a house today is no joke. Home prices have surged over 30% in the last four years and today the median cost of a new home is $412,300. Coming up with a down…
Social Security has been correctly described as a Ponzi scheme. The government uses the program’s taxes it collects today from future retirees to pay the benefits of current ones. Conman Charles Ponzi did the…
Energy has been the worst-performing sector over the past year, returning less than 1% compared to a 34% gain by the S&P 500. Weak demand for oil has depressed the segment and the U.S.…
Hedge fund managers are always buying and selling shares of stocks in their portfolios, whether to rebalance them or take advantage of market pricing opportunities. When one dumps billions of dollars worth of one…
