Following the rapid rise in interest rates brought on by the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented rate hikes two years ago, utility stocks languished. Borrowing costs accelerated because utilities are capital-intensive businesses that rely heavily upon…
Investing in technology stocks offers investors some of the best opportunities for realizing long-term wealth creation. Tech stocks, after all, tend to be the driving force behind some of the stock market’s most powerful…
Warren Buffett loves stocks that pay him dividends though he steadfastly refuses to allow Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A | BRK-A Price Prediction)(NYSE:BRK-B) to reward its shareholders. Buffett contends he knows better than those investing alongside…
When a badly beaten down stock suddenly springs to life, many investors wonder whether the long hoped-for turnaround has finally arrived. They’ve licked their wounds and bided their time, but now that the stock…
Investors hang on Warren Buffett’s every move because he is the greatest investor of our time. Possibly of all-time. Since becoming CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A | BRK-A Price Prediction)(NYSE:BRK-B) in 1964, the Oracle…
The value of a stock split is exactly zero. The non-event gives you 12 slices of a pizza instead of six. A company splitting its $200 per share stock 4-to-1 gives you three extra…
Capitalizing on the popularity of weight-loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, Hims & Hers Health (NYSE:HIMS) has exploited a loophole in Food & Drug Administration regulations to bring to market similar drugs without having…
Dumpster diving can be a lucrative pastime. One man’s trash is another’s treasure. That holds true in investing, too, but the risks are also the same: you might find a nugget of gold, but…
There are few better ways to make money on Wall Street than buying dividend stocks. Decade after decade, income-generating stocks have outperformed those that do not share their success with investors. For the 50-year…
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) has become the face of the artificial intelligence revolution. Its H100 graphics processing unit (GPU) is the de facto standard for data centers seeking the power of AI-enhanced…
Remember when a stock becoming valued at $1 trillion was a big thing? The first company to do so was Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL | AAPL Price Prediction) back in 2018. Now there are a half…
Stock spinoffs are a popular corporate strategy for unlocking shareholder value, but one that rarely pays off for investors. Harvard Business Review found half of all spinoffs failed to create any new value for…
It used to be said, “As goes General Motors, so goes the nation.” It is pretty much the same thing with the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The venerable index has long been considered a…
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO | AVGO Price Prediction) has long been a top smartphone chip supplier but it is rapidly transforming into a premier artificial intelligence chipmaker. While Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is currently the face of the…
Historically speaking, the best investment you can make is buying dividend stocks. A 2013 analysis by J.P. Morgan Asset Management found that companies initiating and growing their payouts over the 40-year period between 1972…
“It takes money to make money.” While that used to be true on Wall Street, it is no longer the case. Over the past few decades, the democratization of investing has put the stock…
The tech stock selloff in July surprised the market but not those investors who were paying attention. As far back as April, Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS | GS Price Prediction) warned of the coming decline.…
A recession is looming. Despite the S&P 500 nearing its all-time high, the yield curve inverted and the Sahm Rule was activated. The Federal Reserve is also poised to initiate the first interest rate…
Investors have been on a roller coaster ride for the past four years and the stock market may be heading into another big loop higher. Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell gave his strongest indication…
The old investing adage that you can’t beat the market so just buy index funds misses the point. Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, and a host of other money managers prove you can beat the…
