The UBS Dividend Ruler portfolio continue to outperform the overall market, and we continue to think that the outperformance will stay in place for the rest of the year and beyond.
A top-notch Jefferies economist believes the rise in populism is the most important issue the markets face today, and that the biggest impact from a Trump win would be a weaker U.S.…
July 29, 2016: Markets opened mixed again on Friday as the blue chips just couldn’t get a bid. The Bank of Japan did not announce a very aggressive easing plan and the…
The biggest companies are often the safest to buy, and with the market still right at all-time highs, these liquid, large cap leaders make good sense now.
July 26, 2016: Markets opened higher Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s FOMC announcement on interest rate changes (none expected) and a press conference with Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen. Earnings reports from some major…
The Golden Arches may have missed its earnings in this report but despite this minor setback it is still one of the best performing Dow stocks.
Chris Lange McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD) is scheduled to report second-quarter financial results before the markets open on Tuesday. The fast-food giant has been on fire over the past year, but it still remains…
Chris Lange Overall, one-third of the Dow Jones Industrial Average is reporting this week, and this has the potential to sustain the run that the Dow has made since the Brexit vote.
McDonald's went through its own successful turnaround recently, and it has the opportunity to do it again with Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Since its release, Nintendo’s Pokémon Go has been downloaded by Americans tens of millions of times and is set to surpass the success of other mobile games by any number of metrics.…
July 19, 2016: Markets opened mixed on Tuesday with the blue chips opening lower before bouncing higher. Unlike the S&P 500 Index and the Nasdaq Composite, which never traded higher at any…
The Pokémon Go craze has been a key driver of some stocks in recent days. While this has been a win for the companies involved, 24/7 Wall St. wanted to see if…
According to Enough Is Enough, an internet safety group, McDonald's has set up systems to keep Wi-Fi systems at its stores from accessing pornography but Starbucks has not.
With many stocks having just hit record highs, investors need at least a bit of an explanation here. One thing likely contributing to the gains is the endless effort in share buybacks…
Despite the Starbucks attempt to burnish its image as something very different from a fast-food company, its products are often compared, even by consumer research firms, to those of McDonald's and Dunkin'…
