Wall Street tells big companies that they need to break themselves into smaller pieces to unlock the growth potential. Then a decade or so later, Wall Street tells them they would offer…
These five companies all pay at least a 6% dividend and offer a reasonable degree of safety. Even if a recovery in their share prices takes a while, the high dividends will…
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Friday included Altria, Apple, BJ's Wholesale Club, Exxon Mobile, Gap, HP, Salesforce.com and VMware.
Altria's core products are still slowly killing their customers, but it manages to keep delivering dividend hikes for its shareholders.
Jon C. Ogg With much of the European sovereign debt trading with negative rates, demand may continue for U.S. Treasury debt, pushing yields even lower. That could mean a return to bond proxy stocks for…
Stocks saw profit-taking on Tuesday, but the major indexes were up on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve’s expected interest rate cut in the afternoon. Earnings season is proving to be quite…
The top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations on Friday included Altria, Charles Schwab, Charter Communications, Comerica, Morgan Stanley, Slack, Snap, Wells Fargo and Zoom Video.
These five stocks offer investors a degree of safety in a market that appears to be teetering. In addition, they pay consistent and dependable dividends, and they will be around long after…
Cronos shares popped on Wednesday after Merrill Lynch released a very positive report. This is not something that happens every day, but the brokerage firm issued a double upgrade with very significant…
Chris Lange These four blue-chip leaders have been battered. Despite having higher yields than almost all top stocks, they are not outrageously risky by any means, and shareholders are paid handsomely to sit and…
The ETF universe includes a variety of funds that allow investors to share in the spoils of legal gambling, smoking (tobacco and marijuana), and beer and spirits consumption. Investing in sin can…
While the U.S.-China trade war heats up again, investors can seek shelter in a number of U.S. equities that have little or no exposure to China. Here are 10 of the best.
By now there are likely no people anywhere in the world who have not heard that President Donald Trump’s administration has set a deadline of this Friday to increase tariffs on $200…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized Philip Morris's IQOS heated-tobacco device and tobacco products for sale in the United States. The devices are now available in 45 countries around the…
With low volatility ratings, big dividends and some growth potential, these five stocks are ideal for investors looking for something they can add to their portfolios and forget about.
