Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) is a great example.
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September 3 - News
When the U.S. economy was on the cusp of falling into an abyss in late 2008, companies across the nation collectively decided to cut all unnecessary spending.
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September 3 - News
The U.S. Treasury will run out of money sometime in mid-October, and Congress won't return from its August vacation until Sept. 9.
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September 3 - News
I remember when the housing bubble burst back in 2007. Most people thought it would never make a comeback.
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September 3 - News
During the past several years, base metal miners have been heavily correlated with emerging markets, and specifically to China's economic growth.
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September 3 - News
On Aug. 27, the market did something it hasn't done in more than a year.
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September 3 - News
Two key issues have been in play in the stock market as we head into the long Labor Day weekend.
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September 3 - Insider Trading
The biggest concern is the Federal Reserve tapering its quantitative easing program.
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August 29 - News
Billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Ackman have helped make investors serious money in the railroad industry over the past couple of years.
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August 29 - News
I'm talking about options.
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August 29 - News, Options
The semiconductor industry has been around since the 1960s and has grown to be a nearly $300 billion global business.
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August 29 - News
Finding a stock with the potential to double is a tall order. The company needs to have a solid business model, promising growth prospects and strong fundamentals.
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August 29 - News
Investors define income stocks in different ways.
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August 28 - Dividend Stocks, News
When the Federal Reserve launched its plans to stimulate the economy through quantitative easing in 2009, virtually all asset classes were expected to benefit as the massive increase...
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August 28 - Commodities, News
Who doesn't wish they had bought Amazon.com, Inc.
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August 27 - News
When the Federal Reserve launched its plans to stimulate the economy through quantitative easing in 2009, virtually all asset classes were expected to benefit as the massive increase...
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August 27 - Commodities, News
There are two ways to invest in retail stocks. You can focus on strong and steady operators such as Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST) or Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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August 27 - Hedge Funds, News
The world experienced years of one crisis after another sweeping the eurozone.
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August 27 - ETF Trading, News
The Dow Jones U.S. Railroad Index is surging with a 24% gain this year and has quadrupled since its 2009 low.
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August 26 - News
More often than not, it grows back even healthier than before. Trees damaged in a fire typically die within two years, and dead vegetation falls to the ground.
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August 26 - News
But knowing when to close a position at the right time is just as important as getting into the right trade at the right time.
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August 26 - News
If you've never heard of GARP, it has nothing to do with the John Irving novel "The World According to Garp." GARP's roots go back to a 1949 book, "The Intelligent Investor," ...
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August 26 - News
The latest wave of quarterly financial results has exposed the challenges many retailers face.
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August 26 - News
Everyone is always looking for a quick and easy way to wealth. This desire is what drives the multi-billion-dollar worldwide gambling industry.
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August 26 - Dividend Stocks, News
The business of retailing is quite simple.
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August 23 - News
This situation actually occurs fairly often. Traders might be tempted to enter a short trade expecting the gains to be at least partially reversed.
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August 23 - ETF Trading
At StreetAuthority, we often look at where Washington's most powerful men are putting their money.
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August 23 - News
When the employees of Florida-based Fairholme Capital came into work on Jan. 11, 2010, they were greeted with great news.
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August 23 - Hedge Funds
The leveraged buyout was one of the great financial inventions of the 1980s.
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August 23 - Hedge Funds
I wish I could say the coverage of these unique investment vehicles has been positive, but the media has focused on the few bad actors in the hedge fund business and the sector...
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August 22 - Hedge Funds
For some, it's being in your favorite football team's locker room during the coach's inspiring halftime speech.
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August 21 - News
When a company is spun off, there's a high level of forced selling.
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August 21 - News
We've managed to avoid the great Mayan prediction of the end of the world in 2012, along with countless doomsday prognostications before it.
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August 21 - News
Just a few short years later, the same phenomena occurred in the United States.
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August 21 - News
And they might be on to something. Right now this stock yields 5.3%... and it's one of the most stable dividend-payers in America.
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August 21 - News
My freshman year in college, I returned to my hometown to attend the wedding reception of a friend.
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August 21 - News
I'm not saying we're in a crazy bubble or the market is about to collapse.
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August 20 - News
And with good reason. When it's done right, options can be one of the best ways to make money in the market we've ever seen.
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August 20 - News
The first is his desire to audit and eliminate the Federal Reserve.
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August 20 - News
Having a successful mentor is the fast track to your own success in the financial business.
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August 20 - Hedge Funds
Indeed, for the first time in several years, economists have raised the prospect of a possible recession in Asia and Latin America, joining the ranks of major European economies...
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August 20 - News
One of my favorites is a company that could help kill the gasoline engine, Westport Innovations Inc. (USA) (NASDAQ:WPRT).
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August 19 - News
Four years ago, if an individual investor even entertained the idea of buying a stock, chances are it was in the utility sector. They were boring.
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August 19 - News
It is an oversimplification to summarize George Soros' investment philosophy based on the theory of reflexivity into a single sentence, but it is useful to think of the theory...
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August 19 - ETF Trading
One of the best income strategies in the world involves a "glitch" in the financial markets.
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August 19 - News
But remember, information is the best asset, and knowing more is always better than knowing less.
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August 19 - News
The Donald has long been a bombastic figure on the American financial scene.
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August 19 - News
You don't have to own shares of The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) to know that through its worldwide production and distribution network, the company owns some of the most valuable...
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August 19 - News
Described as "a vulture, albeit a well-dressed one," Wilbur Ross is also "one of the best bottom feeders in the business," according to no less an authority than a fellow billionaire...
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August 16 - Hedge Funds