After setting a new all-time nominal high on the Dow, stocks added to their gains today as the S&P 500 and the price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.1% and...
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March 7 - News
Buffett's folksy easy-as-pie investing image doesn't quite jibe with the usurious deals he's wrung from the likes of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), Goldman Sachs Group, ...
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March 7 - Hedge Funds
Understanding taxes is complicated, but here's a fact that's easy to understand: Thanks to new rules on the dreaded alternative minimum tax, you may well pay thousands less in...
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March 7 - News
If you're a tech investor, you already know the impact of mobile technology on almost everything it touches.
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March 6 - News
Even setting aside the boost of the recent U.S.
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March 6 - News
The power that allows you to read this article -- no matter what you're reading it on -- was originally created by electric generators producing alternating current.
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March 6 - News
The Motley Fool recently sifted through thousands of publicly traded companies to identify the 25 Best Stocks in America.
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March 6 - News
Nothing lasts forever, and even the strongest company can wither away.
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March 4 - News
If you don't religiously follow the markets and are just seeing the weekly results for the first time, it would appear that this past week was simply a slight winner and nothing...
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March 4 - News
Time Warner Inc (NYSE:TWX) is rumored to be continuing its move away from older forms of media, with the potential sale of most of its magazine division to Meredith (NYSE:MDP).
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March 1 - News
The shale gas boom has led to an emerging theme in the industrial goods space.
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February 26 - News
No doubt, General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) is one of the most popular stocks among investors. The firm's fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results were impressive.
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February 26 - News
Readers of my blog probably realize by now that I typically consider companies (with trusted brands) that have been on the market for years.
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February 26 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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February 26 - News
Stocks started the day in the black, but that didn't last and they went on to record their largest daily loss since Nov.
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February 25 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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February 25 - News
The 30 companies among the Dow Jones Industrials are well known as giants of American industry.
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February 24 - News
Exchange-traded funds offer a convenient way to invest in sectors or niches that interest you.
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February 22 - News
As regulars at this site know, of course, it's the wise man with the power to reason foolish thoughts away that is to be shunned.
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February 22 - News
This week, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) announced that it would buy the rest of NBC Universal from General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), as was agreed upon in 2009.The ...
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February 21 - News
I am always on the hunt to pick up those stocks which the investment managers are betting upon aggressively.
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February 21 - News
Investors in Emerson Electric Co. (NYSE:EMR) have a reason to smile as its fiscal 2013 took off with solid first quarter results.
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February 21 - News
The recently announced acquisition of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE:HNZ) by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
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February 21 - Hedge Funds
If you want to be a smart investor, you can learn a lot from Warren Buffett.
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February 21 - News
There's a certain amount of luck involved in investing.
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February 21 - News
The markets were enjoying an up day yesterday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 54 points to hit a five-year high of 14,035, buoyed as it was by upbeat news of the ...
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February 21 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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February 20 - News
United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), the Dow 30 industrial giant, is setting out for what should be a year of solid profit gains resulting in earnings in the vicinity of...
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February 20 - News
The best thing about the stock market is that you can make money in either direction. Historically, stock indexes have tended to trend up over the long term.
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February 19 - News
Stocks are kicking off the short week on a good note, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is back above 14,000 in today's rally.
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February 19 - News
In recent years, the Affordable Care Act and other reforms have already started transforming the way that Americans get health care.
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February 19 - News
Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to close higher on Friday, its one-day, 8-point gain still left it down 11 points for the week.
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February 19 - News
General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) announced Tuesday that Comcast will complete the purchase of former GE subsidiary NBCUniversal by the...
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February 18 - News
The 30 companies among the Dow Jones Industrials all have a pedigree as the leaders in their respective fields, having found success among their peers.
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February 18 - News
It was a fairly quiet week for most of the market. Stocks traded in a narrow range, as earnings and economic data neither excited investors or sent them running.
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February 18 - News
The blockbuster news of the week came from Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)'s announcement it would buy up General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)'s 49% share of their joint venture...
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February 17 - News
Cord-cutting customers, lured by the siren song of streaming Internet video, were supposed to spell Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)'s doom.
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February 16 - News
Now more than ever, a comfortable retirement depends on secure, stable investments. Unfortunately, the right stocks for retirement won't just fall into your lap.
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February 15 - News
After more than a decade of research and $3 billion in expenses, the Human Genome Project finally presented its early success to the public on Feb. 15, 2001.
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February 15 - News
Mergers and acquisitions are tough to predict -- but that doesn't mean it's not fun to try.
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February 14 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is pulling back once again after yesterday's surge, falling just below the 14,000 mark it has flirted with over the past few weeks.
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February 14 - News
Some said the Mayan calendar forecast that the world would end on Dec. 21, 2012.
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February 14 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX:.DJI) fell slightly today, down 36 points, or 0.3%, as investors reacted to President Obama's State of the Union address last nigh and...
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February 14 - News
Talk on Wall Street today centered on last night's State of the Union address, especially after an enterprising proposal by President Obama, paving the way for free trade with...
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February 13 - News
It was another day of sanguine moves in the broad-based S&P 500 , as monthly retail sales figures released this morning painted a somber growth picture with tax increases now ...
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February 13 - News
Economic data continues to be unimpressive early in 2013, and that has sent markets largely lower today, though not by much.
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February 13 - News
This morning the Department of Commerce reported that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1% in January.
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February 13 - News
To hear the stock touts tell is, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) took General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) to the cleaners, agreeing to pay $16.7 billion for the rest of NBC...
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February 13 - News
My followers might remember that I extensively covered industrial stocks before the start of the earnings cycle. Most of them have realized their gains.
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February 13 - News
