Shares of Verizon (NYSE:VZ) have easily outpaced the S&P 500 index this year, as the wireless company continues to add new subscribers and posts positive progress on its future growth initiatives. Some Wall Street analysts have responded by downgrading the stock, most notably at JPMorgan Chase, where analysts pegged Verizon stock at "neutral" while upgrading the downbeat AT&T (NYSE:T) to "overweight." View post
On several occasions in recent years, the threat of a federal government shutdown has made millions of Americans nervous about the potential consequences. The impacts from a shutdown are extensive. Millions of nonessential federal workers face the prospect of involuntary furloughs that could jeopardize their pay, and many services that Americans typically take for granted might suddenly ...
Over the past half-decade, income investors have flocked to blue-chip dividend stocks, looking to lock in a dependable paycheck during a time of historically low interest rates that sent bond yields plummeting. And while interest rates have crept up a lot, many of the best-known dividend stocks still pay relatively low yields and trade a ...
The marijuana industry has been making history at a pretty steady pace thus far in 2018. So far this year, we've witnessed: View post
It isn't hard to find stocks that are out of favor right now. The Nasdaq Composite has lost 14% of its value since the start of September -- and many big names have lost much more. Amazon and Netflix, for instance, have each lost a quarter of their value. View post
Buying and holding for decades offers investors a multitude of benefits. Those benefits include taking the emotion out of day-to-day swings in prices, the power of compounding through dividends reinvested, the simplicity of holding rather than trading, and paying less in taxes and commissions, among many others. If those benefits sound good to you and ...