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Credit-based businesses pass on hefty dividends. One of the newest forms of dividend stocks to come out in recent years are businesses that lend out money in various forms,… Read more

With tax inversions being one of the hottest topics in the merger and acquisition market these days, pharma stocks are in full focus. The S&P 500 is up just… Read more

This has been one of the best earnings seasons in three years. In fact, if we exclude the financial sector, earnings growth hasn’t been this high since the third… Read more

Unemployment is at its lowest levels since 2008. Consumer confidence is also at multi-year highs. It’s only a matter of time before consumers start to loosen up their purse strings…. Read more

Shares of micro-blogging site Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) surged higher yesterday after the company’s blowout earnings report. Twitter stock closed at $38.59 yesterday before the company declared earnings. Shares jumped… Read more

The Year is 2016… Broken O Ranch, Augusta, Montana: Billionaire Stanley Kroenke owns a 124,000-acre property that produces 700,000 bushels of grain every year and has 4,500 cows. To keep… Read more

As a frequent flyer, I view the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine with more contempt than most. Being a passenger on a doomed jet might not… Read more

Spark Energy (Nasdaq: SPKE) was a fitting name for yesterday’s lone initial public offering. The natural gas and electricity retailer’s debut may have “sparked” the biggest week for new… Read more

Initial public offerings (IPOs) that fail to pop within the first few weeks of trading aren’t doomed to the graveyard. Like late bloomers in high school, just because they… Read more