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Coca-Cola Shares Fizzle After Earnings
Shares of Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) are down 4% in morning trading after the company reported earnings before the market opened on Tuesday. Adjusted earnings for the fourth quarter… Read more
The Right Way to Speculate in the Stock Market
Are you a speculator? If not, you should be… A lot of successful investors keep a portion of their portfolios for speculating in the stock market. I like to… Read more
Smucker Stock Not Too Sweet on Valentine’s Day
Shares of J.M. Smucker Co. (NYSE: SJM) are dropping hard on Valentine’s Day after a poor earnings report. Smucker stock is down over 7% in early trading on Friday,… Read more
How Coca-Cola’s GMCR Deal Changes the Beverage Industry
What happens when the largest entity in the beverage industry buys a 10% stake in your company? In the case of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Nasdaq: GMCR), shares of… Read more
Rare Downgrade Sinks Amazon Stock
The Wall Street firm UBS downgraded shares of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) to Neutral. The move had an immediate effect on Amazon stock and shares are trading lower on Wednesday… Read more
What is Bitcoin?
It is the latest innovation to sweep the financial world and it wasn’t created by some investment bank. In fact, it’s not entirely clear who created it. I’m talking… Read more
The Genuine Reason to Own CVS Stock
CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) made major headlines last week by stating that it would no longer sell cigarettes at its stores. Though important as that story was, the real… Read more
Are American Consumers Pulling Back?
There’s been a lot of talk about American consumers early in 2014. And for good reason … it’s not entirely clear how well consumers are doing. At first blush… Read more
Janet Yellen Takes the Stage
There’s a new Fed chief in town. Janet Yellen made her brand spanking debut on Capitol Hill today. Yellen testified before the House Financial Services Committee about her intentions… Read more