Many people choose Medicare Advantage plans without exploring their options or noticing what changes their plan may have made, according to research from KFF, a health policy nonprofit. But now that a new year has started, you may realize the plan you picked during Medicare’s fall open enrollment doesn’t work for you. Or maybe you...
The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Growth Investor model based on the published strategy of Martin Zweig. This strategy looks for growth stocks with persistent accelerating earnings and sales growth, reasonable valuations and low debt.ASSURANT, INC. (AIZ) is a mid-c
The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Book/Market Investor model based on the published strategy of Joseph Piotroski. This value-quant strategy screens for high book-to-market stocks, and then separates out financially sound firms by looking at a host of improving fina
The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Earnings Yield Investor model based on the published strategy of Joel Greenblatt. This value model looks for companies with high return on capital and earnings yields.ATMUS FILTRATION TECHNOLOGIES INC (ATMU) is a small-cap value st
The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Contrarian Investor model based on the published strategy of David Dreman. This contrarian strategy finds the most unpopular mid- and large-cap stocks in the market and looks for improving fundamentals.ORGANON & CO (OGN) is a m
Modern businesses are now so digital that hackers and other malicious actors are potentially the greatest threats these companies face. According to IBM, a breach can cause $4.45 million in damages, 15% more than just three years ago.
Social Security has three sources of funding. The biggest is the payroll taxes workers pay on their incomes each year. That brought in over $1.1 trillion in 2022, the most recent year data is available. The interest on invested trust fund asset reserves added another $66.4 billio
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) stock has maintained momentum since rebounding in December, and several analysts now believe it could surge given the latest developments, including strong quarterly numbers and guidance for 2024, a supplemental dividend, and a strategic shift in spen
Making its public debut in November 2021, Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN) arrived on the electric vehicle (EV) scene with a bang. The company's initial public offering (IPO) was the largest for an American company since Meta in 2014, raising a whopping $12 billion.
In late 2022, a rumor started circulating around the internet: Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) was running into trouble. Complaints about cleaning fees, chore lists, and other onerous demands on guests were going viral, while others emphasized the relative comforts of staying in a hotel ve
The market was eager to swallow a giant helping of WK Kellogg (NYSE: KLG) stock this week. Collectively, it traded the specialty food company's shares more than 20% higher over the period, according to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Investors liked what they
Whirlpool (NYSE: WHR) and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) have much in common. Both are heavily exposed to the challenging U.S. housing market and are seeing sales declines. Both are taking substantive internal action to cut costs and actively restructuring their portfolio
Semiconductor stocks have been on fire ever since ChatGPT was launched in late 2022. Since then, a slew of new generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications have made cutting-edge graphics processing units that can handle accelerated applications a hot commodity. As Nvidia
The case for buying 3M (NYSE: MMM) is based on the idea that the company's second half of 2024 will be better than its first. It's a scenario many industrial companies hope will come true this year. Still, there are better ways to invest than 3M stock in 2024, and I think industr
Since early last year, stocks related to artificial intelligence (AI) have risen considerably. Consequently, investors who bought these companies during the 2022 bear market have undoubtedly benefited from massive returns.
For most retirees, Social Security income is a necessity to make ends meet. Based on more than two decades of annual surveys conducted by national pollster Gallup, no fewer than 80% of then-current retirees in any given year rely on their Social Security check as either a "major"
The phenomenon of compounded growth is truly remarkable. If we put it to work for us, it can do glorious things.Most importantly, it can help us grow wealthier and amass a necessary and sizable nest egg, all without massive effort on our part. Here's a closer look at compounding
Wall Street analysts are quite bullish about Intellia Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NTLA) stock. On average, they're estimating that it'll rise by around 157% within the next 12 months. In the context of the new bull market shaping up right now, it likely has a good shot of actually deli