British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) owns the Camel, Newport, Lucky Strike, and Pall Mall cigarette brands. Although it is a U.S. cigarette maker, it has a global footprint, which separates it from both Altria (NYSE: MO), which only operates in the U.S., and Philip Morris Interna
Got a hundred bucks you know you won't be needing anytime soon? Want to do something constructive with it, and don't mind a little volatility? There's certainly no shortage of interesting growth stocks to consider. The ultimate growth stock to buy with $100 right now, however, is
Technology gets a lot of attention on Wall Street, but the world still runs on industries that physically make and move the goods we use daily. Some industrial companies have been doing this for decades and are poised to continue for decades.
One of the world's most successful investors is putting his money on a company that's driving today's hottest technology. Billionaire Ken Griffin has made artificial intelligence (AI) chip designer Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) his top technology holding.
Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) stock will always divide investors. It's a highly cyclical stock with relatively volatile revenue and profit margins. While management is doing a great job of reducing the cyclicality in its business and raising its long-term margin trends, its revenue and
The Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector index has gained an impressive 50% in the past year, driven mainly by the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI)-related hardware and software that has led to a sharp spike in the share prices of many companies.
Toronto-Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD), commonly known as TD Bank, has long been an amazing dividend stock. For more than two decades, shares have consistently paid cash to shareholders every quarter. And while the dividend yield has usually hovered between 3% and 4%, that yield has re
The PHLX Semiconductor Sector index has enjoyed solid gains in the past year, rising a healthy 59% as of this writing thanks to the booming demand for chips that are used for powering artificial intelligence (AI) servers and applications. But not all chip stocks have benefited fr
Social Security income is a necessity for most retirees. Based on more than two decades of annual surveys undertaken by national pollster Gallup, no fewer than 80% of then-current retirees rely on their monthly benefits to cover some portion of their expenses. The mere existence
The tech market has come a long way since 2022, when macroeconomic headwinds caused a market downturn that saw the Nasdaq-100 Technology index plunge 40%. The same index has since risen 68%, driven by easing inflation and advances in budding markets like artificial intelligence (
Buying growth stocks on the dip can be a way to lock in some great future gains. The current economy might not be ideal for all businesses, but in the long run, it is likely to recover. And amid that recovery, growth stocks as a whole should perform better.
It may surprise many investors that Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is the top-performing telecom stock in 2024. Indeed, it benefits from being one of only three 5G providers, and the industry's massive fixed costs make it unlikely that additional competitors will enter it.
To receive market updates in your inbox, subscribe to the newsletter Global Macro Playbook.S&P 500 companies are surpassing earnings expectations for the first quarter of 2024, with both the percentage of companies reporting positive surprises and the magnitude of those surpr
Shares of Pinterest (NYSE: PINS) were among the winners this week, as the image-based social media company posted better-than-expected results in its first-quarter earnings report.
To receive market updates in your inbox, subscribe to the newsletter Global Macro Playbook.US high yield bonds edged lower in April, with the ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index (HUC0) declining 1.0% and reducing the year-to-date total return to 0.5%, according to a report p
To receive market updates in your inbox, subscribe to the newsletter Global Macro PlaybookS&P Global has revised its forecast for the Federal Reserve's interest rate path, delaying the anticipated timing of the first rate cut to December 2024. This shift in expectations, driv
To receive market updates in your inbox, subscribe to the free newsletter Global Macro Playbook.The prospect of delayed US interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve is poised to have significant implications for monetary policy and exchange rates across Asia-Pacific (APAC) and em
(RTTNews) - ADTRAN Holdings Inc. (ADTN) expects to record a material non-cash goodwill impairment in the first quarter of 2024 on the carrying amount of goodwill solely allocated to the Network Solutions segment in an estimated amount of $293 million.
Once the king of the robotic vacuum space, iRobot (NASDAQ: IRBT) has seen an astonishing 80% drop in its stock value, heavily influenced by a failed acquisition by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). This sharp decline is likely to discourage many shareholders, compelling them to reassess the
When it comes to building wealth, the best approach is to avoid trying to get rich quick and embrace a get-rich-slow mindset. Money expert Dave Ramsey once tweeted that he found research indicating...