What Makes a Perfect Stock?
Yet while few stocks have everything one might want in an investment, knowing the most desirable traits of great stocks can guide you in making choices for your own portfolio.
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Investing, 'Mad Men' Style
Here's a look at a few great investment opportunities that are holding strong long after their talks with Don Draper's fictional advertising agency.
Invest Like a Cicada: 5 Stocks to Buy and Hold Until 2030
Next month, 17-year cicadas will invade the Northeast and the mid-Atlantic. Here are five stocks you could buy and hold until the next wave emerges in 2030.
Warren Buffett's 5 Favorite Stocks
Everyone wants to know what Warren Buffett is buying, but what about what he already owns? We take a look at Berkshire's portfolio of stocks to find out which stocks he's sunk the most money into -- and which he's likely to hold onto in the near future.
4 Former Growth Giants That Have Turned Into Stock Bargains
Recently, the line between growth stocks and value stocks has gotten a lot blurrier. Many well-known companies that were high-growth for years now find themselves viewed as top picks by value-oriented investors. Let's take a look at four of them.
13 Dividend Stocks for a Richer 2013
One smart way to get both growth potential and dependable income from your investments is to buy dividend stocks, which generally have outperformed non-dividend counterparts over the long haul. As 2013 begins, we offer these 13 stocks for your consideration.
13 Stocks to Start Investing With in 2013
If you're keeping your savings in low-return but "safe" investments, this is the year you need to get your money off the sidelines and into some solid stocks. No stock is risk-free, but these 13 picks are the best we can find for novice investors looking to get their feet wet in the market.
4 Ways You Can Profit From the Zombie Apocalypse
AMC's "The Walking Dead" is a runaway hit,and its ratings just keep getting bigger. Clearly, America is in a post-apocalyptic mood, as hooked on zombies as we are on vampires. So if you've got the brains, you might want to invest in this undead trend. Here are four stocks to consider before the world ends.
How High Credit Card Rates Could Be Good News for You
Despite ultra-low mortgage and savings interest rates, the average credit card rate is still high, and has barely budged over the past year. That's not so lucky for you as a spender -- but it could guide you to a windfall as an investor.
The World's Best Stocks: Experts Pick 10 Long-Term Buys
Here are 10 companies that many seasoned experts consider among the world's best. They're poised to grow and prosper for years, if not decades, to come. And so are their stocks.
How to Profit From the Decline of DVDs: 3 Stocks and 1 Idea
Disney just released this summer's blockbuster The Avengers for the home market, and it's likely to sell a ton of DVDs. But if it does, it'll be a rarity: DVD sales have been slowing for years now. That's bad for Hollywood, but it could be financially good for you.
Follow the Money: 5 Extremely Cash-Rich Stocks
Now that earnings season is winding down, we can direct our attention to other measures of a company's worth -- things like having boatloads of cash on hand, good free cash flow, and strong earnings per share growth. Here are five companies that look great based on those criteria.
Analyst Dumps Wells Fargo for Bad Service, Rates Stock a Buy
When influential bank analyst Richard X. Bove got fed up with Wells Fargo as a customer, he moved his money over to Chase, then turned the experience into a research note. His startling conclusion: "[T]he service is so bad, and yet the company is so good."
How to Invest in Obamacare: Find Asset Growth in Weight Loss
If the Affordable Care Act performs as advertised, tens of millions of Americans will benefit directly. But there will be other beneficiaries, too -- and some will make good investments. For example: Weight Watchers.
Has Expedia Become the Perfect Stock?
Can you ever really find a stock that provides everything you could possibly want? Let's discuss the ideal qualities of such a hypothetical "perfect" stock, then decide if Expedia fits the bill.