On this week’s Rule Breakers podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner takes on a topic that he’s never hit before, but that plenty of his listeners want to hear about from him: cryptocurrencies. To answer their questions about bitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain technology, and more, he’s enlisted the help of Fool […]
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Sears stops selling Whirlpool appliances after price dispute
Sears Holdings will no longer sell Whirlpool appliances after a pricing dispute and changing market dynamics fractured a partnership that stretched back more than a century. Continue Reading Below The struggling department store chain has stopped carrying products made by the biggest U.S. appliance manufacturer, including Maytag, KitchenAid and Jenn-Air […]
Oil prices inch up, drop in southern Iraq exports supports
Oil prices inched up on Tuesday, supported by declining exports from southern Iraq. Continue Reading Below Oil exports from southern Iraq have fallen by 110,000 barrels per day this month, according to shipping data and an industry source, adding to the drop in flows caused by a shortfall from the […]
3 High-Yield Stocks at Rock-Bottom Prices
High yields and low stock prices often go hand in hand. That’s just the mathematical nature of dividend yield calculations — cheap shares and generous payouts add up to juicy yields. But some of these high-yield shares are cheap for good reason, and extreme yields are often red flags marking […]
Hasbro Posts Solid Third-Quarter Revenue Growth, but Its Holiday Quarter Outlook Sends Shares Tumbling
Toymaker Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) reported third-quarter 2017 results before the market opened on Monday. Revenue grew 6.5% and adjusted earnings per share edged up 1% from the year-ago period. Continue Reading Below The market sent Hasbro shares tumbling to a closing loss of 8.6% on Monday. The culprit wasn’t the third-quarter results, which […]
What’s New With Amazon.com, Inc.?
Online retailer Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is about to release its third-quarter results. After the closing bell on Thursday, Oct. 26, investors will get a fresh look at Amazon’s business status. Here’s a quick look at what to expect from this important update. Continue Reading Below Amazon’s Q3 guidance Management offered […]
Strong Earnings at Hawaiian Airlines: Can the Good Times Continue?
Last Thursday, Hawaii-based leisure airline Hawaiian Holdings (NASDAQ: HA) reported its third-quarter earnings. The results were stellar once again, with Hawaiian’s adjusted pretax margin remaining well above 20%. Continue Reading Below Even though Hawaiian Airlines has been outperforming its peers by a wide margin for the past two years, investors […]
Is This $13 Billion Food Security Crisis Intrexon’s Next Big Opportunity?
A few years ago, engineered biology conglomerate Intrexon (NYSE: XON) acquired a pioneering company called Oxitec. While there are plenty of whacky technology platforms in next-generation biotech, the start-up’s technical niche still caught many people off guard: genetically engineered insects incapable of passing their genes on to the next generation. […]
Better Buy: Apple Inc. vs. Microsoft
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) versus Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). These archrivals have battled against each other for decades, all the while rewarding their shareholders with the spoils of war. Continue Reading Below But which is the better buy today? Let’s find out. Moat Apple’s economic moat is built around the strength of its […]
What to know about 401(k) plans amid talk of tax change
NEW YORK – The 401(k) may be in Washington’s crosshairs. Continue Reading Below Congress is looking for ways to raise revenue as part of a tax overhaul plan, and one of the methods reportedly under consideration is to curtail how much pretax money workers can contribute to their 401(k) and […]