Most troubling to me, however, is the fact the most common excuses offered for this hatred involve terrifying past experiences with stocks, even if they were only heard secondhand...
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May 28 - News
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is not an easy stock to love right now.
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May 28 - News
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)' Chinese business has been hit hard by concerns over the quality and safety of chicken.
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May 28 - News
The fact that McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) is a relatively consistent business has led the company to make consistent dividend payments and payment increases annually...
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May 28 - News
It is hard to buy food or pay rent when you are unemployed. Double-income families can usually handle the effects of unemployment by relying on one income instead of two.
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May 28 - News
Burger King Worldwide Inc (NYSE:BKW)’s reign in the kingdom of fast food burgers has been a tumultuous one.
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May 28 - News
McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) former CEO Jim Skinner once said: “It is not rocket science to figure out how to make a profit in the industry.” But maybe at that time...
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May 28 - News
My colleague Dan Caplinger noted this morning that the markets are trading lower on little negative news, but the fresh memory of Ben Bernanke's testimony and the prospect of ...
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May 24 - News
Investors' total level of margin debt is less than half a percentage point below the record set in July 2007.
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May 24 - News
According to most stock holders, hedge funds are assumed to be unimportant, outdated financial vehicles of the past.
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May 23 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple Inc.
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May 23 - News
The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) is the best way for U.S. investors to play China's growth story.
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May 23 - News
The fast-food industry is evolving rapidly as more health-conscious customers emerge alongside those in search of value-priced offerings.
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May 22 - News
On Oct. 2, 2012, Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn described his latest short idea at an annual value investment conference.
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May 22 - News
Americans love their coffee, and there's no company that's made that fact more apparent than Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX).
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May 21 - News
The past few weeks have been a bit of a roller-coaster ride for Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW) investors.
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May 21 - News
If you're a beginning investor and the first things you're thinking of adding to your new portfolio are some top dividend stocks, bravo! You're on the right track, as dividends...
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May 21 - News
A Georgia man claims he found a 1943 recipe used to make the soft drink Coke at an estate sale. He has offered to sell the document for $15 million.
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May 21 - News
During the tough economic times of the last few years, restaurants got crafty in attracting cash-strapped customers.
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May 20 - News
With new numbers hot off the press showing mixed results of the three burger giants, McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), The Wendy's Co (NASDAQ:WEN) and Burger King Worldwide Inc...
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May 20 - News
Socially responsible investing has gained a lot of attention over the last couple of years, and for good reason.
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May 17 - News
If you try to narrow down one single deciding factor that favors either fast food or restaurant stocks, the metrics are all over the place.
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May 16 - News
As the chatter surrounding a market pullback continues to build, these companies remain good investments. We look at fours stocks in four different sectors that meet the below...
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May 16 - News
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM)'s Chinese empire is falling apart. It runs around 4,400 KFCs in the country and some 1,000 Pizza Huts.
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May 16 - News
I went into McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) yesterday and the restaurant, as usual, was very busy.
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May 15 - News
Billionaire Ken Fisher’s Fisher Asset Management has filed its quarterly 13F disclosure with the SEC, presenting its portfolio of equity holdings as of the end of the March ...
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May 15 - Hedge Funds
From a profitability standpoint, the move certainly makes sense considering sales for the huge burgers have remained soft lately.
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May 15 - News
The Wendy's Co (NASDAQ:WEN) is going through a makeover.
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May 15 - News
Burger sales are down at McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) and The Wendy's Co (NASDAQ:WEN).
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May 14 - News
China's massive population, coupled with growing incomes and demand for Western products, mean big opportunities.
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May 13 - News
Over the past decade, the fast food industry has rapidly evolved.
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May 13 - News
Even though it was a relatively quiet week in terms of economic data pertaining to the U.S., all of the major indexes posted healthy gains.
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May 12 - News
Since we're celebrating all the wonderful mothers out there today, I figured it was appropriate to look at a few stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) that...
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May 12 - News
Domino's Pizza, Inc. (NYSE:DPZ) is one of the fastest-growing fast food chains of 2012.
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May 10 - News
When the most conservative investors in the world start buying stocks because bond yields are so low, you have to wonder when the spiral comes to an end.
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May 10 - News
If I could send a message back in time to my younger self, I would only need to use four words, “Keep it simple, Stupid!” This is great advice for life in general, but especially...
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May 10 - News
After several days of gains, stocks finally had an off day today, as all three major indexes were down.
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May 10 - News
This morning, the weekly jobless claims report was posted, and for the second week in a row, the numbers of claims fell to a five-year low.
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May 9 - News
A brand-new all-time high from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) may be making some investors start to doubt the markets.
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May 9 - News
Finding high-quality dividend stocks doesn't have to be difficult or time consuming.
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May 9 - News
Blue-chip stocks are extending their gains today as the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues its ascent above the 15,000-point threshold.
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May 8 - News
Back in February, the country's largest energy drink maker by volume called out Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) and McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) in its quarterly conference...
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May 7 - News
Most of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2 Minute (INDEXDJX:.DJI) have reported their first-quarter earnings results.
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May 5 - News
Peter Lynch once said, if you can't find a reason to buy more shares, you probably shouldn't own the stock in the first place.
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May 4 - News
As the calendar turns toward the second quarter of the year, it’s again time to revisit the popular investing adage, "Sell in May and go away." As the theory stipulates, investors...
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May 4 - News
Dividend stocks outperform non-dividend-paying stocks over the long run.
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May 4 - News
This is one of those companies everybody has an opinion on. You may love it. You may hate it. But you definitely can't ignore it.
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May 4 - News
