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By Mandeep Rai On December 27, 201709:09 AM Eastern
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” is one of the American poet’s most well-known works, famous for its depiction of two roads diverging in a wood. What I’m most interested in today, though, is...
By Mike Larson On December 22, 201711:20 AM Eastern
Bonds. Sometimes I feel like they’re the Rodney Dangerfield of the investing world. They don’t get no respect. But the truth is, they’re a crucial component to your investment portfolio. And...
By Mike Larson On December 15, 201708:00 AM Eastern
Everybody loves a winner, right?
Sadly, my New England Patriots were anything but one this past Sunday against Miami. But the same can’t be said about 2017’s best-performing, top-rated ETFs!...
By Mike Larson On December 11, 201708:00 AM Eastern
Last Thursday, bitcoin mania shifted into overdrive. The cryptocurrency breached the $16,000 level for the first time ever. That happened just a few hours after it blew through $15,000 and 14,000,...
By Jon D. Markman On December 4, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In 2016, General Motors (GM) bought Cruise Automation for $1 billion.
It was totally out of character. GM, known for being careful, was jumping into self-driving cars headfirst. One year...
By Remi Lukosiunas On November 28, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Times are good for banks right now. The industry is booming, loan losses are low, and profits are strong. But it wasn’t too long ago that banks were failing left and right, the government was...
By Jon D. Markman On November 15, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Apple’s iPhone X is cool. Its new gesture-based operating system is super-slick. Yet, it is nothing compared to what Cupertino has up its sleeve.
This week, Bloomberg reported Apple is...
By Remi Lukosiunas On November 14, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Last week I wrote about increasing bank profitability in an era of reduced regulatory scrutiny. I also pointed out how some banks have grown their net income quite impressively over the last...
By Jon D. Markman On November 10, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Skeptics say fully self-driving cars are decades away. They’re wrong.
This week The USA Today reported that Waymo, the Alphabet (GOOGL) subsidiary working on autonomous vehicles, showed off a...
By Jon D. Markman On November 6, 201702:00 PM Eastern
The numbers are out. Apple (AAPL) had another monster year.
Fourth-quarter sales rose 12% year-over-year, to $52.6 billion. Profits were $10.7 billion.
The Cupertino behemoth sold more of...