I’ve found what I think is one of the safest dividend-paying stocks on the planet.  In the past year, this company earned $8.1 billion dollars in profits and only distributed $4.5 billion in dividends. In other words, it could see its earnings… Read More

As investors woke up after the day of the Presidential election, seemingly nothing had changed. The incumbent President, Barack Obama, stayed in office, the GOP maintained leadership of the House of Representatives while Democrats controlled the Senate. Does that mean four more years… Read More

Dividend-growth stocks can do wonders for an investor’s portfolio over time. The power of compounding can turn today’s ho-hum yield into a stellar return if the growth rate of the dividend is high. … Read More

There is a big difference between a great company and a great stock. And nowhere is it more apparent than in the high-growth cloud-computing sector. Companies that specialize in cloud services and infrastructure have seen big gains in sales and earnings in the past… Read More

As this heated election nears conclusion, one thing is for certain: It’s hard to separate the lies from the truth. However, one truth remains undeniable… The challenges our country faces also present challenges for individual investors. Whether we’re talking about the “fiscal cliff,” corporate… Read More

Scoring profits in the stock market isn’t just about finding winning investments. It’s also about avoiding the little landmines that tend to explode on those gains. And sadly, there are many hurdles that you need to be aware of as you… Read More

A British prime minister in 1845 described them as those who “bamboozle one party and plunder the other.” Since then, common folk everywhere have wanted to eradicate them. The object of this scorn? Middlemen — people or companies that buy or handle goods from producers and sell or deliver them… Read More

Guess which commodity has performed the best during the past 10 years. Is it corn, its price spiked by ethanol production and the drought? Copper needed by China for its infrastructure build-out? Cattle, with overseas markets demanding higher quality protein? The answer… Read More

After digesting the earnings reports served up over the past couple of weeks, my stomach hurts. That’s because there have been so many high-profile misses, on the bottom line and especially on the… Read More

With an incredibly close presidential race, uncertainty about who will be in the White House next January will almost certainly have an impact on the stock market. Each candidate has different visions, and once in office will adopt policies that benefit some… Read More