Philip Morris Surges 75%, Is Its Smoke-Free Pivot a Game Changer?
Shares of cigarette giant Philip Morris (NYSE:PM) have advanced considerably over the last year. The tobacco stock, long looked at mostly for its high dividend yield, has surged by over 75% in the last 12 months and over 20% in the last 30 days alone.
Why has PM stock rallied so far, and is now the time to consider getting into one of the tobacco industry’s longest-standing titans? » Read more about: Philip Morris Surges 75%, Is Its Smoke-Free Pivot a Game Changer? »
Read More1 Social Media Stock To Avoid In 2024
When a stock has soared 63% for the year it’s a risky proposition to step in the way of the momentum freight train and short it, but sometimes the highest flying stocks create setups for the biggest crashes. One social media stock that went on a huge run this year falls squarely into that category.
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Read MoreMarket Commentary: 1 Oil Stock With Barrels of Upside
While the S&P 500 rallied from its October lows, crude oil prices and the shares of energy companies like Conoco Phillips, have declined. This trend, however, may present an investment opportunity as undervalued assets like COP become attractive.
Conoco Phillips’ stock, tracking the oil futures, showed a decline until a notable recovery in mid-December,
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Read MoreMarket Commentary: How To Earn $5,000 Per Year Forever
Imagine you wanted to earn passive income forever more, how would you go about picking stocks likely to pay a yield large enough that it will be lucrative but low enough to ensure it’s sustainable?
The latter part of the sentence is the key because it’s always possible to find companies that pay sky high yields,
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Read MoreAI Bets and Buffett’s Seal of Approval, Is This a Bet on a Cashless Future?
There is something inherently attractive about buying a stock and holding it for a long time. Stable don’t just have strong balance sheets that can weather rough markets but they often pay dividends, which account for as much as 95% of total returns over the past century according to research by Wharton Professor Jeremy Siegel.
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Read MoreThe Burst
Brilliant Billionaire Buys Under-the-Radar Wide Moat Stock
In B2B sales and marketing, few companies have built as powerful a toolset as the one that caught Stan Druckenmiller’s eye.
With a unique moat in its vast proprietary database, accelerating AI-driven insights, and a growing foothold in emerging markets, this SaaS firm has become a must-have resource for enterprise sales teams.
Yet while bulls can point to a host of positive attributes,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Why This Beverage Giant Can’t Be Toppled
A famous book on business was titled Barbarians at the Gate, documenting the leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. If nothing else, it highlights how just the sniff of an opportunity to make money can drive money seekers to make wild decisions.
Some giant businesses have been on the receiving end of similar threats to their solvency as invaders attempt to take their share.
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Read MoreThe Daily
Warren Buffett got it horribly wrong? The ‘unproductive’ asset that is ruling markets in 2025
What if I tell you that Warren Buffett — the man whose decades-long success earned him the title of the ‘Oracle of Omaha’ — misjudged an investment opportunity throughout his eight-decade-long investing journey. Many might find it hard to believe that Buffett could go wrong on an investment asset — and that too,