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Recent uncertainty over a possible interest rate increase this summer has dampened the Dow Jones Industrial Average, yet economic reports have been a bit better than anticipated.
It was a rough week for the retail sector, but that doesn’t mean retailers no longer make good investment opportunities. Many of them still offer healthy share price returns in addition to regular dividend growth. Later in this article, I’ll tell you about what I think are three of the top dividend stocks in the retail sector. But first, let me tell you about my latest shopping experience…
Last June, I wrote about the world of drinking stocks. Today, I provide an update on the group, including one of the best pure beer stocks to invest in, along with another recommendation. But first, here’s why I think that Budweiser’s (BUD) new name is brilliant.
Solar energy has been the energy source of the future for as long as I’ve been alive. It has always been attractive and intensely modern—no hulking, smoky power plants, no dams, no reactor domes—just clean power that’s as reliable as the sun itself. That has always been the promise of the best solar stocks.
Mere weeks after its failed merger with Pfizer (PFE), global pharmaceutical company Allergan PLC (AGN), maker of Viagra and Botox, announced a new $10 billion share repurchase authorization. Allergan plans to complete the $40 billion sale of its generic pharmaceutical business to Teva Pharmaceuticals by the end of this month. Following that, Allergan plans to immediately repurchase $4 billion to $5 billion of its stock over the subsequent four to six months. The company also plans to pay down debt with the proceeds of the Teva transaction. Let’s look at the stock’s valuation to see if it’s worth investing in.
While investors are racking up some nice gains, the economic picture remains on a steadily upward trend.
One of the things I love about being chief analyst of Cabot Small-Cap Confidential is the quest for the next great undiscovered small cap growth stock. It’s like a never-ending treasure hunt, with occasional massive discoveries. And I have the freedom to search anywhere in the world! That means I’m often looking at business sectors that most investment analysts skip right over. A perfect example is the vending machine market, also known as the unassisted point-of-sale (POS) market.