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Updates on Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) following the July 18 breakthrough drug announcement, and Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), which is in the news again due to the closing of a Virginia restaurant location.

I began writing this dividend-focused edition of Investment of the Week in response to demand: all our surveys and other evidence show increasing interest in dividend-paying stocks. Other analysts have noticed the trend as well; I’ve even seen some of our experts calling 2011 the “year of the dividend.” Now, a...

Have dividend-paying stocks become too popular? Mark Deschaine recently asked just that in Deschaine & Company’s Viewpoint, which has long focused on dividend-paying stocks: “In a world of zero interest rates and another mediocre year for stocks, dividends are garnering more investor and press attention. As a result, we’re increasingly asked if the...

The overall market is still in fine shape, but there have been a growing number of yellow flags, including among growth stocks, which came under fire today. As a result, we are selling one position from the portfolio and downgrading another to Hold.

Partially aided by declines in mega-cap technology stocks Apple (AAPL) and Nvidia (NVDA), both of which lost 6% last week, the holiday-shortened week was not particularly kind to the bulls as the S&P 500 fell 1.3%, the Dow lost 0.75%, and the Nasdaq declined by 2% last week.

Partially aided by declines in mega-cap technology stocks Apple (AAPL) and Nvidia (NVDA), both of which lost 6% last week, the holiday-shortened week was not particularly kind to the bulls as the S&P 500 fell 1.3%, the Dow lost 0.75%, and the Nasdaq declined by 2% last week.

GE stock has been a total disaster. Is it a lost cause or a bargain-basement buy? These two General Electric options trades allow you to play both sides.