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“Investors have always faced the same basic decision: equities or fixed income? In most cases, common stocks offer the strongest capital gains and growth potential. ... But...

Dollar Tree, Dollar General and Family Dollar are seeing excellent sales growth.

I grew up primarily in Ohio. My brother and I couldn’t wait for the summers, when my mom would take us on our annual trek to Cedar Poin—the fantastic amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. Known far and wide as “the roller coaster capital of the world,” (the company actually trademarked that slogan), we could talk of nothing else but what kind of new coaster we would find at the park.

The markets are in an uptrend right now--the major indexes are all above their trailing 25- and 50-day moving averages.

The yield curve between short- and long-term interest rates is sure to steepen soon, and when it does, these two dividend stocks should rise.

They’re the two hottest commodities on Wall Street. So let’s compare NFTs vs. bitcoin to figure out if either is worth the investment now.

Maybe, just maybe, last week was the start of a fourth quarter market run, as the S&P 500 gained 4.75%, the Dow rose 4.9%, and the Nasdaq added 5.22%.

Stock market investing can be daunting in a time of high inflation and rising interest rates. Here are five ways to make it manageable.

Life insurance policies come in many shapes and sizes, but depending on your financial situation you may not need life insurance at all.

Few people have heard of covered strangles. But they’re a great way to make four times as much income on a trade - especially in this market.

Growing strength in transportation stocks could bring a belated yet bullish Dow Theory confirmation, and these transport stocks still have rally potential.

A letter from the desk of President & Publisher Ed Coburn on the importance of implementing your long-term investing strategy even during periods of short-term uncertainty.

An arbitrage trade is as close as you can get to free money in the stock market, but it’s not without its risks.

In terms of the market, with the Federal Reserve signaling that the interest rate hiking cycle is over and that there may even be rate cuts in 2024 the bulls cheered this news as the S&P 500 gained 2.5% last week, the Dow rallied 2.9%, and the Nasdaq added 2.85%.

The Fed’s rate hiking adds uncertainty for both stocks and bonds and can drag down performance. These 5 tips can help you “fight the Fed.”

Last week, the major indexes and many leading stocks recovered off of key support, which was encouraging action.

Still think utilities are bond substitutes? Check out my table comparing changes in the benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield with 21 years of annual returns on the Dow Jones Utility Average and the S&P 500 Telecom Service Index. Here are the chief takeaways. Both the Telecom and Utility indexes rallied in...

Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (OAK) is a leading investment firm in the turnaround and distressed securities area. It also invests in convertible securities, emerging markets, real estate and value-oriented public equities. Oaktree’s assets under management have grown steadily over the years to about $91 billion today. After running up to the...

This week’s pick has one of our favorite growth stories in the market.

When we got into this stock we fully expected a lot of twists and turns. We didn’t expect the current drama.