Investment U

On this week’s episode of Forward Guidance, Manward Press Founder Andy Snyder joins us to discuss income investing in a low-interest-rate world.You may remember Andy as the former...

General Mills (NYSE: NYSE:GIS) is a $33 billion company today. Investors that bought shares one year ago are sitting on a -13.64% total return. That's below the S&P 500's return of 17.81%.General...

When Charles Dow first calculated the Dow Jones Industrial Average, it contained 12 companies and had a value of 40.94. Today, it’s closing in on 21,500 - but General Electric (NYSE:GE) is the...

On this week’s episode of Forward Guidance, Matthew Carr joins us again to discuss his contrarian bullishness on crude oil.Matthew sees an upward trajectory for oil in the long term - though he...

It’s no secret... The stock market is shrinking. As you can see in this week’s chart, from its peak in December 1996 to June 2016, the number of companies listed on U.S. exchanges dropped...

As anyone with two nickels in the market surely knows, tech stocks have been on a tear lately.Just five stocks — Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Netflix...

We’re in the midst of a new equity rally. The markets are at new highs... In the first quarter, the S&P 500 reported revenue growth of 7.6%. This was the highest level since the fourth...

Vail Resorts Inc (NYSE:MTN) is a midcap company that operates within the hotels, restaurants and leisure industry. Its market cap is $9 billion today, and the total one-year return is 63.33% for...

There’s never a slow week in the world of finance.In the last few days, we learned that the U.S. will soon begin pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement, for better or for worse. Whether or...

“Zinc doesn’t usually grab a lot of headlines,” I remarked late last year, “but it might start grabbing a few in 2017.” The conditions continue to fall into place for a...

Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) is a large cap company that operates within the multiline retail industry. Its market cap is $20 billion today, and the total one-year return is -17.05% for...

With so much interesting stuff happening here in the States, it’s easy to forget that there’s a whole world of foreign markets out there.Many investors don’t pay them much attention....

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) is a large cap company that operates within the semiconductor industry. Its market cap is $31 billion today, and the total one-year return is 43.97% for...

Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) is an $18.12 billion company today. Investors that bought shares one year ago are sitting on a 25.94% total return. That's above the S&P 500's return of...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKa) (NYSE:BRKb) has a few dollars burning a hole in its pocket. And it’s sending a strong message to Mr. Market. In Buffett’s view, the...

BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ:BBRY) has shifted its focus from smartphones and its next big areas of focus are connected cars and security. In line with this shift of focus, there are reports that the...