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Dividend Stocks That Outperform Pepsi

October 11, 2018Editor

A 3.5% dividend yield and a long track record of dividend increases have turned PepsiCo Inc.(NASDAQ:PEP) into a core holding for many income investors, but Pepsi isn’t the only big company that’s paying a market-beating dividend. In fact, other companies may offer investors a better blend of potential price appreciation and dividends than it does. To help you find those stocks, we asked three Motley Fool contributors to offer up companies they like more than Pepsi. Read on to find out why they think Pepsi lovers ought to consider TerraForm Power(NASDAQ:TERP), AstraZeneca. (NYSE:AZN), and Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-A)(NYSE:RDS-B) instead.

New Cannabis Trend Has Made Investor Very Wealthy

October 4, 2018Editor

Marijuana stocks have been on fire lately, with investors looking at the rising tide of new jurisdictions in which marijuana is becoming legal for recreational use. With the entire nation of Canada legalizing recreational cannabis later this month, the companies that will provide the marijuana that users want to smoke see a potential gold mine ahead.

The Key To Becoming Wealthy

October 2, 2018Editor

Is your goal to get rich? There’s lots of advice out there about how to do it, and a lot of it centers on spending less so you can save more.

These 2 Biotech Stocks Have Massive Upside

September 25, 2018Editor

Canada’s Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY), a marijuana cultivator and distributor, has given early investors the ride of their lives since going public last June. Last week, for instance, the company’s stock peaked at exactly $300 per share, representing a jaw-dropping 856% gain for the brave souls that bought this speculative IPO right off the bat.

Hold These Stocks For Atleast 50 Years

September 19, 2018Editor

Every investor wants the kind of stock you can buy and forget about. These are the kinds of stocks that will rack up giant returns over time as their competitive advantages accrue, much as the FANG group of stocks has over the last decade. They often operate in timeless businesses that are insulated from broader changes in technology or consumer tastes.

Will Sonos Stock Make A Come Back?

September 17, 2018Editor

You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression, and it’s safe to say that Sonos(NASDAQ:SONO) didn’t get it right the first time. The maker of high-end wireless speakers has seen its stock plummet 22% over the past four trading days, taking a hit after its first quarterly report as a public company failed to impress the market.

Best Stocks If You Follow Pharma’s Market

September 12, 2018Editor

There’s a growing epidemic in the U.S. and other developed nations and there aren’t any available treatments to tackle the problem. Right now, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is damaging around 20 million livers in the U.S., and it’s quickly becoming the No. 1 reason to join a transplant waitlist.

Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ICPT), Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Inc.(NASDAQ:MDGL), and Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD) are three top stocks for investing this arena, which could be worth as much as $35 billion annually by 2020. There are plenty of companies with NASH candidates, but these three biotechs rise to the top of the list for some very different reasons.

Shockingly Strong Dividend Stocks

September 10, 2018September 11, 2018Editor

The gaming industry may not be the first place you would look for dividend stocks, but it has some surprisingly strong dividends right now. Las Vegas Sands (NYSE:LVS), Wynn Resorts(NASDAQ:WYNN), and Melco Resorts (NASDAQ:MLCO) all have strong cash flows and solid dividend yields for investors.

3 American Oil Facts You Need To Be Aware Of Now

September 6, 2018Editor

If you want to take the pulse of the North American oil and gas market, one of the best places to start is Halliburton‘s (NYSE:HAL) quarterly conference call. As the largest oil services company in North America and with clients of all sizes across every shale basin, management has an intimate knowledge of what is going on in the oil patch at any given moment. Listening to, or reading a transcript of, Halliburton’s quarterly conference calls can give investors insights into the market that can help steer investment decisions.

These 3 Stocks Exploded In Just 5 Years

August 27, 2018Editor

Over the last five years, the S&P 500 index has returned around 87%, including reinvested dividends, a decent performance by any measure. Yet investors could have done much better investing in any number of individual stocks, and it wouldn’t have required taking fliers on risky penny stocks, either.