Do you like dividend stocks? If so, you should take a closer look at Enterprise Product Partners (NYSE: EPD) and Enbridge (NYSE: ENB) as June gets underway. They both offer 7%-plus yields backed by reliable businesses and decades of annual disbursement increases. This duo won’t excite you, but they will give you a huge stream […]
If the last few years have taught investors anything, it’s the importance of keeping a long-term mindset when investing in the stock market. Macroeconomic headwinds in the post-COVID world sent the Nasdaq Composite plunging by 33% in 2022. Tech stocks were hit particularly hard as a spike in inflation curbed consumer and commercial spending. Yet […]
DENVER (KDVR) — Julianna Donadio was on Southwest Airlines flight No. 225 going from Denver to Phoenix Monday night when the jet had to return to Denver International Airport, making an emergency landing after one of the tires failed at takeoff. Southwest said the flight landed without incident, but Donadio said it was a frightening […]
Leigh Milner had one requirement for her upcoming birth: she wanted epidural pain relief. “I dreaded being in agony and knew I’d enjoy my pregnancy if I could avoid suffering during labour,” she says. “Following the advice from my National Childbirth Trust [NCT] course, I put my epidural request at the top of my birth […]
Although Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett is just as fallible as every other investor, you wouldn’t know it by comparing the aggregate return of his company’s Class A shares (BRK.A) to the benchmark S&P 500 over a period spanning nearly six decades. Since the “Oracle of Omaha” took over as CEO in […]
Higher interest rates over the past several years have weighed on the values of many renewable energy companies. They’ve made it more expensive for these companies to borrow money to fund development projects and acquisitions, slowing their growth. Higher rates have also driven down the value of income-focused investments to boost their yields compared to […]
Most investors are likely familiar with the S&P 500. This index includes around 500 publicly traded stocks, representing the largest companies in the U.S. It also gives a glimpse into the general state of U.S. business, the economy, and markets — which is why it’s so closely followed. So far this year, the index is […]
Over the last century, Wall Street has been a virtually unstoppable wealth creator for patient investors. Although other asset classes have helped build nominal wealth, such as oil, gold, bonds, and housing, none comes close to the annualized average returns over the last 100 years that stocks have brought to the table. With thousands of […]
A passenger on the Singapore Airlines flight which was hit by severe turbulence has told of “awful screaming” on the plane. Another said everyone not wearing a seatbelt was “launched immediately into the ceiling” when the turbulence occurred. A British passenger died and many other people were injured when the flight from Heathrow encountered severe […]
Stocks have been a wealth-creating machine for investors over the long run. Though other asset classes have delivered a positive nominal return to patient investors, including gold, oil, housing, and Treasury bonds, none have come close to the annualized total return stocks have generated over the last century. While innovation is a key growth driver […]
It’s a smart idea to consider what stocks billionaire investors are buying (or selling), and there’s no better investor to follow in this regard than Warren Buffett, who has built a mountain of wealth for Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. Three Motley Fool contributors recently combed through Berkshire’s holdings to find three stocks that are screaming buys […]
A high-speed police chase ended with a suspect smashing a van into oncoming traffic before emerging with a bloody face and screaming at officers on Friday. Los Angeles Police Department said the chase began after they received a call about a disturbance on 4th St and Rose around 4.22am, with the suspect backing her car […]