Stocks | December 5

The perception of cannabis has changed significantly over the last decade. While in the not too distant past, weed was associated with an alternative lifestyle, the ancient herb’s medicinal benefits have finally been recognized by the establishment, to the extent that

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Stocks | December 4

As the year comes to a close, a wave of tax loss selling is bound to hit stocks that already are down for the year, sending their share prices plunging yet more. Investors who are planning to dump these losing shares

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Stocks | December 3

Today’s green open shows Friday’s whack might have been a one-off. To celebrate the potential for the bulls’ return, today’s gallery looks at three stocks to buy.Buyers gorged on gains going into Thanksgiving. They were so stuffed that sellers finally came

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Stocks | December 3

November was a good month for the stock market, with the three major indices all hitting record highs. Fears of a destructive, drawn-out trade war ebbed -- even though the interim U.S.-China trade deal that was promised never came.After another year

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Stocks | December 3

Have you ever wondered what the best companies in the world are? Not just the biggest companies, or the most valuable companies or the ones that make the most money. Rather, the companies that the public thinks are the best, based on things

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Stocks | December 3

Investors loathe energy stocks, which are down more than 40% since their peak in June 2014. A 2018 rebound proved to be a sucker rally.Two CEOs of small energy companies are defying the trend, buying their companies’ shares recently.Joseph Foran, the

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Economy, Stocks | December 2

In a bull market almost everyone thought was living on borrowed time, the S&P 500 is poised to post one of its best years in two decades. Extraordinary returns like those are complicating the lives of people paid to predict what

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Economy, Stocks, Trading | December 2

Once thought to give a “leg up” when kids enter the real world; in todays’ real world of information, complex options and decisions, understanding investing as an adult is now more of a necessity. Investing is a tool to earn money

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Stocks | December 2

Despite having $128 billion to burn, Warren Buffett just backed out of a bidding war after a slightly higher offer topped Berkshire Hathaway’s.If the Oracle of Omaha is that shy to just spend a tad more of his giant cash pile,

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Stocks | November 28

My annual stock choices beat Standard & Poor's 500-stock index for the fourth year in a row in 2019, and the margin was pretty spectacular, if I do say so myself. For the 12 months ending October 31, 2019, my picks

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