Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis attends a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, March 1, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. The hearing is to determine whether Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former U.S. President […]
When it comes to Altria (NYSE: MO), the big attraction for most investors is going to be its huge 8.9% dividend yield. But yields usually don’t get that high without a good reason, which is why most long-term dividend investors should probably consider Philip Morris International (NYSE: PM) instead, despite a lower yield. Here’s what […]
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) reported first-quarter results on Saturday, and there’s quite a bit to unpack. In addition to the headline revenue and earnings numbers, investors always watch Berkshire’s cash stockpile, buyback activity, and the operating income from its subsidiary businesses. With that in mind, here’s a rundown of the key numbers, a major […]
There’s a lot of hype and excitement around Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) these days; in just the past 12 months, its shares have surged by 190%. The data analytics company has some promising growth prospects, particularly when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI). Many investors are hopeful that the company can be the next big […]
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) was once the world’s leading chipmaker. The company dominated the central processing unit (CPU) market and held lucrative partnerships with tech titans like Apple. However, a series of missteps and market changes have seen Intel’s stock tumble 46% in the last three years. In recent years, the company has posted multiple quarters […]
The Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) annual shareholders meeting on Saturday will be the first of a new era for the conglomerate. For the first time in decades, Warren Buffett Buffett is not joined by vice chairman Charlie Munger while taking several hours worth of questions from Berkshire shareholders. Munger passed away late last year at […]
There are plenty of high-yield dividend stocks backed by weak businesses. There are also numerous great companies with decades of dividend increases and mediocre yields. Finding a company with a high yield and a track record of increasing its payout — now that’s an opportunity worth exploring. When a reliable dividend stock also has a […]
There may be an untapped market for exchange-traded funds. According to Calamos investments’ Matt Kaufman, there are trillions of dollars across CD and money market accounts, and it is a market ETFs should look to capture. “That’s larger than almost the ETF space itself,” the firm’s head of ETFs told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” earlier this […]
It was a little after 4 a.m. Central Time when I arrived at the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha on a cold, rainy Saturday morning. I was late, as far as several hundred people were concerned. The folks I talked to at the front of the line had been there since 2 a.m. Such […]
On April 24, Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) announced financial results for the first quarter of 2024, and investors absolutely loved it. And to be sure, it was a great quarter. But the quarterly financial report overshadowed an update regarding a new restaurant chain the company was cooking up: Chipotle is abandoning the Farmesa concept […]
My husband Martin and I met in Brussels in 2012, when I literally stepped on his toes at my neighborhood farmer’s market. At the time, I was working as a security manager at NATO headquarters, and he was on a business trip from his home in the Netherlands. Three days later, we went on our […]
Berkshire Hathaway reported Saturday its first-quarter 2024 figures, revealing that most of the conglomerate’s stock portfolio is focused on just five stocks. The Warren Buffett-led behemoth kept the makeup of its top five holdings unchanged in the first three months of 2024, as the stock market ripped to record levels to mark the start of […]
