Category Archives: Stocks
Three Stocks That Are Automatic Wealth Machines
Suppose that, 30 years ago, you invested $1,000 in Altria, formerly Philip Morris, maker of the even-then-famous Marlboro brand of cigarettes. When you invested that grand, you would have had just 29 shares at the price of $34.50. Hardly enough to get on with, right? Well, today, through splits and spinoffs, you would have: 700 [...]
4 Stocks for Your Watchlist
A well crafted watchlist is critical to smart investing. It can help you find attractive buying opportunities, and it can save you from bad decisions. After all, investors can be their own worst enemies. When we overreact to the day’s news, we make rushed decisions driven by emotion. A watchlist can help you slow down [...]
This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades
At The Motley Fool, we poke plenty of fun at Wall Street analysts and their endless cycle of upgrades, downgrades, and “initiating coverage at neutral.” So you might think we’d be the last people to give virtual ink to such “news.” And we would be — if that were all we were doing. But in [...]
