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BB&T

Is BB&T Corporation Still a Buy After Shareholders Approved Merger with SunTrust Bank? (NYSE:BBT)

Is BB&T Corporation’s (NYSE:BBT) record of delivering robust asset appreciation and steadily rising dividend income in jeopardy after...

Yum! Brands

Yum! Brands Continues Delivering Steady Growth Capped by Strong Financial Results (NYSE:YUM)

Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM), the corporate parent of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC brands, continues to deliver...

Do You Have Money to Burn?

“The hardest thing in the world is for young people to save and old people to spend.” --...

Gaming Market’s Golden Lining

Jim Woods discusses the recent turn to gold and gold mining stocks amid the recent stock market volatility...

out-of-the-money

Time to Sell Covered Calls on Rallies

The summer of love for the stock market has been well-oiled by the assumption of a locked-and-loaded rate...

Entergy

Entergy Corporation Stock Continues Appreciation Despite Earnings Shortfall (NYSE:ETR)

Despite missing earnings expectations for the first two quarters in 2019, robust financial results and rising dividend income...

UGI

UGI Corporation Beats Last Year’s Quarterly Earnings, Misses Expectations (NYSE:UGI)

Despite missing earnings expectations for the last four quarters, the UGI Corporation (NYSE:UGI) stock might be oversold, which...

Does Chick-fil-A Really Lose $1 Billion a Year in Sales by Closing on Sunday?

Dr. Mark Skousen discusses if Chick-fil-A loses critical amounts of money by closing on Sundays in order to...

Winning the Loser’s Game

“What’s shocking is that simply by investing, most people actually make themselves poorer. They’re just shooting themselves in...

Building Your Portfolio with a Basic Materials Fund

The Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB) tracks a market-cap-weighted index of U.S. basic materials companies. The fund...