Category: Investments

The merger between energy giant Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD) is easily the biggest U.S. energy-industry deal this year, and perhaps even in your lifetime and mine. Pioneer Natural Resources specializes in shale-oil drilling in America’s petroleum-rich Permian Basin region. Once considered rivals in the traditional-driller-versus-shale dynamic, Exxon Mobil can now create...

A good dividend stock has several key traits, including reliability, stability and consistency. Those traits are typical of companies that have sound management, are well-capitalized, and are among the leaders in their market. While there are many good dividend stocks available to investors, relatively few are better than JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM). The nation’s largest bank...

Warren Buffett, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.B), loves American Express (NYSE:AXP). Although that may be too strong, he must like it a lot, given that he has held it in his Berkshire Hathaway portfolio since 1991. In fact, not only is it one of his longest-held positions, but it is currently his third-largest...

Among other things, 2023 has been characterized as the year of the Magnificent Seven — the handful of mega-cap technology stocks that have, by and large, propped up the broader stock market throughout the year. While an equal-weighted S&P 500 index might show modest gains, the market-cap-weighted S&P 500 has been driven to fresh short-term...

Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS) has been in the news a lot this year, and it has not all been good. In fact, the stock has had a rocky ride the past few years. The share price hit a 52-week low of $78 per share earlier this month, and it has not been that low since 2014....

Most Georgians have already received the 2022 tax rebate from the state. Some taxpayers, however, may still claim the 2022 tax rebate checks from Georgia – officially called the Surplus Tax Refund – provided they received an extension to file their 2022 taxes. What’s the deadline to claim the Surplus Tax Refund? In March, Gov....

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) has been one of the top performers on the market this year, with its stock price up about 77% year to date as of Oct. 10. The fintech, or financial technology company, is trading at around $8.18 per share, which makes it a cheap stock as far as its entry price goes....

Just the other day, I asked investors to consider RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) stock and Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) stock as high-conviction holdings for these tumultuous times. These, along with oil-related stocks like ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX), are certainly worthy additions to a growth-focused portfolio as geopolitical turmoil takes hold. Yet, oil stocks and aerospace/ defense...

Thousands of Arizona families can expect to receive some extra money in the coming weeks through the Arizona Families Tax Rebate. The Arizona Department of Revenue said that about 743,000 taxpayers could receive up to $750 in tax rebates from Arizona by the end of this month. Tax rebate from Arizona: who will get it?...

They call Buy-and-Hold a “strategy.” But it’s not really that. Say that you needed to travel to a location 100 miles away from your home. Say that you looked at some maps and determined that there were different routes that could be taken. One route would work really well if traffic was light. But you...