Costco has been beating Amazon and Walmart on Wall Street — and Main Street — recently. On Wall Street, Costco shares have gained 38.94% YTD, compared to 30.80% of Amazon and 23.59% of Walmart; and the gap with Amazon is even bigger when dividends are factored in. On Main Street, Costco is ranking 83 in
A burned European Union (EU) flag. Photographer: Konstantinos Tsakalidis/Bloomberg photo credit: © 2015 Bloomberg Finance LP © 2015 Bloomberg Finance LP There’s an eerie but placid tone in current U.S.-Europe relations. Investors should view it as the calm before the storm that could eventually wreak havoc across global financial markets. “It seems most likely that tensions
Casino slot machine, jackpot, wealth, luck and success concept Getty If you’re surprised to see such a title – “7 REITs Yielding 7% – or More!” – from Mr. Conservative Investor Brad Thomas, I don’t blame you one bit. I know I’m the one who normally cautions against dividend yields that are too high or
An employee drives a Tesla Motors Inc. Model S electric automobile, equipped with Autopilot hardware and software, hands-free on a highway. Jasper Juinen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Two consumer safety groups are calling for federal and state investigations of Tesla’s semi-autonomous technology in the wake of several fatal crashes linked to the system earlier
Sarah Whitten | CNBC Shares of Mattel jumped as much as 7% in extended trading Thursday after the company posted a narrower-than-expected loss in the second quarter and reported strong sales of its Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels cars. “This quarter further demonstrates the continued momentum of our multi-year turnaround strategy,” Ynon Kreiz, chairman and
A dog sits in front of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during Chewy Inc.’s initial public offering (IPO) in New York, U.S., on Friday, June 14, 2019. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images In his most recent letter to investors, David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital wrote that today’s market bears resemblance to the
The Pets.com sock puppet dog stars in a commercial for the company, Jan. 11, 2000, in Los Angeles. Bob Riha | Liaison | Getty Images Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn, who successfully made bets against companies including Enron, is likening hot IPO Chewy to dot-com bubble poster child Pets.com. In his quarterly letter to clients, Einhorn
Ariel Skelley | Getty Images Want to retire in the city with the most sunny days per year? Or one with no state or local sales tax? A new list by SeniorAdvice.com — a housing referral service — ranks the best locations to spend your golden years. The site focused on mid-sized cities, since “most
Those of you still seeking the magic recipe to spectacular stock market success, boy have you (not!) come to the right place. Well, come to think of it, maybe you have, if the past is any guide. As Jimmy Buffett – may I dub him the Oracle of Cayo Hueso? - once said, “indecision may or
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Congress is once again trying to impose a carbon tax on the American people, with multiple bills coming from both Democrats and Republicans. It must be understood that a carbon tax would be one of the most regressive taxes the United States has ever seen. A Tesoro