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Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) made headlines this week by disclosing that it would pay an upcoming dividend to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) in cash instead of stock. That shift in how it pays Berkshire's preferred stock investment sugge

One of the industries that has been hard-hit by the pandemic is toys. That's somewhat counter-intuitive, since kids need toys when they're home all day. But digital entertainment and gaming were the winners during lockdowns, and traditional toys fell by the wayside when people,

Canada-based Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) does exactly what its name implies, which includes running Brookfield Infrastructure Partners (NYSE: BIP). While these companies are tied at the hip, they are not interchangeable investment options -- and that's getting increa

Hunting for a great investment idea is like piecing a jigsaw puzzle together. You take disparate pieces of information, collate them together, make sense of them, and then come up with an investment thesis. When all the pieces click into place, that's when you know you've found

Caterpillar's (NYSE: CAT) near-term headwinds are growing, and they are threatening the investment case for the stock. That's the key conclusion to be drawn from the recent disappointing sales update. Let's take a look at the details behind the report in the context of the valua

Trian Fund Management's new argument regarding the best course of action for Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) makes a fair amount of sense. When the cable giant initiated its acquisition of NBCUniversal back in 2009, the deal was rooted in assumptions that combining a cable distributor a

The global economy has a nearly insatiable appetite for power. Not the political kind, but the energy that drives modern life by fueling the flow of goods, people, and data

With its stores closed for long stretches as part of the pandemic shutdown, GameStop (NYSE: GME) was always going to see its second-quarter earnings skewed. But its financial results should be a secondary consideration. 

Just a few years ago, General Electric's (NYSE: GE) fossil-fuel-dependent power segment was one of the company's two flagship businesses. Adjusted for some segment shifts, GE Power reported revenue of $36.8 billion and a $5.1 billion operating profit in 2016.

Whether you're starting out your career or getting close to retirement, your goal should be to pay the IRS as little tax as possible. And health savings accounts (HSAs) can help you do just that.

For a long time, Cronos Group (NASDAQ: CRON) was unable to climb higher than third place among Canadian cannabis producers based on market cap. That changed this year, though, with Cronos rising to second-place position thanks to the rapidly deteriorating share price of Aurora

Mattel (NASDAQ: MAT) was making good progress on its turnaround efforts until the pandemic set the company back. The maker of top toy brands, including Barbie and Fisher-Price, posted a double-digit sales decline last quarter, but the actions management has taken to position the

It may seem like any other Saturday in the middle of a pandemic, but this also happens to be the one-year anniversary of the day Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) went public. The now eponymous brand in the booming home fitness market hit the market on Sept. 26, 2019.

Don't wait until you're retired or a few years away from it to start thinking about Social Security. It's likely to supply a hefty chunk of your retirement income, so it's worth knowing all about it -- and, importantly, how to maximize those benefits.

The coronavirus pandemic has upended major industries as economic shutdowns and social distancing change consumer habits. For example, packaged food makers like B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS) have benefited now that more people are eating at home. With a generous 6.8% dividend yield,

Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) much-anticipated "Battery Day" came and went last week, with initial investor reaction indicating the event did not live up to the hype. Or perhaps better to say, Tesla reconfirmed what we already knew: Battery technology is a huge challenge for electric v

Oil prices have nosedived quite a few times in recent years. Each tumble has blown a hole in the cash flows of oil companies, causing their stock prices to tumble. Many have struggled to survive as these deep dives have caused wave after wave of bankruptcy filings. 

The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc around the world. Regretfully, more than 31 million people have been infected by the virus, and more than 962,000 have lost their lives. If you consider the rest of the population, billions of people are experiencing significant changes

Many people had high hopes for the latest Star Wars trilogy when it debuted with The Force Awakens. But after the release of the third and final installment, The Rise of Skywalker, most critics and fans had gone negative on Disney's (NYSE: DIS) latest attempt to revamp the belov