The Better Bet

On CNBC's "Power Lunch," Federated Hermes equity strategist Steve Chivarone and Miller Tabak equity strategist Matt Maley discussed their views on economic reopening.  Chivarone said he expects consumers to shift spending from home goods to experiences including...

President Donald Trump's administration and 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM) on Monday reached an agreement to ramp up mask supply in the United States while letting the company continue to sell abroad. What Happened As part of the deal, the Minnesota-based veteran mask maker will import 166.5 million...

Don’t wait for gold to hit $1,000. Why? Because it may not happen. And even if it does, $1,000—or any price tag in your mind—won’t guarantee the actual bottom. The biggest risk is that you don’t pull the trigger at all. It’s not supposed to be this way...

News broke on Monday morning that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is developing Facebook at Work.  The new platform will allow users to separate their personal and professional social lives while still enjoying the familiarity of Facebook's tools and services. The most prudent investor...

The Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) consumers once knew no longer exists. They might find bits and pieces of the old Staples at some stores and online, but this company is transforming. The best way to understand the difference is that with the old version, the name referred to actual staples, as in...

In the race for supremacy in the online travel sector, several companies have held their own. Two -– Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN) and Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) –- are solid stock picks. If you have them in your portfolio already, you know they are strong performers and will likely only get...

Two of the oldest airlines have a corporate rivalry that borders on legendary. United Continental Holdings (NYSE: UAL) (United Airlines) and American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) are almost always locked in a head-to-head competition for industry supremacy, despite the rise of several other newer...

The morning of Tuesday, April 29, wasn't much different than other recent morning. Not for the marijuana sector, unfortunately. Many issues were slipping, many of those for a third consecutive session. The morning of Tuesday, April 15, was worse. And not just for the marijuana sector, which...

One of the great investment success stories of the past couple of decades was the meteoric rise in gold prices, which occupied most of the early 2000s and on into 2010.  Gold (NYSE: GLD) was propelled ever higher due to a conflation of factors, but saw its meteoric rise really take flight...

In recent years investors in the stock market, as well as institutional investors and private equity firms, have all been looking for relatively safe and high-return companies where they can park their money.  Much of recent investment activity has turned to Silicon Valley, launching...

Over the last ten years, the office-supply industry has been dominated by retail giants Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) and Office Depot (NYSE: ODP). Last November, Office Depot merged with industry competitor OfficeMax, in a deal that was expected to give Office Depot the industry lead. The truth is...

When it comes to retailing, a company’s success depends as much on properly positioning its products as it does on the actual products being offered. That's why many companies sell products at prices which end in $0.99 and $0.95. Someone figured out that selling a product for $3.99 caused...