The past week was a relatively quiet one for the airline industry. The week, which had a day less of trading owing to the holiday on Dec 26, saw Delta Air Lines DAL grabbing headlines as it aims to extend its long-standing partnership with Mexico’s largest airline, Grupo Aeromexico. Apart from the deal-related update, Delta... Read More →

Uranium miners like Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ) have been suffering through a rough patch. The immediate problem is falling uranium prices. But that’s really a symptom of a bigger issue, which is a supply-and-demand imbalance. Investors looking at uranium as a way to play nuclear power need to understand that dynamic, and what’s expected to... Read More →

Image source: Getty Images. The main fixed-rate mortgage rates moved higher on Wednesday. The average 30-year mortgage rate is up 2 basis points, at 4.18%, which equates to a $487.85 monthly payment per $100,000 borrowed. (One basis point equals one hundredth of a percentage point.) A month ago, the equivalent payment would have been lower... Read More →

In a new report from consumer research company Nielsen , Facebook ‘s(NASDAQ: FB) dominance stands out in a list of 2016’s most popular mobile apps in the U.S. But the list also highlights some key takeaways about Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) , Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) , and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) . Here’s a look... Read More →

After spinning off PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) in July of 2015, online marketplace and e -commerce giant eBay, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY)  faced the burden of proving to investors that it was capable of creating new paths to revenue growth. In 2016, the company can credibly claim to have done just that. Much of eBay’s... Read More →

Image credit: Getty Images I once listened to a panel of Foolish investors discuss the greatest investing lessons they’d learned. One lesson that stood out — espoused by Fool Tim Hanson — was entirely counter-intuitive. And that lesson is giving me reason to get greedy with shares of Paycom Software (NYSE: PAYC) . We often... Read More →

2016 was rough for TerraForm Power Inc (NASDAQ: TERP) , as its sponsor, SunEdison, went bankrupt and the dividend was suspended. Even with everything that’s happened, there are still a few risks for the company that investors will want to be careful of going forward. Image source: Getty Images. SunEdison maintains control No single factor... Read More →

General Electric (NYSE: GE) has invested a lot of resources in becoming “the digital industrial company.” Its flagship digital industrial project is Predix, a cloud-based industrial operating system that can analyze and manage data and operations of GE equipment, facilities, and systems. That sounds great, but what can Predix actually do? Here are three ways... Read More →

Before you can make an investment, you’ll need to open a brokerage account to place your trades. The choices are numerous, but today we’ll compare two popular brokerages, E*TRADE and Robinhood, so that investors can better understand how their services might match up with their investment portfolios. One broker, Robinhood, offers free stock trading, but... Read More →

If you want to figure out what you’ll owe in taxes next year, then you need to know the tax brackets that the IRS puts out every year. Long before most people even start thinking about filing their taxes for 2016, the 2017 tax brackets become available for those who want to do advance planning... Read More →