Image source: Getty Images. Finally, some better-than-anticipated GDP growth! Friday morning’s GDP report showed a more impressive growth rate of 2.9% compared to the weak 0.8% and 1.4% for the first and second quarters, respectively. It was also much better than the 2.5% forecast — so why didn’t we call it a day on that... Read More →

October has generally been a tough month for stocks over the past century. Big crashes like the Panic of 1907, the Crash of 1929, and Black Monday in 1987 all occurred in October. In 1990, 1998, and 2011, big declines in August preceded further declines in October. A single cause for those declines hasn’t been... Read More →

On this week’s Rule Breaker Investing  podcast, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner’s guest is Dr. Annamaria Lusardi, the Denit Trust Chair of Economics and Accountancy at the George Washington University School of Business, as well as the founder and academic director of GW’s Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center. A well-regarded expert in her field, Dr.... Read More →

With college prices at an all-time high, more and more families are saving up to help chip away at those costs. According to Sallie Mae’s latest national study, 57% of American parents are currently saving for college — a figure that’s up 9 percentage points from the previous year. Image source: Getty Images. So just... Read More →

Marijuana stocks are not without their risks . Most are tiny, unprofitable penny stocks that most investors would be best off avoiding. However, if you’re looking to invest in a legitimate pure-play marijuana business,  GW Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: GWPH) is arguably the best choice available. What makes GW Pharmaceuticals such a compelling option for investors? These... Read More →

Any politician praising any company (and its founder) other than Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) would quickly be filed away as a non-story. But because it’s Hillary Clinton  heaping praise on this company, it’s become big news. Hillary Clinton’s words may come back to haunt her. Her campaign flagged her speeches lauding Wal-Mart and its founder, Sam... Read More →

Taking a quick look at Suncor Energy ‘s(NYSE: SU) most recent earnings release, you can barely notice the fact that it shut in large swaths of production after Fort McMurray was ravaged by wildfires in the second quarter of this year. Rather, the company had quite possibly the best quarter it could have, considering the... Read More →

It’s not that often that ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) has to warn its investors about something. For the most part, it hasn’t had to, because it has been one of the better companies over the years at keeping costs down, and making very conservative projections for the future of oil and gas when building budgets. This quarter,... Read More →

In this Industry Focus: Consumer Goods  segment, the team discusses how Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG)  is taking the concept of SKU rationalization to an even deeper level with “brand rationalization”. Management has shed dozens of brands from the P&G portfolio in an effort to revitalize the business, and there are some key metrics investors... Read More →

InvestorPlace InvestorPlace – Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips What are some easy last-minute Halloween costume ideas that have worked for you in the past? Source: Wikipedia In honor of this spooky tradition, we have compiled some of the best ways to make a costume if you have limited funds and a short... Read More →