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The Southeast is warming to the legalization of cannabis, and approval surrounding medical and recreational weed is gaining momentum.  Alabama’s licensing process is underway, and efforts for weed legalization in Florida are building. South Carolina is making progress on its medical cannabis legalization program too. Last week, Republican Senator Tom Davis introduced the South Carolina… Continue reading Marijuana Legalization Efforts Gain Traction: This Week in Cannabis Investing

Below is a weekly earnings calendar of the most important upcoming quarterly reports scheduled to be released by publicly traded companies. However, we have also provided expanded earnings previews for select companies.  Please check back often. This earnings calendar is updated weekly.   Monday (1/30)Tuesday (1/31)Wednesday (2/1)Thursday (2/2)Friday (2/3)(Editor’s Note: Earnings dates in tables are tentative.… Continue reading Kiplinger’s Weekly Earnings Calendar (Jan. 30-Feb. 1)

A choppy start for stocks on Thursday led to a solid finish as investors mulled over the latest batch of quarterly earnings and economic reports.  Tesla (TSLA (opens in new tab)) headlined a busy earnings calendar – and Wall Street cheered the electric vehicle maker’s fourth-quarter results. Meanwhile, the latest gross domestic product (GDP) reading… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Stocks Climb After Tesla Earnings, GDP

The U.S. economy expanded at a faster-than-expected pace in the fourth quarter, but GDP still slowed compared to the previous three-month period and experts expect growth to slow further as higher interest rates exact their toll.  Gross domestic product (GDP) increased at a 2.9% annualized rate in the final three months of 2022, following growth… Continue reading Q4 GDP Beats Expectations: What the Experts Say

published 25 January 2023 2022 was a stock picker’s market, and 2023 is continuing this trend. What does that mean for investors? Put simply, it means that well-implemented active strategies can have better odds of outperforming compared to passive strategies. It also means that now is a good time to take a look at the… Continue reading The 5 Best Actively Managed Fidelity Funds to Buy Now

Though the investment markets continue to be scary, there’s some good news for anybody who is ready to put some money to work. Thanks to fierce competition among robo advisor firms, even beginning and small investors can now get top-notch portfolio advice and management at vanishingly low prices — in some cases, for free. Robo… Continue reading How to pick the best robo advisor for you

Stocks opened sharply lower Wednesday as investors parsed an onslaught of corporate earnings updates.  Quarterly results from Microsoft (MSFT (opens in new tab), -0.6%) drew the most attention, as it is the first of the big tech giants on the earnings calendar. Late Tuesday, the software maker reported top- and bottom-line beats for the final… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Microsoft Earnings Weigh on Stocks

Long-term dividend-growth investors got some good news this week: The list of 64 Best Dividend Stocks You Can Count On in 2023 (opens in new tab) and beyond is expanding to 67 equities next month. Standard & Poor’s annual rebalancing of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats – an index of S&P 500 companies that have… Continue reading The S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Are Getting 3 New Members