Year: 2018

In June, we asked readers to tell us what’s keeping them from investing more… or investing at all.

As illustrated in this week’s chart, almost 28% feel like they’re investing what they can. But a whopping 43% either don’t know where to start investing… or won’t invest for fear of losing money.

The remaining 30% or so had other reasons, including not having enough money, being in debt and not understanding the markets.

A 2015 Bankrate Money Pulse survey found that 73% of the more than 1,000 Americans polled didn’t own stocks at all, primarily because they didn’t know enough about the markets… …read more […]

If you are looking for Buffett stocks, these three stand out today for growth, value, and turnaround potential. …read more […]

Tesla is the hottest company in the auto industry, but that doesn’t make it the best buy for investors. …read more […]

Revelations that one of the most respected U.S. cardinals allegedly sexually abused both boys and adult seminarians have raised questions about who in the Catholic Church hierarchy knew — and what Pope Francis is going to do about it. If the accusations against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick bear out — including a new case reported Friday involving an 11-year-old boy — will Francis revoke his title as cardinal? Or even defrock him, the expected sanction if McCarrick were a mere priest? …read more […]

After raising the white flag in the battle with Walt Disney Co. for the bulk of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts has one last prize to fight for: the British pay-TV company Sky Plc. Comcast currently has the upper hand in the race for Sky, with an offer of 26 billion pounds ($34 billion) that’s 6 percent higher than a rival, Disney-backed bid by Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox Inc., which already owns 39 percent of the company. Buying Sky would give Comcast international scale, a hedge against the erosion of cable-TV viewing …read more […]

Last Friday, Maine Democrat Zak Ringelstein wasn’t ready to consider himself a formal member of the Democratic Socialists of America, even if he appreciated the organization’s values and endorsement in his bid to become a United States senator. Three days later, he told The Associated Press that was ready to become the only major-party Senate candidate in the nation to be a dues-paying democratic socialist. …read more […]

More than half of the 17 people killed when a tourist boat sank on a Branson lake were members of the same Indiana family, and they likely wouldn’t have been on the ill-fated trip but for a ticket mix-up. Tracy Beck, of Kansas City, Missouri, said she recalled the family members waiting in line. …read more […]

This year hasn’t been a great one for AT&T (NYSE:T) shareholders. T stock is down 19% since the end of December, as investors grapple with the impact of rising interest rates on dividend stocks, the uncertainty regarding the union of Time Warner and AT&T, and the fact that most of its key markets are not only quite competitive, but highly saturated. A reversal of fortune for struggling AT&T shares may be right around the corner. …read more […]

Porsche hopes to beat Tesla on recharging tech — but will its tiny network be enough? …read more […]