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January has not started kindly for Prime Minister Theresa May who must move quickly to quell doubts about her government's ability to negotiate a favorable Brexit.

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Restaurants struggled to maintain same-store sales growth in 2016, but there are three names in dining that have earned plaudits and bullish 2017 projections from Wall Street: Starbucks, Panera and Jack in the Box.

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Retirement Investing Strategy in Action

Here’s an example of how it works, using one of the long-term buys I recommend now, Intel (INTC), as a model.

Let’s say you bought $5,000 of INTC on the last trading day of the year every year for the past decade.

Your first purchase, on December 31, 2007, would have been for $26.66 (good for 187 full shares), and the latest would have been for $36.27 (or 137 full shares) on December 30, 2016.

But thanks to the periodic nature of your purchases, your average price would have been just $26.06. That’s a big discount to the stock’s average price of $31.47 during that time and far below today’s price of $36.27.

A Bargain Tech With Serious Upside

Even if you go all in on Intel now, it’s hard to argue you’d be doing so at a peak: the stock trades at just 13.0 times forward earnings, a big discount to chipmakers like Nvidia (NVDA) at 34.8, and Texas Instruments (TXN) at 20.4.

More Stocks to Fuel Your Dividend Machine

General Motors (GM): Ignore the tweeter-in-chief; GM will be fine no matter what happens with Mexico. Even first-level investors get that: here’s what the stock’s done since Trump took aim at GM on Tuesday morning.

American Tower (AMT) benefits from one of the strongest trends there is: surging demand for mobile data. It has 144,000 wireless towers it rents to big players like Verizon Communications (VZ) under long-term contracts.


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With the market at record highs, now is the time to think about tactics such as rebalancing. Here's a guide.

Rebalance your portfolio. As stocks have increased in value, you may find your portfolio a bit out of whack. A portfolio that consisted of 60% stocks and 40% bonds a couple years ago, may very well consist of 70% stocks and 30% bonds today. Rebalancing can help realign your holdings and lessen risk. Much like you check a carton of eggs for cracks in the store before you buy them — you need to lift open the carton on your portfolio and check for any cracks or changes.

Manage risk. When the market is on the escalator up, it’s easy to forget that the market can also fall in an instant, without any warning. Don’t let your emotions trick you into taking on more risk just because the recent stock market performance has been favorable. Stick to your long-term plan, even though it may be tempting to chase good short-term performance.

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(Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images) China is eager to see Russia join The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, according to a recently published article in Globaltimes, though the Russian embassy in Islamabad denied the reports. “Russia’s participation in the CPEC, including the use of the Gwadar Port, could give a [...]

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You should buy stocks in the industries that had the most miserable 2016 performance, including publishing, biotech and food retail. Why? It's called the Barbell portfolio.

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A day of reckoning could be coming for drug manufacturers.

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Wage inflation is putting pressure on restaurant margins. Here’s what executives of some of the nation’s most popular eateries are saying about how they’re dealing with higher minimum wages across the U.S.

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With banks widely expected to report strengthening fourth quarter earnings, there’s a credible case 2017 will be the most profitable year in Wall Street’s history.

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