Modest Money

BlackRock Inc (NYSE:BLK) is the largest asset manager in the world, and as of the most recent quarter, they have $5.7 trillion in assets under management (AUM).They own the leading iShares brand of...

At this point in history, most people have heard about Bitcoin. They vaguely understand that it is digital currency, and they may even be aware that there are other cryptocurrencies, tokens, and...

You can’t say that Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) isn’t persistent. If you’re more than a couple of decades old, you’ll recall numerous attacks to the tobacco giant...

Investing in the safest banks has historically been very lucrative.They have high returns on equity, and can dig economic moats around their businesses in the form of high switching costs. Changing...

Time and time again, investors get taught a valuable lesson: invest for the longer term, and gamble for the short term. In fact, statistics show that while focused investing may lead to consistent...

Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) has been a darling on Wall Street for many years. Investors loved the growth and margins the company was churning out quarter after quarter and year after year. But...

This time of year, parents and students alike are gearing up for back to school. As back to school spending has soared over the years, many states are taking notice. They want as big of the piece of...

Starting a few months ago, airline scandals started to populate our news feeds. The United (NYSE:UAL) passenger removal is the most notorious, but the event created a micro-genre of the meme economy:...

Even though day trading gets all the press, I remain an advocate for Buy and Hold. The investment strategy has a number of benefits, including 1) lower taxes paid for long term capital gains (stocks...

As technology advances, we are becoming more and more interested in the idea of home automation. We feel that it would be great to have the lights turn on at a certain time or even have the blinds...

Motley Fool contributor Rick Munarriz gave us the dish on Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) last week. His focus was Disney’s American parks, particularly the Pandora park (based on James...

As an investor, I like to do as little work as possible when building a portfolio. Yes, I love investing, but I also love my family and my hobbies as well. As a result, I don’t like to spend the...

It seems like every day we hear about another data breach at a major company or hackers taking over websites and holding them ransom. Just last week, hackers tried to break into Parliament records in...

Last week, the investing world was rocked when it was announced that Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) was buying Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFM). While the market in general wasn’t fazed by this news, many grocers...

Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) Incorporated was once an American multinational technology company. But not anymore.On Tuesday earlier this week Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) officially closed the deal buying...

Dividend investing has proven to the be an effective way for investors to compound their wealth and income over time.And when it comes to dividend growth stocks, they don’t get much more...