Time to Focus on Under Armour (UAA) for Strong Earnings Growth Potential

Growth stocks can be some of the most exciting picks in the market, as these high-flyers can captivate investors' attention, and produce big gains as well. One such company that might be well-positioned for future earnings growth is Under Armour, Inc. UAA. Thanks to this rise in earnings estimates, UAA has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) which further underscores the potential for outperformance in this company.

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  Kirkland Lake Gold (KL) Tops Q4 Earnings Estimates

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  United States Cellular (USM) Surpasses Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates

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The 5 Richest People In the World

Who do you think made the Top Five on Forbes magazine's annual billionaires list for 2018? Well, here's a hint: two are Harvard dropouts, four are American, one is French, and one of them filed his first tax return at age 14. In fact, he had originally pitched the idea of an online bookstore to his former boss David E. Shaw (a rumor that Shaw himself has confirmed), who wasn't interested.

3 Dividend Stocks That Are Actually Worth Owning

You may buy a $50 stock with a 2% dividend, but if that dividend then doubles over the course of several years, and the stock price doubles as well, the effective yield on that $50 investment becomes 4%. Nadella's Microsoft avoids the media spotlight, it talks softly but carries the big technology stick.

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  Read This Before Considering Ellington Financial LLC (NYSE:EFC) For Its Upcoming US$0.41 Dividend

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  Only 4 Days Left Until Kingstone Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:KINS) Trades Ex-Dividend

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Earnings Estimates Rising for Genomic Health (GHDX): Will It Gain?

Investors might want to bet on Genomic Health (GHDX), as earnings estimates for this company have been showing solid improvement lately. The rising trend in estimate revisions, which is a result of growing analyst optimism on the earnings prospects of this cancer test maker, should get reflected in its stock price. After all, empirical research shows a strong correlation between trends in earnings estimate revisions and near-term stock price movements.

What Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is buying and selling

CNBC's Leslie Picker reports on the latest SEC filing from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, detailing the stocks it bought and sold during the fourth quarter of 2018. There are some surprises.

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  Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders — Key highlights

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  Buffett appears to fault Trump, laments M&A dearth in Berkshire letter

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Is that my bill? Eating out at full-service restaurants is getting more expensive

You may want to make “dinner and a movie” just “a movie. Prices at full-service restaurants – eateries with waitstaff, unlike fast-food joints – are on the rise, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Experts point to restaurants' increased expenses – like labor, rent and insurance – as the reason they're charging customers more.

Trump administration weighs ending work program for the spouses of H-1B visa holders

The Trump administration this week moved forward a proposal to end an Obama-era work authorization program for the spouses of H-1B visa holders — a move that would largely impact Indian women living and working in Silicon Valley. The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday delivered a report to the White House outlining how the rollback would work, and what its impacts might be. The White House is expected to gather additional input from other government agencies before gathering public comments.

Warren Buffett's Kraft Heinz investment might still be in the money

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns nearly 27% of Kraft Heinz common shares, a stake of 325.6 million shares. In his widely-read annual letter released on Saturday, Buffett said Berkshire took “a $3.0 billion non-cash loss from an impairment of intangible assets (arising almost entirely from our equity interest in Kraft Heinz). Buffett didn't delve into much detail on the Kraft Heinz investment other than noting at the end of 2018, the holding “had a market value of $14 billion and a cost basis of $9.8 billion.

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  'Disastrous' Kraft Heinz No Longer Fit for Big M&A: Street Wrap

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  Kraft Heinz shares plummet after dividend cut, reducing value of key brands

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Watch out for these 10 'retirement killers'

A recent study has revealed for the first time the 10 biggest causes of financial regret among those who have retired or are near to retirement. The information may help those who are currently working and saving, by giving them more ability to plan their finances and prepare. A survey of “Saving Regret” targeted 1,600 Americans aged 60 to 79 to ask them about whether they had saved enough money — and if not, why not.

These people left their jobs behind to retire early — then life got in the way. Here's how they coped with FIRE plans gone wrong

Before “retirement,” many members of the FIRE movement are working full time jobs — often lucrative ones — but they leave all that behind in order to live off their savings for decades. And it doesn't always work out that way. Mr. Money Mustache is largely credited with popularizing the idea of “early retirement” and encouraging others to spend less in order to work less, too.

Kraft Heinz Stock Troubles Go Far Beyond Quarterly Estimate Miss

The company also reported write-downs of $15.4 billion in goodwill and intangibles related to Kraft brands and Oscar Meyer. Sales declines have affected both brands for several years. Though profits have recently begun to improve, lowered margins still reduced their value.

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  Kraft Heinz needs to reconnect with consumer, says Alantra's Jeff Robards

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Moscow And Beijing Discuss Natural Gas Megaproject

To maintain a steady flow of demand for Russian gas, a political decision was made to speed up negotiations between the state-sponsored companies Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation for new energy infrastructure. A historic deal was struck in 2014 concerning the Power of Siberia pipeline valued $400 billion for 38 bcm of gas over 30 years. While the first delivery of gas is set on December 1st, negotiations are ongoing for another pipeline which would make China Gazprom's most significant customer within a decade.

McClellan Analysis: Expect bull market run to continue until 2021

Tom McClellan, The McCellan Market Report editor, joins 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss why he's bullish on the market until 2024, when he sees a bear market coming.

Friday Apple Rumors: Apple Closing Stores to Combat Patent Trolls

Leading the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) rumor mill today is news of how the company is fighting patent trolls. Patent Trolls: Apple is hoping to deal with less patent trolls by closing some stores, reports MacRumors. This will take it out of the state's Eastern District, which is where patent trolls have been filing lawsuits against it.

I Make $145K & Wish I Was Brave Enough To Leave My Career

In our series My 6-Figure Paycheck, women making more than $100,000 open up about how they got there and what exactly they do. We take a closer look at what it feels like to be a woman making six figures — when only 5% of American women make that much, according to the U.S. Census — w ith the hope it will give women insight into how to better navigate their own career and salary trajectories. Job: Head of Lifecycle Marketing, Internet & Technology Age: 33 Location: San Francisco, CA Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Sociology & English First Salary: $55,000 Current Salary: $145,000 As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

E-Trade (ETFC) Down 1.2% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Rebound?

E*TRADE Q4 Earnings Beat, Trading Metrics Improve E*TRADE reported fourth-quarter 2018 earnings of $1.06 per share, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.05. Moreover, the results, including certain one-time items, compared favorably with 48 cents recorded in the prior-year quarter. The results reflected improved net revenues and a benefit to provision for loan losses.

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  Gildan Activewear (GIL) Q4 Earnings Lag Estimates, Sales Beat

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Kraft Heinz shares fall 28 percent after writedown, dividend cut

Kraft Heinz Co shares fell to a record low on Friday a day after the food company disclosed a $15 billion write-down on its marquee brands, raising concern that years of rigorous cost cutting have eroded the value of its Kraft cheeses and Oscar Mayer deli meats. Kraft's revenue growth has stagnated in the years since it merged with Heinz as consumers shun older, established brands for newer products, cheaper private label brands and non-processed and organic food. The shares fell as much 28 percent to a low of $34.51, wiping $17 billion off the company's market value.

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  If Video Evidence Surfaces, It May Be Best for Robert Kraft to Fade to Black

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  Tiki and Tierney: Will Robert Kraft face legal troubles?

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Why new tax rules make Roth accounts better than ever

The Tax Cut & Jobs Act lowered marginal tax rates, but, those rates revert to higher levels in 2026. No one knows if this will happen or not. Right now, according to the law, it will.

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  401(k) vs. Roth IRA: What's the Difference?

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