Todd Shriber

Todd Shriber

Recent Articles

The 7 Best Vanguard Funds to Buy for the Long Haul

Vanguard offers a deep product lineup for all types of investors and that includes index funds and ETFs, most of which are cheap.

Dow Jones Today: Stocks Decline Anticipating Q1 Earnings

For better or worse -- likely the latter -- first-quarter earnings season gets going this week and that may be one impetus behind broader market declines on Monday.

Ford Offers Dead Cat Bounces, Not Many Other Reasons to Get Involved

Investors can rationalize embracing plenty of controversial equities in the name of holding those names for the long term. Of course, it helps if the company has some history of delivering out-performance over lengthy holding periods. Ford doesn't. Its average annualized return over the past 15 years is negative.

With Its Dividend Intact, Exxon Mobil Stock Is Worth a Look Here

Without getting too bogged down in semantics, “preserve” is much different than “grow” and as seasoned dividend investors well know, dividend growth is the name of the game. For the XOM payout right now, the long and the short of it is it'll be maintained, but any hike to keep the increase streak alive – if it arrives at all – will be nominal.

Don’t Buy Into American Airlines’ Redemption Story Here

From 2014 through 2019, American spent nearly $13 billion combined on buybacks and dividends, yet here we are discussing a stock that trades at a third of the levels it did in early 2014 and is flirting with all time lows.