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In this episode of Rule Breaker Investing , David Gardner chats with Motley Fool analysts Buck Hartzell and Robert Brokamp about dividend investing. Discover how dividends have behaved historically and their importance. Which one is better for shareholders: dividends or share buybacks? What s...

Shares of several big-name department-store companies were trading lower on Tuesday afternoon after Reuters reported that upscale chain Lord & Taylor has joined the list of those considering a bankruptcy filing. Here's where things stood for the stocks of these four companies as of 1:45 p...

Last week, J.C. Penney ( JCP ) ( KTP ) announced that it had skipped a $12 million interest payment on its 6.375% Senior Notes due in 2036, entering a 30-day grace period before it officially defaults. The company says it will use this time to " evaluate certain strategic alternatives ": pre...

Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha , iTunes , Stitcher and Spotify . May WTI crude contracts (that expire today) crashed into negative territory for the first time ever on Monday, with markets awash...

Listen on the go! A daily podcast of Wall Street Breakfast will be available by 8:00 a.m. on Seeking Alpha , iTunes , Stitcher and Spotify . The front-month May WTI contract plunged as much as 23% overnight to under $15/bbl, the lowest level since March 1999, after lo...

Things were already on shaky ground in the brick-and-mortar retail sector, though the coronavirus crisis is pushing the industry into an even weaker position. More news on: J. C. Penney Company, Inc., Macy's, Inc., Nordstrom, Inc., Consumer stocks news, Read more ...

Is COVID-19 responsible for the current troubles at  J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) ? The short answer is no: The retailer was in trouble long before the current economic downturn. However, the coronavirus is the final nail in the coffin that seems likely to force the retailer into bankruptcy. ...

Struggling department store chain J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP) may not be down for the count just yet. Without naming specific sources, Bloomberg reported on Friday the company had received an offer of around $300 million in new financing. If the reports are accurate, the help is arriving none t...

What's been interesting to observe in the media over the last couple of months has been the cries from long-term bears, each eager to outdo the other about the extent and level of their bearishness. In general, this hyper fear from the hyper bears has been on a reasonable basis. What we've b...

Thursday was actually one of the calmer days in the stock market in recent memory. As of 3 p.m. EDT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down by 0.3% and the S&P 500 had risen by 0.2%. There were no exciting moves in the market as a whole. Real estate investment trusts , or REITs, tha...