Bob Ciura

With fiscal 2013 in the books and 2014 on the horizon, here's what investors need to consider about where Deere has been and where it's going.

As the market reaches new all-time highs, here's why wary investors should favor Procter & Gamble, Kimberly-Clark, and Clorox.

BreitBurn Energy Partners is seeing great results from its recent asset purchases, and its double-digit yield is icing on the cake.

By selling assets in troublesome geographic regions and increasing production in its highest-return projects, Conoco is likely to attain its growth plans.

Kinder Morgan and Buckeye Partners pay hefty yields, but their lack of distribution coverage this quarter may scare skittish investors. Here's why concerns are overblown.

Water utilities are likely flying under your radar, but they share many of the same characteristics that make their electric-utility peers so valuable to income investors.

The Oracle of Omaha sees an opportunity in the biggest energy company in the world. Should you follow his lead and buy ExxonMobil?

Despite near-term difficulties, Duke has laid out an optimistic long-term trajectory for itself. Here's why shareholders should be optimistic as well.

Coca-Cola and Pepsi might seem identical, but they're charting different paths ahead. As a result, here's the big decision investors need to make.

Gold and silver prices are plummeting and industry profits are following suit. However, Freeport McMoRan's has big strategic plans for the years ahead. Here's why it just might pay off.

Cisco's poor outlook shocked the market, but here's why shares may now represent an attractive buying opportunity.

Unlike many of its rivals that are cutting back capital expenditure levels, Chevron is full-speed-ahead on its spending plans for next year.

While investors may give Exxon Mobil preference among the energy majors, Statoil and Respol have stronger portfolios, which may provide greater returns going forward.

Deere & Company is set to report earnings: here are the key considerations investors should keep in mind.

BlackBerry has a new round of financing, but after abandoning plans to be taken private, investors would be wise to simply walk away.

Royal Dutch Shell is struggling with significant issues serving as a drag on near-term profits, but the company's problems seem short-term in nature.

Data center REIT Digital Realty has gotten crushed this year as a result of disappointing underlying results. Its industry peers are holding up much better, which raises the question: Should investors outright avoid Digital Realty?

For savers frustrated with paltry yields on bank products and bond securities, here are three high-quality stocks that pay investors well.

Noted investor Carl Icahn believes Transocean is undervalued and recently persuaded the company to bump up its dividend. Here's why investors should pay attention.

Visa, MasterCard, and American Express are growing strongly as consumers slowly improve their financial positions. Yet here's why their stocks struggled after releasing results.