Many believe we will soon enter a recession (if we have not entered one already), and some fear stagflation, a combination of high inflation and unemployment, reminiscent of the 1970s. One of these stocks is Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN). Texas Instruments produces analog and embedded chips.
Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) has raised its dividend every year since 2004. If you had invested $10,000 in TI at the beginning of 2004, your shares would be worth about $52,000 today. Let's see why TI generated such consistent returns over the past 18 years, and if it will remain a reliable blue chip stalwart for the foreseeable future.
Yahoo Finance's Ines Ferre checks out markets closing this week in the green, the bond market action, the consumer discretionary sector, semiconductor stocks, and crude oil pricing.