Month: May 2020

Small-cap healthcare company Co-Diagnostics (NASDAQ:CODX) had a fantastic run in recent weeks. But it appears that the good times have come to a decisive end. CODX stock dropped more than 5% Thursday during the regular trading session, and it has fallen another 7% in early morning trading. Source: Shutterstock That’s because, on Thursday, Co-Diagnostics suffered
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David Tepper David Orrell | CNBC Billionaire investor David Tepper said the stock market is one of the most overpriced he’s ever seen, only behind 1999. Before Wednesday’s sell-off, it was “maybe the second-most overvalued stock market I’ve even seen,” Tepper said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” “I would say ’99 was more overvalued.” “The market is
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made prepared remarks on May 13 that suggested the economy is not about to bail out General Electric (NYSE:GE). If you own GE stock, I’d be very worried your investment is dead money until sometime in 2021, maybe longer.  Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Among the things Powell said in
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Offices of Cutera Inc. in Brisbane, Calif. Google Earth The largest public companies that tapped the government’s emergency relief fund for small businesses nearly all had ready access to other forms of capital, according to a CNBC analysis of filings. Even amid the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, these companies raised millions of dollars
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An employee tends to marijuana plants at the Aurora Cannabis Inc. facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. Jason Franson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Applied Materials — Shares of the manufacturing company climbed 4% in extended trading after Applied Materials reported second-quarter
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that investors can find buying opportunities in the market after Wall Street recorded multiple days of losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 516 points, or 2.17%, to 23,247.97 for its third-straight negative trading session. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite traded 1.7% and 1.55% lower, respectively, for
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This has been the most traumatic year for dividend investors since 2008, if not longer. Major blue-chip companies have been announcing dividend cuts or suspensions almost every day. Last Tuesday, Disney (NYSE:DIS) joined the crowd with its shocking decision to not pay its dividend for the first half of 2020. And in the high-yield space,
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[Editor’s note: “After 70% Rebound, It’s Time to Ditch Chevron Stock” was originally published April 6. It has since been updated to reflect the most relevant information available.] Source: Denis Kuvaev / Shutterstock.com What’s next for Chevron (NYSE:CVX)? Like its major oil company peers, Chevron stock has been hammered thanks to record low energy prices,
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Bill Miller, founder of Miller Value Partners, disagreed Wednesday with the assessment made by other major investors about the market’s valuation being too high.  “If you look at the overall market … we’re trading around 17 times the consensus on bottom-up earnings for 2021, which is about the average for the last five years,” Miller
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