Month: October 2020

Noam Galai | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. IBM – Shares shed more than 6% after IBM’s third-quarter results showed a third straight quarter of declining revenue. The company earned an adjusted $2.58 per share for the quarter, which was in line with Street forecasts,
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Dow component Intel Corporation (INTC) reports third quarter 2020 earnings this week after stumbling in July, beating second quarter estimates but lowering guidance due to delays in the rollout of the company’s 7nm-based CPUs. The stock fell 16% after the news, battered by shareholder disappointment and at least seven Wall Street downgrades. The decline stretched
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Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Concho Resources (CXO) – ConocoPhillips (COP) will buy its rival energy producer in an all-stock transaction valued at $9.7 billion. Concho shareholders will receive 1.46 ConocoPhillips shares for every share they now own. CNBC’s David Faber had reported last week that the two
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NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE), a holding company that owns and runs Florida Power and Light, wants to acquire a regulated utility. NextEra Energy stock, the largest publicly traded utility, is bound to do well — if only it get another utility to agree to a merger or acquisition. Source: IgorGolovniov/Shutterstock.com The Wall Street Journal recently reported
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The semiconductor market is hot, but Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM) is hotter. In 2020, TSM stock is up 51%, topping the widely followed PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by about 30 percentage points. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com For many investors in the U.S., Taiwan Semiconductor isn’t a household name like Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA). But Taiwan Semiconductor’s business
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It’s been a couple of months since DiamondPeak Holdings (NASDAQ:DPHC) announced its combination with Ohio-based Lordstown Motors. The deal closes Oct. 22. When it does, DiamondPeak stock will change to the symbol RIDE. Source: Shutterstock It’s great news for the people of Lordstown, who saw the General Motors (NYSE:GM) plant close in March 2019 after
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The year 2020 has brought a lot of surprises: a global pandemic, an economic downturn, millions of jobs lost, and withdrawal of American leadership from the global stage. But it hasn’t slowed down the initial public offering (IPO) momentum and those looking to profit from IPOs. Key Takeaways This year’s record IPO activity could rival
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Monday that “we’re in some wacko market” because normally chasing stay-at-home stocks trading at off-the-charts multiples to sales would not make sense, but now the market is rewarding investors who do so. Cramer cited Zoom Video Communications at about 50 times sales and cloud company Snowflake at about 100 times
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Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Halliburton — Shares of the oil field producer popped 2% after the company reported better-than-expected earnings for the previous quarter. Halliburton earned 11 cents per share, topping a Refinitiv estimate 8 cents per share. Revenue, however, missed analyst expectations. American Airlines — American Airlines shares rose more
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Here’s a pop investing quiz for you: Source: Shutterstock What do these four stocks have in common? Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) Axsome Therapeutics (NASDAQ:AXSM) Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY) Madrigal Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:MDGL) It’s a very important answer. Why? Because these stocks all belong to a select group — a group that has been the leader in every bull market for
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First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) manufactures top-notch modules that are selling fairly well, and it is one of the highest quality companies in the solar sector. Still, First Solar stock shouldn’t be your first choice. Source: IgorGolovniov / Shutterstock.com Given the company’s dependency on the U.S. market, there are much better solar space opportunities for risk-tolerant, growth
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