Month: November 2020

2011 Gain: $32.87 (60%) 2011 Closing price: $87.61 Last year, investors turned away from HMO stocks such as this, fearing the impact of a new health care overhaul rule involving medical-loss ratios. However, Humana showed it was able to manage the new regulation and in October delivered better-than-expected profits and a better-than-expected forecast for 2012.
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After Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) received a boost from the work-at-home trend in its quarter that ended in June, AAPL stock appears to have reverted to form last quarter, with one exception. Source: dennizn / Shutterstock.com The company’s China business, in-line with my previous warnings, sharply contracted, indicating that the hardware giant could have a big, ongoing
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It’s been a great year to be involved with gold. For example, the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD), is higher by 24.5%. However, it’s an even better time to embrace gold stocks. The VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) proves as much with year-to-date gain of almost 32%. Those data points underscore the double-edged sword that
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Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) stock surged to all-time highs after the streaming device maker reported quarterly figures that absolutely crushed revenue and profit expectations. Source: Fozan Ns / Shutterstock.com Specifically, Roku topped revenue estimates by over 20% — growing revenues by a record-high 73% year-over-year — while reporting a sizable profit in the quarter (Wall Street was
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Guggenheim Partner’s Scott Minerd told CNBC that Wednesday’s rally on Wall Street makes sense, despite the uncertain outcome in the presidential race between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. “I was always of the opinion, regardless of the outcome, short of getting anarchy in the street, that this would be good for stocks,” the
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Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: CVS Health (CVS) – CVS named Executive Vice President Karen Lynch as its next CEO, effective Feb. 1, replacing the retiring Larry Merlo. Separately, CVS reported better-than-expected sales and profit for its latest quarter, as prescription drug volumes rebounded. Shares rose 2% in
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The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) stock took off like a rocket ship in early November after the programmatic advertising leader reported huge revenue and profit beats in its third-quarter earnings report. Source: shutterstock.com Specifically, The Trade Desk topped revenue estimates by an impressive 20%, while almost tripling consensus earnings estimates. TTD stock soared about 30% to
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Warren Buffett Gerard Miller | CNBC As the coronavirus pandemic weighs on its operating earnings and stock price, Berkshire Hathaway ramped up its stock repurchasing program even more in the third quarter, nearly doubling the record buyback from the second quarter. Warren Buffett’s conglomerate bought back $9 billion of its own stock, it was revealed
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The labor market was stronger than expected in October, showing good momentum ahead of the latest wave of coronavirus cases. The economy added 638,000 nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate fell by a full percentage point to 6.9%. The government compiled the data for the report in the middle of October. Stock futures temporarily erased
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Ternium (NYSE:TX) announced its third-quarter earnings results this week and reported a significant bottom-line beat. $0.74 per share was the number reported, which was $0.43 per share north of consensus. The company also beat on the top line as sales came in at $2.14 billion ($113 million ahead of consensus). These numbers really demonstrate how
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Square (NYSE:SQ) stock popped to all-time highs in early November after its third-quarter earnings report absolutely crushed analyst estimates. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com Specifically, Square’s Q3 revenues came in about 50% above expectations, while profits doubled consensus estimates. SQ stock rallied more than 10% in response. Zooming out, the huge third quarter earnings beat
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Americans appear to want divided government, and that could spell good news for growth stocks, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. “Finally, we can stop fretting about politics and start focusing on business and your money again, because a divided Congress and a blue White House … is nirvana for growth stocks,” the “Mad Money” host
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