Month: December 2020

The most popular cryptocurrency is undoubtedly Bitcoin (BTC), but for a very low-priced alternative, many traders tend to prefer Ripple (XRP). It’s a crypto coin with plenty of trading volume, and Ripple is widely respected by individual investors and some banks. Source: Shutterstock Investors need to understand something about Ripple, though. Because it’s low-priced, Ripple is prone to
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What Is the FDIC? The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was created at the height of the Great Depression, following the closure of 4,000 banks in the first few months of 1933 and the loss of $1.3 billion in deposits. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Banking Act of 1933 on June 16 of that year,
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The future of healthcare will look so different that you may feel like you stepped into a new universe. From telemedicine to precision medicine to genetic therapy, the global healthcare industry is about to shake up like never before. Source: by InvestorPlace That said, one of the key pillars to getting there is genetic testing,
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Happiness during retirement can be pretty elusive. That can come as a surprise to some, who might assume they’ll be much happier once they finally stop working. In the years leading up to retirement, they may have dreamed about not being beholden to an employer’s schedule, having plenty of free time to pursue hobbies and
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The novel coronavirus pandemic has swept away the airline industry with an estimated industry loss of $84 billion. Airline stocks have taken a hammering this year, compelling major investors to dump their stakes in the sector. Recovery remains sluggish primarily due to the repressed international traffic, which was expected to pick up in the third
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Due to a combination of several factors, Pfizer’s (NYSE:PFE) vaccine for the novel coronavirus, by itself, may not ever move the needle a great deal for PFE stock. Source: Manuel Esteban / Shutterstock.com On the other hand, over the long-term, Pfizer’s collaboration with German vaccine developer BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX), which developed the mRNA-based coronavirus vaccine with
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Sometimes the Street’s “conventional wisdom” is totally wrong. For example, it far overestimated the longer-term impact of the coronavirus on the economy, not to mention the oil and aviation sectors. But there are times when the Street’s majority makes the correct call. I believe that the apparent widespread pessimism about Doordash (NYSE:DASH) is one of
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As nations seek new pathways to a cleaner future, ambitious companies like FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL) have opportunities to grab market share of the green-energy niche. Investors, meanwhile, can participate and profit by owning shares of FCEL stock. Source: Kaca Skokanova/Shutterstock Yet, not everyone’s convinced of this stock’s value proposition. Or, perhaps some investors have witnessed the
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The current year has been active for the initial public offering (IPO) market. As a matter of fact, three of the ten biggest technology IPOs have happened in fiscal year 2020. That said, this includes the December 2020 IPOs of DoorDash (NYSE:DASH) and Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB). And they are some of the best IPOs of 2020.
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