When it comes to growth stocks, we often look to the tech sector. However, some investors are a little nervous about big technology and social media giants these days. Most of the FAANG stocks are under increasing scrutiny. The prospect of government actions over monopolistic behavior is looming. One way to invest in a big
Month: January 2021
Mykola Tys/ | LightRocket | Getty Images Grayscale saw its assets under management skyrocket as Wall Street used it as a proxy to invest in bitcoin. The New York-based investment firm kicked off last year with $2 billion in assets and ended with more than $20.2 billion. That 900% increase was driven by demand from
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Urban Outfitters (URBN) – Urban Outfitters shares are under pressure after the apparel retailer said comparable holiday season sales fell 9%, and also announced the departure of Trish Donnelly as CEO of the Urban Outfitters Group unit. Sheila Harrington, CEO of the company’s
Families spent $26,226, on average, to pay for college during the 2018-19 school year, according to a 2019 survey by Sallie Mae and market research company Ipsos. More than half of that amount (55%) came from financial aid. From this data, two things are immediately clear—first, college is expensive, and second, paying for it generally
Last year’s rumors that Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) wouldn’t be hurt too much after a controversy between Jack Ma and the Chinese government may have been too optimistic. With speculation over founder Jack Ma’s whereabouts and rumors of a Chinese nationalization, BABA stock investors have been nervously riding things out for the past month. Source: zhu difeng
Pulling back at the start of 2021, Canoo (NASDAQ:GOEV) stock is bouncing back in a big way. As of this writing, shares are up 30.4% in the pre-market. Why are investors diving back into this SPAC (special purpose acquisition company), which completed its merger with privately-held electric vehicle maker Canoo late last year? Source: Canoo
It’s been a quiet week for the markets as we head into a few major earnings reports to watch. In fact, all three major indices have traded mostly sideways. This includes the S&P 500, which actually has fallen more than 1% over the past four trading sessions. That said, it may well stay quiet. The
Fuel prices are displayed at an Exxon Mobil Corp. gas station in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) Business: Engaged in the exploration, production, transportation and sale of crude oil and natural gas, and the manufacture, transportation and sale of petroleum products.
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: JPMorgan Chase (JPM) – The bank reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped Wall Street forecasts. Strong trading and investment banking results were among the factors helping the company’s bottom line. PNC Financial (PNC) – PNC reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings for the
Like so many industries, the financial advisor industry faced significant challenges in 2020. From virtual relationship management to working from home, advisors were forced to rethink the way they ran their practices and handled their client meetings. Despite these challenges, industry sentiment remains positive and growth continues to be a key theme. To find out
I get why investors have aggressively bid up “clean energy” stocks like FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL). With the incoming President much more favorable to “green” policies than his predecessor, we could see this growing sector and FCEL stock benefit from federal support as well as policy changes. Plus, the business community is continuing to pivot towards
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock found itself in the headlines yet again on Friday, after Wedbush Securities said that the EV maker will top one million deliveries by 2022 and approach 5 million deliveries by 2030. In the note to investors, Wedbush hiked its base price target on TSLA stock to $950 from $715. Source: Grisha Bruev
Last year was a tale of two halves for dividend equities. Owing to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the first half of 2020 was chock full of payout cuts and suspensions by S&P 500 member firms, but dividends rebounded mightily in the second half of the year, indicating that many of the top stocks for 2021
With society becoming more progressive — a trend well underway before the 2020 election — it was inevitable that cannabis-based products would become all the rage. But cannabis-based investments have become a different story. While the narrative made sense, the relatively low barrier to entry, among other factors, have kept a lid on momentum. Thus,
Kevin Matras shows how to nearly mimic the underlying stock with half the amount invested.
Jane Fraser, chief executive officer for Latin American at Citigroup Inc., speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on Monday, April 29, 2019. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg via Getty Images Citigroup is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings before the opening bell Friday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $1.34 a
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Zoom Video — Shares of the video conferencing giant popped nearly 2% after an analyst at Bernstein named the stock a top pick for 2021. The analyst said his call was based on the growth in Zoom’s Phone business. Exxon — The oil giant slid more
Warren Buffett bought more than $1 billion in Coca-Cola (KO) shares in 1988, an amount that was then equivalent to 6.2% of the company. The purchase made it the single largest position in Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway’s portfolio at the time. It remains one of Berkshire Hathaway’s biggest holdings today. In a filing in November 2020,
Last month’s malfunction of a Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) space vehicle made me meaningfully more bearish on SPCE stock. Given the high risks facing the company and the shares’ elevated valuation, I continue to recommend that investors sell the shares. Source: Tun Pichitanon / Shutterstock.com In a column last March, I warned that “it’s impossible to
In June 2012, the world changed forever. You probably didn’t even notice. It was in that month’s issue of the Science journal that U.C. Berkeley professor Jennifer Doudna and Umea University professor Emmanuelle Charpentier unveiled what the scientific community has since labeled the “scientific breakthrough of the century.” The breakthrough: CRISPR-Cas9 genetic editing systems. Doudna
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