Month: January 2021

Insurance agents and financial advisors have been investing their clients’ retirement money in annuities for decades. That practice has its detractors, with the criticism usually focusing on the high commissions paid to annuity salespeople and stiff fees charged to annuity owners year after year. Here’s a rundown of the pros and cons of annuities, compared
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With the novel coronavirus pandemic, many healthcare stocks came under pressure last year. This was especially the case for those organizations that provided discretionary procedures or therapies. And while things should get much better this year, the industry is facing something else: a change in federal leadership. The Biden Administration is likely to be more
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When inflation rears its head, the first thing analysts do is rush to buy Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT). Source: Shutterstock Caterpillar makes big trucks, excavators, and other industrial machines. Inflation makes the things its machines move more valuable, so companies buy more those machines. Analysts recommend CAT stock. That’s how it’s supposed to work. Sure enough, just
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Out of the innovations that have sprouted in recent years, lidar arguably offers the most profound change for our society. Over time, the platform can pave the way for true transportation autonomy, a realm that previously only existed in science fiction. And Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR) has made impressive progressive in this arena, driving up interest
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An 8500 series oil rig ENSCO Elon Musk’s SpaceX bought two deepwater oil rigs last year and is converting them into floating launchpads, to support the enormous Starship rockets that the company is developing. The rigs are in the Port of Brownsville, near SpaceX’s Starship development facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The rigs have been
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about his plan to administer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the U.S. population during a news conference at Biden’s transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, January 15, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden agenda is expected to result in a faster-growing economy, a stronger stock market and higher interest rates
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“America is an idea … It instills in every person in this country the belief that no matter where you start in life, there’s nothing you can’t achieve if you work at it.” Joseph R. Biden, April 25, 2019 On Jan. 20, 2021, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., known to most people as Joe Biden or
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FuboTV’s (NYSE:FUBO) value for most consumers is questionable, making the longer-term outlook of FUBO stock appear to be negative. Source: Lori Butcher/ShutterStock.com fuboTV has two main problems. First, it does not appear to be meaningfully cheaper than traditional paid TV options, including cable satellite, and  Fios from Verizon (NYSE:VZ) or Frontier (OTC:FTRCQ). Secondly, Fubo’s biggest
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Carrying the momentum of the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) into 2021, Newborn Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:NBAC) is the latest such vehicle to draw considerable investor interest. Assuming the merger goes through, Newborn will become Nuvve Corporation, an innovative firm that specializes in vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology that can potentially bring electric vehicles (EVs) into the mainstream.
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Some investors — usually referred to as income investors — specifically set out to buy securities that pay them even before stock price appreciation. But they’re not looking for just any dividend stocks. Income investors typically want to buy high-yielding, reliable stocks. And while the dividend yield is certainly an important consideration, investors can also
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According to general equilibrium models in contemporary macroeconomics, expansionary fiscal policy could cause crowding out of private activity in the credit market. This argument also flows the other way: Contractionary policy could allow for increased private activity in the credit market. This phenomenon is sometimes referred to in the literature as “crowding in.” Understanding Contractionary Fiscal
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With the outlook of QuantumScape’s (NYSE:QS) batteries becoming more uncertain and risky, I recommend that investors sell QS stock. At their current levels, the shares have a negative risk-reward ratio. Source: Shutterstock The company is developing solid-state batteries for use in electric vehicles. Currently, most EVs use lithium-ion batteries. In the last few weeks, an
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