Month: August 2021

Stock market gauges such as the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq 100 index continue to sit at or near all-time highs. While leading stocks continue to perform admirably, many companies have had a difficult summer. Small-cap firms, special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), and unprofitable tech companies have seen their shares dive. If the corrections spread,
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You walk into a room full of people and someone asks you, “What do you do for a living?” If you can reply with, “I’m a venture capitalist,” then it sounds impressive. Most people will immediately assume that you’re ambitious, wealthy, and an overall success in life. Unfortunately, the allure of being a venture capitalist is much
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REITs are benefitting from rotation into defensive areas of the market and change in rate outlook. Vanguard Real Estate ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/VNQ/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Schwab U.S. REIT ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/SCHH/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/XLRE/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID SPDR S&P 500 ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/SPY/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch
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A cryptic hand gesture by Lucid Motors (NASDAQ:LCID) CEO Peter Rawlinson (made twice!) has Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) on fire as investors begin to speculate what it could mean. Source: Lucid Motors Rawlinson was photographed at two recent Lucid press events playfully throwing up four fingers. Not quite a TikTok-friendly “Sheesh,” but many are interpreting his hand
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U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy again criticized the role of social media in spreading COVID-19 misinformation Sunday, a day after Facebook Inc. quietly released a delayed report on its top-performing links. “The speed, scale and sophistication with which [misinformation] is spreading and impacting our health is really unprecedented,” Murthy said Sunday morning during an interview
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Twitch may just be Amazon’s best-kept secret. Acquired in a 2014 bidding war with Google for $1 billion in cash, the gaming platform, and the social network continues to break its own high scores. Four years after that acquisition and just seven after its initial launch, Twitch boasts a valuation of about US$3.79 billion. Twitch viewers live-streamed
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