The leaders of some of the nation’s largest companies will meet with President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss ways to improve cybersecurity, Bloomberg News reported late Monday. Apple Inc. AAPL, +1.03% Chief Executive Tim Cook, Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +2.06% CEO Andy Passy and Microsoft Corp. MSFT, +0.10% CEO Satya Nadella plan to attend the
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,
In this article TRIL-CA MRNA PFE 22UA-DE COIN BA Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Boeing (BA) – Boeing added 1.2% in the premarket, following news that it planned to invest in a SPAC merger planned later this year by Richard Branson’s satellite launch company Virgin Orbit. Virgin Orbit plans to merge
The time to buy tech stocks is when they go out of favor. So now might be a good time to look at Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) stock. Source: jejim / Shutterstock.com Roku has lost one-quarter of its value in less than a month. It cost $476 a share on July 19. Now it’s at $351. Even
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
For folks who are unaware, I run a cryptocurrency-focused research advisory called Crypto Investor Network with legendary early Bitcoin investor Charlie Shrem. Together, we’ve created a blockbuster portfolio of crypto picks that, in less than a year, has an average return of 174% per pick. Yes. You read that right. Our crypto picks have risen,
Trying to connect the events in Afghanistan to world financial markets hasn’t been easy. The Afghan economy, whether under the rule of the Taliban or not, is too small to matter globally, and in fact is even more sidelined with the U.S. freezing over $9 billion in Afghanistan central-bank assets. There is one view that
In this article NGCA BA The modified 737 aircraft “Cosmic Girl” lifts off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California carrying a LauncherOne rocket on June 30, 2021. Virgin Orbit Virgin Orbit, the satellite-launching spinoff off of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic, is preparing to go public, announcing Monday that it will merge with a SPAC
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
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
Following its debut on the NASDAQ exchange, Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) might just be “the first meta-meme stock.” But that by-itself doesn’t make buying shares in the brokerage app a strong opportunity. As I recently broke it down, there are many reasons why chasing the stock after its IPO isn’t the best move. Traders who flipped it shortly
Money, whether it’s represented by a metal coin, a shell or a piece of paper, doesn’t always have value. Its value depends on the importance that people place on it—as a medium of exchange, a unit of measurement, and a storehouse for wealth. Money allows people to trade goods and services indirectly, it helps communicate
One of the biggest meme trades — or at least trades that have “meme-ish” qualities — Castor Maritime (NASDAQ:CTRM) lit up the charts earlier this year. Starting off at $1.86 on the first close of January, CTRM stock finished the Feb. 11 session at $17.30, a nearly 10X move in the space of a month-and-a-half.
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
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) stands in lower Manhattan on the first day that traders are allowed back onto the historic floor of the exchange on May 26, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images When junior bankers at Goldman Sachs complained about what they called “inhumane” working conditions in an
Private company space wars seemed like science fiction just 10 or 20 years ago, but are now coming to fruition as multiple competitors gear up for the new race for space dominance. Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX are among the leaders in the field. But one of the early innovators in this
Air travel in the U.S. is showing some new signs of weakness thanks to the Covid-19 Delta variant. What does that mean for companies like American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL)? Source: GagliardiPhotography / Shutterstock.com Well, it depends on what kind of investor you are. If you’re looking for a quick turnaround profit, airline stocks probably aren’t your
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
Faster isn’t always better. But in the world of making money, faster is often better. Because, let’s face it, we all have a certain amount of time on the clock. No one is going to live forever. And so, the faster we earn big money, the more we can enjoy the liberties and luxuries that
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Consumers’ sentiment is a contrarian indicator, so their current pessimism is bullish for stocks. See full story. Buy the pullback in chip stocks — and focus on these 6 companies for the long haul The iShares Semiconductor ETF is down over 6% from recent highs, much more than the S&P 500. See
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