Month: December 2021

By all rights, SmileDirectClub (NASDAQ:SDC) shareholders should be a happy bunch right now. After all, Covid-19 kept many people out of dental offices, creating the perfect opportunity for a company built around remote teledentistry. In addition, pandemic-weary consumers have spent 2 years of boosting spending on self-care. Improving their smile should have been a no-brainer. However,
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This was the year Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) was finally recognized as a cloud player. When ORCL stock hit its all-time high on Dec. 6, investors were looking at a 67% year-to-date gain. Today, shares are up a little more than 40%, thanks in part to the omicron downdraft but also thanks to Oracle’s purchase of Cerner
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As we head into 2022, investors are looking forward to a year of opportunity and trying to read the tea leaves. There are plenty of variables in play, including inflation and interest rates. The omicron variant is ensuring the pandemic remains a force to be reckoned with. Semiconductor shortages continue to roil the supply chain.
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Many financial professionals will, for a fee, help you navigate your way to and through retirement. But using a financial advisor isn’t mandatory. If you can’t afford, don’t trust, or otherwise would prefer not to use an advisor, managing your retirement is always an option. You have to map out a sensible plan and be
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Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) recently hit new lows on Dec. 17 after reporting earnings. RIVN stock fell 10% as a result of a top- and bottom-line miss, the company’s first report as a public company.  Source: Miro Vrlik Photography / Shutterstock.com Even with the drop, Rivian commands a market capitalization of $84 billion. That’s more than Ford
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The numbers: Initial jobless benefit claims were unchanged at 205,000 in the week ended Dec. 18, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday.  The previous week’s figure was revised down by 1,000. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had estimated new claims would total 206,000. Before the pandemic, initial jobless claims averaged about 220,000 a week.
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When Southeast Asian ride-hailing and delivery company Grab Holdings (NASDAQ:GRAB) completed a reverse merger with special purpose acquisition company Altimeter Growth Corp. in early December it made history as the largest company to go public via a SPAC merger. Yet, this didn’t stop GRAB stock from plummeting more than 20% on the day of the merger.
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Inflation has been surging, including a 6.8% increase in November compared to the prior year. This was the largest year-over-year increase in nearly four decades. The Federal Reserve’s response could boost some dividend stocks. In order to help keep inflation from spiraling out of control, the Fed announced that tapering of asset purchases would likely
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Sometimes a stock mysteriously rises without any identifiable logic. That’s essentially what happened in the case of AeroClean Technologies (NASDAQ:AERC) stock, which rose meteorically, only to quickly plummet.  Source: Maridav/ShutterStock.com It is really a very strange tale in the world of the stock market. There’s plenty of precedent in recent times for strange tales within
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A FICO score is used by creditors and lenders to determine the overall credit risk of any individual consumer. Individuals with higher ratings are considered to have greater creditworthiness. Each score is calculated using a proprietary tool developed by the Fair Isaac Corp (FICO), and each of the three major credit bureaus in the United
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As someone who extensively covered cryptocurrencies during the past year, one of the concerns I had was oversaturation. Namely, it’s difficult to establish the applicability of one blockchain over another. I feel the same way about Gores Guggenheim (NASDAQ:GGPI). While the underlying electric vehicle manufacturer Polestar may look good for GGPI stock on paper, the
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