Month: January 2022

Gary Gensler, chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), speaks during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Bill Clark | Bloomberg | Getty Images Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler said Wednesday that the regulator is eyeing tighter disclosure deadlines for hedge
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Todd Bunton, CFA, Growth & Income Stock Strategist at Zacks Investment Research, discusses a stock that might be worth a closer look by investors: Darden Restaurants (DRI). This restaurant operator offers strong growth and income while trading at a reasonable price. The company delivered a solid beat for fiscal 2016 Q1, driven by solid same-store
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Dividends are an important factor for many investors. The quarterly and annual payouts to shareholders can have a big impact on a portfolio’s growth over time. Dividend stocks can also serve as an income stream to people in retirement. For this reason, many investors seek out stocks that have high dividend yields. Even some of
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I think it could be relatively easy to be misled into believing AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE:AMC) stock makes sense now. There are a few overarching reasons investors might mistakenly conclude that AMC is on the up-and-up. However, I’d caution against buying into those narratives. Source: rblfmr/Shutterstock.com   But first, we need to understand what those
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Since their introduction in 1993, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have exploded in popularity with investors looking for an alternative to mutual funds. Both institutions and individuals could see the benefit of these instruments—a basket of assets designed to track an index with low management fees and higher intraday price visibility. But of course, no investment is
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The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a greater reliance on disposable goods from plastic utensils to clamshell take-out containers, hospital face shields and the life-saving masks deemed crucial by health professionals in slowing the spread of the virus. Now, President Joe Biden is expected to make 400 million N95 masks available for free at U.S. pharmacies and community
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International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) is like a once-massive European soccer team relegated to a lower division. Source: Laborant / Shutterstock.com Stop comparing it to cloud leaders like Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) or even Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL). At the top of the new league tables sit outsourcers like Accenture (NYSE:ACN), Infosys (NYSE:INFY), Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ:CTSH) and Wipro
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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), one of the world’s biggest tech companies, sells personal computing devices, cloud systems and services, software, and other products. With products geared toward both consumers and businesses, Microsoft competes in a broad range of industries against companies including Apple Inc. (AAPL), Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN), International Business Machines Corp. (IBM), and Oracle Corp.
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Well, the stock market sure woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning! Source: ventdusud / Shutterstock.com After a long holiday weekend, investors were greeted with a more than 1% drop in the major indices. The NASDAQ was hit particularly hard, down as much as 2% earlier in the trading day. The
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Dear Quentin, My divorce decree states that I have exclusive possession of the marital residence. The deed has my ex-husband’s name, and my name as his wife. I approached my ex-husband to sell the house.  He has been absent, without any knowledge of his whereabouts for several decades. He has had no contact with my
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