Despite suffering heavily due to the pandemic, the real estate industry was one of the quickest to pick back up. It has gone through a prolonged period of falling and stabilizing and then falling again, but the property prices are expected to start rising soon. Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ:OPEN) works around the housing market and it
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The good news in 2021 is that dividend payments were back after many companies cut or suspended their payments due to Covid-19. Dividend ETFs were the net beneficiary of this return to normalized payouts. S&P 500 companies increased their dividends last year by more than $70 billion. Morningstar market strategist Dave Sekera believes some of the companies in
I’ve been bearish on Sofi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) for many months. And, like most of my bearish picks in the last year, SOFI stock has indeed struggled. In fact, over the past one year, the name has tumbled a huge 50%. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com Now, with the company facing three relatively new hurdles and my
While refinancing should result in lower expenses for the homeowner, the process also comes with one-time fees, called closing costs. These fees are paid out of pocket at closing or rolled into the new loan and paid monthly. Knowing the costs of refinancing will help you decide if this is a smart financial move. Common
Walmart (NYSE:WMT) has been a poor investment ever since Doug McMillon became CEO in early 2014. Since then, WMT stock has risen 81%, while the S&P 500 is up 147%. Source: Shutterstock Furthermore, since McMillon took the helm, the company has increased its quarterly dividend payout by just 7 cents to 55 cents per share,
Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk donated more than 5 million Tesla shares in November, days after the U.N. World Food Program outlined a plan to potentially use a $6 billion donation from the world’s richest man. A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission made public Monday showed the donation, but not the recipient.
Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images The bitcoin narrative could be tested this week as investors monitor tense developments between Ukraine and Russia and weigh the possibility of the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates by 50 basis points, or 0.5 percentage point, in March. The largest cryptocurrency by market capital currency has long been
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Splunk (SPLK) – Cisco Systems (CSCO) made a more than $20 billion takeover bid for the cloud software company, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke to The Wall Street Journal. A deal of that size would represent the networking equipment
The demand for semiconductor chips is tremendous and growing, while the world’s largest chipmakers are rushing to dramatically increase their production. That makes Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) stock a great play here. Source: Shutterstock The company, which makes equipment used in semiconductor production, also has a lot of fans on Wall Street. Multiple analysts are very
Did you know that The National Chicken Council estimated Americans would consume 1.42 billion wings during yesterday’s Super Bowl? I wonder how many of them were processed by Tyson Foods (NYSE:TSN). I wonder about a lot of strange things, but this one is specific because while this year’s the first since 2015 with no projected
The verdict is still out on the viability of Gores Guggenheim (NASDAQ:GGPI) stock. Source: Jeppe Gustafsson / Shutterstock.com Gores is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) with plans to merge with Polestar, an EV maker gaining serious attention. If you’re connected to the electric vehicle industry, the new normal presents both opportunities and frustrations. On
Pfizer Inc. (PFE) generates revenue globally through the development, manufacture, and sale of a broad range of biopharmaceutical products. These products are derived from biological sources, such as organs and tissues, microorganisms, or animal fluids, and are obtained through biotechnological processes. Pfizer works across developed and emerging markets, and collaborates with other companies to develop
I’ve long believed that the best way for long-term investors to get their start into the stock market is to buy index funds. It’s how I introduced my youngest son to investing. And one of my favorites is the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY). Source: Eviart / Shutterstock.com SPY does a great job in
Kellogg Co. reported fourth-quarter earnings and sales that beat expectations despite a worker strike, a plant fire and broader shortages and disruptions impacting many consumer companies. Still, the cereal and snack company was downgraded to underweight from neutral at JPMorgan. Analysts cut their price target for Kellogg K, +0.96% to $57 from $64. “There’s still
In this article KO DIS GOOS-CA TWTR TPR UBER Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Coca-Cola (KO) – Coca-Cola shares added 1.3% in the premarket after the company beat estimates by 4 cents with adjusted quarterly earnings of 45 cents per share. Revenue also beat Wall Street forecasts, and Coca-Cola projects commodity
Well it had to end sometime. The end of 2021 into 2022 was a brutal period for tech stocks. And it may not be a popular opinion, but many of these stocks needed to have their valuations trimmed. However, as is usually the case with market corrections there is always an overreaction. One of my
Peloton (NASDAQ:PTON) is making headlines again. This time it’s not a 21% single-day gain for PTON stock based on acquisition rumors. That was Monday. There are currently three big developments on the Peloton front. The company’s CEO is stepping down, while Peloton is also laying off a large chunk of its workforce and abandoning its
When you pay off a loan in equal installments, the calculation that is used to figure out what you owe the lender is called amortization. To ensure that the lender gets as much of your money up front as possible, loans are structured so that you pay off more of the interest owed early in
Earnings season continues, and while there have been some notable high profile misses for the fourth and final quarter of 2021, FactSet reports that with 56% of S&P 500 companies having issued earnings reports, 76% announced a positive earnings per share (EPS) surprise and 77% reported a positive revenue surprise. Also, the blended earnings growth
Just as tax season heats up, inflation data shows the economy still running hot. On Thursday morning, Consumer Price Index data from the Labor Department showed a 0.6% increase month over month on the January prices people paid for everyday goods. That’s a 7.5% increase year over year, topping Wall Street expectations. This pace of
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