Month: June 2022

QuantumScape (NYSE:QS), a development stage company that focuses on the development and commercialization of solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles and other applications, is claiming it is building the best battery for electric vehicles. That probably sounds like great news to anyone holding QS stock. Its solid-state lithium-metal battery technology brings significant enhancements compared to
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When it comes to unemployment, different parts of the United States are affected in distinct ways by the current economic circumstances. While the national unemployment rate provides a good indicator of how the country is doing as a whole, it can diverge considerably from what you might be facing in your home state. That’s where
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Recession worries were roaring back into the spotlight for Wall Street on Wednesday, with equity futures and oil prices dropping, as investors looked ahead to Congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. How are stock-index futures trading? S&P 500 futures ES00, -1.80% dropped 1.6%, to 3,707 Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -1.56% dropped
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One of the dominant themes of 2022 is the volatility in the stock market. Unfortunately, it seems like it will persist throughout the whole year as the Federal Reserve has started implementing a tighter monetary policy to lower inflation from its historic highs. Dividend exchange-traded funds (ETFs) seem to be relatively safe investments as they
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The Biden administration is moving forward on a plan to mandate the elimination of nearly all nicotine in cigarettes, a policy that would upend the $95 billion U.S. cigarette industry and, health officials say, prompt millions of people to quit smoking. The plan, unveiled Tuesday as part of the administration’s agenda of regulatory actions, likely wouldn’t
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Based in New York, Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) specializes in the niche market known as telemedicine or telehealth. Investors might feel optimistic overall about the telemedicine market, but there are too many company-specific problems going on to recommend TDOC stock. When the Covid-19 lockdowns occurred in 2020, Teladoc Health suddenly became a darling on Wall Street. The
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Despite a flurry of macroeconomic pressures, Wall Street analysts still feel very bullish about the stocks they cover. That’s according to FactSet’s senior earnings analyst, John Butters, who noted that the number of buy ratings on stocks remains “unusually high,” despite broader-market concerns about inflation, interest rate hikes, the war in Ukraine, falling stock prices
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