Month: February 2024

Retail stocks are poised for transformation as artificial intelligence (AI) redefines shopping. AI is at the forefront of innovation in the retail sphere, elevating the consumer experience by personalizing marketing. For investors, this spells opportunity. Integrating AI in retail, from optimizing prices to automating inventory management, is a seismic shift that will likely reshape the
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Dear Quentin, I have a $1.5 million account with one of the major investment managers in the United States. In the fall of 2021, the stock market was weakening and the Federal Reserve was projecting that its benchmark rate would increase significantly from zero in the following months. I contacted my account manager and asked
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Dear MarketWatch,  I am a 62-year-old man married to my 60-year-old spouse. We have two children, 25 and 23 years old. We own four houses — two in California and two in Virginia — worth about $6 million but owe only $500,000 total in mortgages. Three houses are rented out while we live in one
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The near- and medium-term outlooks for growth stocks have greatly improved in recent weeks. That’s because it appears that the Street has, at long last, realized that relatively small increases in interest rates don’t necessarily portend doom for all growth names. Providing evidence for this assertion, the interest on the ten-year Treasury Note had climbed
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The AdvisorShares Pure US Cannabis ETF (NYSEARCA:MSOS) has surged by nearly 30% year-to-date, showcasing the rejuvenated demand for cannabis stocks. Salient to the ETF’s year-to-date performance has been the increased popularity of high-beta securities. Moreover, many anticipate that marijuana will soon be downgraded to a Schedule II category substance from its current Schedule I status,
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Former president and 2024 Republican contender Donald Trump may potentially be in the hole for $355 million after losing his latest court case. But his newly announced line of Trump-branded sneakers is proving to be a financial hit, at least in the short term. Now, the question remains if the shoe will be a long-term
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European regulators are reportedly set to slap Apple Inc. with a fine of more than $500 million, saying the tech giant unfairly hindered its music-streaming rivals. The Financial Times and Bloomberg News reported Sunday that European Commission antitrust regulators are preparing to impose a roughly $500 million euro ($539 million) fine against Apple AAPL, -0.84%,
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Dividend investing has proved to be among the most successful ways to accumulate wealth on Wall Street. Buying dividend stocks that grow their payout produces returns far above what non-dividend-paying stocks generate. Yet you should only buy those companies that can support their dividends. Southern Copper (NYSE:SCCO) just announced it was slashing its payout 20%.
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