Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Travelers (TRV) – The insurance company reported quarterly earnings of $4.91 per share, well above the consensus estimate of $3.18 a share. Revenue matched Street forecasts. Travelers benefited from lower catastrophe claims, a record 8.4% jump in renewal premiums, and strong underwriting results.
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If you’re not in the financial industry, it’s impossible to know all of the terms or “lingo,” but some terms are worth learning. Having knowledge of what a fiduciary is will not only impress your friends at a party, but it will also help you understand what you should expect from your broker. Key Takeaways
Over the long-term, being bullish is the way to go. However, that doesn’t mean investors should buy anything and everything at any price. DoorDash (NYSE:DASH) is a great example of that concept. While DoorDash stock isn’t the worst in the world, investors can do much better. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com The business is benefiting
Shares of Disney (NYSE:DIS) stock have grown by an impressive 45% in the past six months. It also ended the year on a high with a 25% increase in its shares for 2020. Source: ilikeyellow / Shutterstock.com However, what’s surprising is that the company is coming off one of its most challenging years in recent
The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is usually held in Las Vegas. This year, the tech industry’s premier event went virtual. Perhaps the most important keynote of CES 2021 was given by Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) CEO Lisa Su. She gave notice that AMD is not finished with the astonishing run that has seen AMD
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing in Washington, DC, U.S., September 24, 2020. Drew Angerer | Reuters There likely will be no nasty tweets in the middle of the night excoriating the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. Nor will its officials be
United Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner landing in London Heathrow International airport in England, UK. Nicolas Economou | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: United Airlines — Shares of the airline dipped more than 2% in extended trading on Wednesday after missing on the top and bottom lines of
Insurance agents and financial advisors have been investing their clients’ retirement money in annuities for decades. That practice has its detractors, with the criticism usually focusing on the high commissions paid to annuity salespeople and stiff fees charged to annuity owners year after year. Here’s a rundown of the pros and cons of annuities, compared
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) stock is quirky. So is the Denver-based software company. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Investors who march to the beat of their drummer, the type of people who create their fashion trends much to the horror of their friends and family, might be tempted to buy PLTR stock to prove the naysayers wrong.
With the novel coronavirus pandemic, many healthcare stocks came under pressure last year. This was especially the case for those organizations that provided discretionary procedures or therapies. And while things should get much better this year, the industry is facing something else: a change in federal leadership. The Biden Administration is likely to be more
When inflation rears its head, the first thing analysts do is rush to buy Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT). Source: Shutterstock Caterpillar makes big trucks, excavators, and other industrial machines. Inflation makes the things its machines move more valuable, so companies buy more those machines. Analysts recommend CAT stock. That’s how it’s supposed to work. Sure enough, just
Out of the innovations that have sprouted in recent years, lidar arguably offers the most profound change for our society. Over time, the platform can pave the way for true transportation autonomy, a realm that previously only existed in science fiction. And Luminar Technologies (NASDAQ:LAZR) has made impressive progressive in this arena, driving up interest
On today’s show, Jack Mallers talks to us about all the breakthroughs with the Bitcoin lightning network and how it will disrupt the payment clearing houses. Also Jack talks about his company Strike & how it’s allowing NFL superstar Russell Okung to receive half his salary in Bitcoin. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: – Why
An 8500 series oil rig ENSCO Elon Musk’s SpaceX bought two deepwater oil rigs last year and is converting them into floating launchpads, to support the enormous Starship rockets that the company is developing. The rigs are in the Port of Brownsville, near SpaceX’s Starship development facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The rigs have been
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about his plan to administer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to the U.S. population during a news conference at Biden’s transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, January 15, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Biden agenda is expected to result in a faster-growing economy, a stronger stock market and higher interest rates
“America is an idea … It instills in every person in this country the belief that no matter where you start in life, there’s nothing you can’t achieve if you work at it.” Joseph R. Biden, April 25, 2019 On Jan. 20, 2021, Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., known to most people as Joe Biden or
FuboTV’s (NYSE:FUBO) value for most consumers is questionable, making the longer-term outlook of FUBO stock appear to be negative. Source: Lori Butcher/ShutterStock.com fuboTV has two main problems. First, it does not appear to be meaningfully cheaper than traditional paid TV options, including cable satellite, and Fios from Verizon (NYSE:VZ) or Frontier (OTC:FTRCQ). Secondly, Fubo’s biggest
Carrying the momentum of the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) into 2021, Newborn Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:NBAC) is the latest such vehicle to draw considerable investor interest. Assuming the merger goes through, Newborn will become Nuvve Corporation, an innovative firm that specializes in vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology that can potentially bring electric vehicles (EVs) into the mainstream.
Back in 2011, Morgan Stanley’s head auto analyst Adam Jonas made a bold call which made many other analysts on Wall Street chuckle. He said that the nascent and largely unproven electric vehicle market – which, at the time, accounted for less than 0.1% of global passenger car sales – was going to explode higher
Some investors — usually referred to as income investors — specifically set out to buy securities that pay them even before stock price appreciation. But they’re not looking for just any dividend stocks. Income investors typically want to buy high-yielding, reliable stocks. And while the dividend yield is certainly an important consideration, investors can also