Medical syringes are seen with Moderna company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 12, 2020. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Energizer Holdings (ENR) – The maker of batteries and other consumer products reported
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It’s dangerous to buy dividend stocks solely for their high yields. Even a cursory look at recent performance shows the risk. Widely-held names like IBM (NYSE:IBM), AT&T (NYSE:T), and Altria (NYSE:MO) for years have seemed attractive due to dividend yields that often cleared 5%. All three stocks have seen steady declines for years now. To
On Monday, Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) announced a breakthrough in its search for a novel coronavirus vaccine. The company’s candidate — developed in partnership with Biontech (NASDAQ:BNTX) — has now reached 90% efficacy in preventing the disease in healthy volunteers. Needless to say, this news came as a bolt out of the blue. Prior to the big announcement,
As a hypergrowth investor, I spend a large portion of my time analyzing emerging small-cap stocks that could turn into the “next big thing.” I’m constantly searching for big 10X winners and the next Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). Source: Shutterstock Indeed, I’ve found more than a few 10X winners. Like Advanced Micro
The stock market is consolidating today following its big rally on Monday, which saw the S&P 500 and Dow surge to new record highs on massive volume. As I said in Tuesday’s Market360, the rally was a “mean reversion” rally and a big shift out of growth and into value. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com The good
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday he believes some on Wall Street have become too optimistic about the market in the face of surging coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, suggesting investors will find better entry points into stocks. “I think there’s too many people who are positive. I think you let it come in a little,” Cramer
In my 23 years as on-air stocks correspondent for CNBC, I’ve been asked many questions by strangers, but most of them boil down to some variant of “What do you think is going to happen to the markets?” Remarkably, almost no one (OK, maybe one in a hundred) ever ask what I would consider
Chuck Robbins, CEO, Cisco Systems, speaking at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. Check out the companies making headlines after hours on Thursday: Cisco Systems — Cisco shares rallied nearly 9% in after-hours trading on the back of better-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter. The company reported earnings per share of
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) stock gained 12.7% in trading Monday. But that gain is not nearly enough to offset what has been a truly stunning decline. Source: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Even with the rally, XOM stock has lost 47% of its value so far in 2020. The S&P 500 has gained more than 10%. Obviously,
Workhorse (NASDAQ:WKHS) delivered some positive news in conjunction with its recently unveiled third-quarter results. The upbeat developments, however, do not come close to justifying the still-huge valuation of WKHS stock. Concerns include accusations of quality issues and the lack of clarity of the company’s outlook. Source: Photo from WorkHorse.com In a nutshell, Workhorse announced, in
Fisker Inc (NYSE:FSR) closed its merger with a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) on Oct. 30 and started trading under its own symbol. FSR stock now looks like a winner since it received a number of benefits at the close of that transaction. Source: Shutterstock For one, the company says that it received “in excess
The media likes to focus on Zoom Video (NASDAQ:ZM) as its poster child of a novel coronavirus stock winner. But Overstock.com (NASDAQ:OSTK) has quietly eclipsed the tech platform’s shares, with OSTK stock rising more than six-fold year-to-date, 40% more than Zoom. Source: Burdun Iliya / Shutterstock.com Unfortunately, that’s not any consolation to recently buyers. OSTK
Stock’s are surging on Monday on news of a 90% effective Covid-19 vaccine and CNBC’s Jim Cramer said investors should be excited about what the scientific breakthrough means for everyday life and the stock market. “If you think about where we were last week, where we felt that there was very little chance to be able to stop this
The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Lyft — Shares of the ride hailing company rose more than 3% after executives said Lyft expects to become EBITDA profitable by the fourth quarter of 2021 even if there’s a slower than hoped-for recovery. The company
In today’s episode of let’s talk stocks, we’re going to take a look at the overall market. I’m going to share with you some insights on why this could be an early bear market. And we are going to review some current stock charts and their behavior. Some of the charts we’ll take a look
If there were one word to describe 2020, “volatile” would be an appropriate description. The coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy. The broader economy remains in a highly uncertain position. With this backdrop, investors may want to position their portfolios to be less volatile moving forward by investing in low-beta stocks. Low-beta stocks
Naked Brand Group (NASDAQ:NAKD) stock has left its shareholders feeling a stiff chill. Since 2015, adjusting for reverse splits, NAKD stock has plummeted from $2,000 per share to just 7 cents today. That’s a greater than 99.9% wipeout of value. Source: Shutterstock After this sort of plunge, you might think that there’d be value, or at
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) stock surged by nearly 10% after Election Day 2020, as Democrats failed to materialize a blue wave. That jibes with investor concerns heading into the election, which were fueled by worries a Democrat-controlled government would install sweeping reform across the Big Tech landscape. Bad news for Facebook stock, right? Source: Cryptographer / Shutterstock.com
From a bird’s-eye view, DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) is a name that you’ll want to own for the long haul. With sports returning back to the forefront after the novel coronavirus initially disrupted major professional leagues, DKNG stock has clear upside ahead, and a growing consumer base to boot. Source: Lori Butcher/Shutterstock.com According to data from The
I knew the day was coming, even if an effective vaccine would be announced shortly (which it was), my most “normal” activity, playing tennis, was, again, going to succumb to Covid-19 protocols. The virus has been surging in my state, with daily cases up over tenfold compared to where they were in June. Finally, the decree