The S&P 500 gapped up and held most of its gains throughout Monday’s session. The move comes on positive potential developments around the novel coronavirus. With that in mind, let’s look at a few top stock trades for Tuesday. Top Stock Trades for Tomorrow No. 1: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) continues
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Tesla’s rapid run higher, which has seen the shares gain nearly 400% this year, has left one notable investor confused. “I really can’t explain Tesla,” Joel Greenblatt, co-CIO at Gotham Asset Management, said Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “I think there’s a lot of speculation in the market and I think some of it’s there. I
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., waves while arriving on stage during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Apple — The company gained 2.2% in volatile trading, following last week’s strong rally that
Children’s entertainment company Genius Brands (NASDAQ:GNUS) went on a wild ride earlier this summer. GNUS stock rallied from less than 50 cents to a peak of more than $10 in share in June. Source: patat / Shutterstock.com At the time, traders rushed to call the company’s new Kartoon Channel app the Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) for kids. That comparison
From the time since exchange-traded funds (ETFs) first launched in the financial market, they have been widely viewed as a more liquid alternative to mutual funds. Not only could investors gain the same broad diversification that they could with indexed mutual funds, but they could also have the freedom to trade them during market hours. More
Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) is the world’s largest soft drink maker and it has one of the most recognizable brands of any company in any industry, but KO stock lacks sizzle and it has for some time. Source: Fotazdymak / Shutterstock.com Undoubtedly, there was a time when Coca-Cola was a cornerstone of many Americans’ portfolios. Should today’s
Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., holds up a Titan C CPU and GeForce GTX Titan X graphics card . David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stocks have delivered very impressive gains recently. Indeed, indexes are circling record levels, boosted by strong second quarter earning reports and reopening optimism. That’s despite
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Target (TGT) – Target earned $3.38 per share for the second quarter, substantially above the consensus estimate of $1.62 a share. The retailer’s revenue also beat forecasts, with comparable-store sales up 24.3% compared with a consensus FactSet estimate of a 7.6% increase. Target’s
Even if you’re a long-term, passive investor, you need to keep a wary eye on your holdings. Exhibit A? French drug maker Sanofi (NASDAQ:SNY). Source: nitpicker / Shutterstock.com A year ago, Sanofi was a slow if stable global pharma name, locked in a trading range of $40-$50. The dividend, paid annually, was a little unpredictable,
Readers of mine know that I’m very bullish on clean energy stocks, since I see the world in 2030 as one being populated with electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel cells and hydrogen/wind/solar power. But one obscure, small clean energy stock which I haven’t rung the bull horn on is FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL). That’s because in my
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Alibaba (BABA) – The China-based e-commerce giant reported better-than-expected profit and revenue for its fiscal first quarter, helped by a pandemic-related boost in online shopping. Alibaba had 874 mobile monthly active users in June, up 28 million from March. BJ’s Wholesale Club (BJ)
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Although there are several ways to measure the volatility of a given security, analysts typically look at historical volatility. Historical volatility is a measure of past performance; it is a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security over a given period of time. Because it allows for a more long-term assessment of risk, historical
For decades, oil-patch enthusiasts and income-focused investors have stuck by Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM). Much of the appeal of Exxon Mobil stock stems from the company’s willingness to maintain its generous dividend payouts quarter after quarter. Source: Shutterstock On the other hand, fluctuations in the oil price have caused Exxon Mobil stock to wobble. Even though
Since the pandemic began, I’ve been bullish on U.S. airline equities, including American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL), as I predicted that demand for flights in the U.S. this summer would far surpass the Street’s average estimates, but as summer starts to wind down it’s unclear that AAL stock is still a buy. Source: GagliardiPhotography / Shutterstock.com My
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Deere (DE) – The heavy equipment maker reported quarterly earnings of $2.57 per share, well above the consensus estimate of $1.26 a share. Revenue also came in above Wall Street forecasts and Deere raised its full-year outlook, although it said many uncertainties remain
Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) is proving to be a stable but undervalued company in the market today. In fact, VZ stock is worth at least 55% more than its price today using an analysis of its dividend yield, its own P/E ratio history, and a comparison with its peers. Source: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com The company
The last time I wrote about Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN), OCGN stock was up 34% only halfway through the month of January. Since then, a whole bunch of stuff happened, some of it good, some of it bad, none of it worthy of you betting the farm on the clinical-stage biopharma company. Source: luchschenF / Shutterstock.com Here’s
For some, the trading environment has never been better. For others, the days are starting to drag on as we slog through mid-August. With that in mind, let’s look at a few top stock trades for next week to see if we can get some momentum going — in one direction or the other. Top
John Deere combine harvesters sit on display during the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Deere — Shares of the farm-machinery company rose 4.7% on Friday after Deere beat Wall Street expectations on the top