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So far in June, like most stocks, Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) has moved lower, even as the price of crude oil remains at elevated levels. Granted, crude oil has pulled back since climbing above $120 per barrel earlier this month, but the double-digit drop in OXY stock appears to be an overreaction to this and to

Since the federal holiday officially known as Juneteenth National Independence Day falls on Sunday, June 19, this year, it will be observed in many places on Monday, June 20. Juneteenth is a holiday that honors the last enslaved Black people learning they were free. As Juneteenth is now a federal holiday, there are several closures

Earnings season is winding down with the majority of companies listed in the S&P 500 index having already reported their financial results. However, their are still a few well-known names left to announce their earnings for the January through March period of this year. The results come amid extremely tough conditions with nearly all major

Dear Quentin, I read a letter from a reader last year who was suffering from crypto FOMO, and I have been following the crypto markets ever since. I felt like I missed the bus on Bitcoin, but now feel like my time has come. Is it time to go big or go home? I have

Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB), a leading platform that enables hosts to offer stays and experiences to guests worldwide, has made a 1-month rally of 6.75%. Airbnb has also entered its best period to report strong earnings: the summer. ABNB stock is down 41% in 2022, which brings us to the question of whether the stock is a

A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday gave its endorsement to both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for children below the age of five, the last group to be added to the vaccine program. The panel voted 21-0 that the benefits of Moderna’s  MRNA, -8.01%  two-dose vaccine for children between the ages

Soaring inflation, high interest rates and geopolitical tensions continue to drag down the broader market, most particularly growth stocks. Last week’s U.S. inflation data further spooked investors as the Consumer Price Index rose 8.6% year-over-year in May, marking the highest increase since December 1981. Several financial technology (fintech) stocks, which benefited from pandemic tailwinds, are

The crypto market is in chaos.   The latest crisis started Sunday with Celsius, one of the biggest crypto lending platforms, pausing all withdrawals, swaps and transfers between accounts. The company reportedly has hired restructuring attorneys to advise on possible solutions for its mounting financial problems, according to a Tuesday report by the Wall Street Journal. 

Headquartered in San Francisco, installment-payment broker Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) is also considered a specialist in the “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) niche market. As this market becomes increasingly crowded – and a famous tech company enters into the space – AFRM stock should be monitored but not owned. There’s nothing wrong with rooting for a small

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher start for Wall Street on Wednesday, as investors debated whether the Federal Reserve will later deliver the largest interest rate hike in 30 years. How are stock-index futures trading? S&P 500 futures ES00, +0.98% rose 0.8% to 3,769.75. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, +0.74% were up

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) is a classic example of a stock that many investors got interested in after COST stock saw a dip of around 20% in 2022. The company has consistent profitability, sales growth is strong and free cash flow generation is robust. But is COST stock a buy after reporting a strong third-quarter fiscal-year-2022

Dear Quentin,  There’s been a property in our family going back decades. It was actually split into four equal parts among the original owners, who have now all passed away. So the kids of the owners have the rights to the property. They each have 25%.  My grandma and her son (my uncle) were living

The Wall Street Journal analyzed the median pay at S&P 500 companies in 2021. It found that Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) paid out $295,884 in total compensation to its employees. That’s very good news for GOOG stock. How’s that, you might ask? Well, when you’ve got a tight employment market, the last thing you want to do

U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday, a day after entering a bear market ahead of what’s expected to be one of the biggest Federal Reserve interest rate hikes in decades. What’s happening Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average YM00, +0.07% rose 116 points, or 0.4%, to 30617. Futures on the S&P 500 ES00,

American tech investors tossed Chinese tech stocks like Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA), JD.com (NASDAQ:JD), and Pinduoduo (NASDAQ:PDD) away months ago. I kept a few Alibaba shares, but their value is down by half. Today, American tech stocks are also in a bear market. Money-losing stocks doing important work like Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) are down by more

Cryptocurrencies kicked off a new week with deep losses, extending weekend selling following surprisingly high U.S. inflation data and troubles for a major cryptocurrency lending platform. Bitcoin  BTCUSD, -13.61%  has slumped around 12% over the past 24 hours, last trading at levels not seen since late 2020 of around $24,228, with a low in that

Suffice it to say that Utah-headquartered Black Rifle Coffee (NYSE:BRCC) isn’t a run-of-the-mill coffee-shop chain. The company is ambitious and unique, with its focus on constitutionally protected freedoms. If you’re on board with the company’s vision and can handle some risk, then BRCC stock may be worth considering. Mainly, the risk comes from Black Rifle Coffee’s

U.S. companies continued to adjust their net income numbers in 2021 to exclude billions of dollars worth of items, according to a new report from financial data provider Calcbench. Just a few years after a Securities and Exchange Commission crackdown on the overuse of nonstandard accounting metrics, companies in the S&P 500 index resumed the practice in

Politicians don’t have a great reputation, especially these days. But some of them have had a good run with investing in stocks. This is a hot topic now because they have so many conflicts of interest. Their jobs most likely offer them unfair insider advantages, even if they don’t set out looking for them. Today,

U.S. stock-index futures sank Sunday after Wall Street’s worst week since January. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.67% fell more than 200 points, or 0.6%, late Sunday, while S&P 500 futures ES00, -1.06% and Nasdaq-100 futures NQ00, -1.62% posted declines of more than 1%. Prices of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies also slid over the