Hospitals are facing staffing shortages made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, and Wall Street analysts are increasingly concerned that the shortage of health care workers could cut into hospital margins.. “The rise in COVID-19 cases due to the delta variant continues to exacerbate the shortage of hospital workers, hampering recruitment and retention, driving up wages
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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) used to pay a consistent dividend and also buy back its own shares. However, for the past year and a half, since the end of 2019, it stopped returning capital to its shareholders. It’s now clear that DIS stock has not done very well as a result of this decision.
A lagging recovery in consumer spending has led economists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to cut their economic growth forecasts for the U.S. for 2021 and 2022, according to reports Sunday. In a note Sunday, a Goldman GS, +0.56% team led by Jan Hatzius forecast 2021 growth of 5.6%, down from a previous outlook of
Globalstar (NYSEAMERICAN:GSAT) has been on a roller coaster ride so far in 2021. GSAT stock, a satellite communications and internet-of-things (IoT) play, zoomed from 34 cents to just over $2.50 per share during February’s “meme stock” mania. Source: NicoElNino / Shutterstock.com Then, in the spring — as this trend cooled — shares dipped back to around
How would you like to earn a guaranteed 6.7% or more on your money without taking any risk? Although it sounds too good to be true, that’s exactly the opportunity that will be offered on Nov. 1. The investment? Series I savings bonds. I bonds are 30-year bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury, which are available to
Believe it or not, the hottest hypergrowth industry in the world right now is one that not many folks on Wall Street are chatting about, and that’s the Buy Now, Pay Later market. Source: Shutterstock Buy Now, Pay Later – or BNPL – is a relatively new type of digital fintech product that allows folks
Many Women Remain on Labor-Market Sideline Many have yet to return to the labor market, acting as a check against stronger job growth, and some who did return haven’t been able to remain in the job as the Delta variant of Covid-19 disrupted their plans. Oct. 9, 2021 at 9:20 a.m. ET by Danny Dougherty
Joby Aviation (NASDAQ:JOBY) stock is down 31% since emerging from a SPAC deal with Reinvent Technology Partners on Aug. 11. That makes sense, because Joby is a “pre-revenue” company. Investors have nothing to judge JOBY stock by except plans, sponsors and a prototype. Source: T. Schneider / Shutterstock.com The company intends to deliver an electric
Coal is filthy — it releases carbon when burned. So that’s not the answer. But we still rely on it for about 20% of our electricity, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Natural gas is cleaner and produces about 40% of our juice. But even this fuel is “a massive source of carbon
Editor’s note: This column is part of InvestorPlace.com’s Best Stocks for 2021 contest. Louis Navellier’s pick for the contest is Fiverr International (NYSE:FVRR) stock. FVRR stock has been struggling of late, but the core reason is somewhat ironic. It’s because the pandemic is fading. Source: by InvestorPlace The U.S. added just 194,000 jobs in September, while the lowest
Apple Inc. appealed a federal judge’s ruling in Epic Games Inc.’s antitrust lawsuit against the proprietor of the App Store on Friday, and is seeking to avoid allowing app developers to guide consumers to other payment options as the judge commanded. Apple AAPL, -0.27% in particular is appealing an injunction from the decision that lets
Investors in Nashville-based SmileDirectClub (NASDAQ:SDC) entered the fourth quarter with a highly volatile stock in their portfolios that has lost over half of its value so far this year. The 52-week range for SDC stock has been $4.63 – $16.08, and the shares are now hovering around $6.50. Source: Helen89 / Shutterstock.com SmileDirectClub stock has
Asset valuations “appear elevated” relative to historic norms, the Bank of England said Friday in its financial policy committee report. “Following the Covid shock, central banks cut interest rates and undertook asset purchases to support economic activity and prevent an unwarranted tightening of financial conditions for corporates and households. Since then, risky asset prices have
Bionano Genomics (NASDAQ:BNGO) has turned into a bear of a meme play. But is there a chance for bullish DNA to be reproduced in BNGO stock? Source: Natali_ Mis/ShutterStock.com Let’s check in with what’s happening off and on the price chart of BNGO stock, then offer a risk-adjusted determination aligned with those findings. At a singular
Tesla Inc. is officially moving its headquarters to the Austin, Texas, area, Chief Executive Elon Musk told investors on Thursday. This doesn’t mean the electric vehicle-maker TSLA, +1.39% would leave California entirely, Musk said. It plans to continue to expand since its Fremont, Calif., factory has been “jammed” for some time, he said. “It’s tough
A few months ago, I expressed some concerns about Lordstown Motors (NASDAQ:RIDE) stock and suffice to say, it was not well received. Source: Postmodern Studio / Shutterstock.com I could understand why. Even though the criticisms I received regarding my take on RIDE stock did not involve this admission, the reality is that no one likes
Inflation and supply issues are among the buzziest words on Wall Street as the third-quarter earnings reporting season approaches, with investors waiting to see which companies were the best at managing surging cost pressures and shipping disruptions. UBS strategists believe one of the best ways to deal with these headwinds is for a company to
Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:GREE) recently went public via a reverse merger on Sept. 15. Ever since then, GREE stock has lost more than 50% of its price. It currently trades around $25. Source: Shutterstock The reverse merger gave shareholders 115 shares of GREE stock for every 1,000 shares of Support.com stock they held. On
Camber Energy Inc. shares jumped more than 30% in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the energy company disclosed it has no plans for a reverse stock split after a volatile couple of weeks of trading. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the market closed Wednesday, the oil-and-gas company said that a sudden
On any given day, InvestorPlace could have several articles on the same stock but with quite different outlooks. So it is with the suggestion, from early September, from Faizan Farooque that ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) has all the makings of a multi-bagger. He believes investors should buy WISH stock on the dips. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com Divergent opinions