Ramin Talaie | Bloomberg | Getty Images GameStop is popping again after a wild session, pushing the stock back above $100 briefly, but short sellers betting against the videogame retailer are nowhere near letting up. Shares of GameStop last jumped more than 20% to around $92 in premarket trading on Tuesday after hitting triple digits
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116.48 The current reading of the Investopedia Anxiety Index is well above neutral indicating a very high level of anxiety. Markets Today Global markets are surging this morning as Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the country has given him regulatory approval for the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine that he says was successfully used on his
Matteo Colombo | DigitalVision | Getty Images For most investors these days, it’s literally a “PIPE dream.” PIPEs, or private investments in public equity, are mechanisms for companies to raise capital from a select group of investors outside the market. But as PIPEs are increasingly being deployed in conjunction with a surge in SPAC mergers,
In 1958, Cuba was an investment powerhouse. Their workers were paid the eighth highest wages in the world, and the country’s per-capita income exceeded that of Austria and Japan. It was such a hot expat destination that more Americans lived there than Cubans in America. The golden days passed, however, when Fidel seized power, and
People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in lower Manhattan on October 02, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Parts of the market are in bubbles, but they are unlikely to take the overall market down with them when they pop, according to Goldman Sachs. The Wall Street firm
How Do You Use Enterprise Value to Compare Companies? Enterprise value (EV) is an indicator of how the market attributes value to a firm as a whole. Enterprise value is a term coined by analysts to discuss the aggregate value of a company as an enterprise rather than just focusing on its current market capitalization
Kacper Pempel | REUTERS Cryptocurrency-related crime fell last year to a small fraction of overall trading volume. But some targeted hacks boomed as criminals exploited people working from home during the pandemic. Last year, illicit activity made up 0.34% of all cryptocurrency transaction volume, according to a report from blockchain data firm Chainalysis. That was
Actually, both the President and Congress do. In the United States, fiscal policy is directed by both the executive and legislative branches. In the executive branch, the two most influential offices in this regard belong to the President and the Secretary of the Treasury, although contemporary presidents often rely on a council of economic advisers
A woman is reflected in a puddle as she passes a Bank of America branch in New York’s Times Square. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The Democrats officially control the Presidency, Senate and House, yet Wall Street appears to be largely unphased. According to data from LPL Financial, the S&P 500 delivered its highest Inauguration Day
Certificates of deposit (CDs) are popular safe-haven investments for people looking for a steady return that isn’t tied to stock market performance. But taxes due on the yield from a CD can take a bite out of an investor’s returns since they’re taxed as interest income. A CD is typically issued by a bank or
Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, at the Goldman Sachs U.S. Financial Services Conference on December 4, 2018. Michael Newberg | CNBC Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan is awarding nearly all of his 212,505 employees a bonus for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. Staffers in the U.S. who earn $100,000 or less
LLC vs. S Corporation: An Overview Before you start your own business, you have to decide, by law, the legal formation you want for your business. New business owners are confronted with a common debate: LLC vs. S Corp. What are the differences? How will each structure impact your business? An LLC is a limited
Medicines for dogs from Elanco (above) and Bayer (below) are available in an animal shelter on the treatment table of a veterinarian. Frank Rumpenhorst | picture alliance | Getty Images Company: Elanco Animal Health Inc. (ELAN) Business: Elanco is an animal health company that develops, manufactures and markets products for companion and food animals. The company provides
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) reports that more than 80 million taxpayers use paid professionals to complete and submit their tax returns. If you’re one of them, it is important to organize your receipts, forms, and other documents well before tax time. Your preparer may take information directly from you or ask you to complete a
Wall Street’s most hated stock GameStop surged again on Friday as the massive short squeeze continued to fuel its explosive rally. The video game stock soared as much as 69.4% to a high of $72.88 on Friday, bringing its gains to over 100% this week alone. Trading in the stock was briefly halted due to
Turnover and Mutual Fund Quality Mutual fund turnover is calculated as the value of all transactions (buying, selling) divided by two, then divided by a fund’s total holdings. Essentially, mutual fund turnover typically measures the replacement of holdings in a mutual fund and is commonly presented to investors as a percentage over a one year period.
A Starlink user terminal attached to the roof of a building. SpaceX SpaceX has launched more than 1,000 of its Starlink high-speed internet satellites to date and, as it seeks regulatory approval in other countries, Elon Musk’s company is now offering early public access to the service in Canada and the U.K. “Earlier this month
When interest rates are low, there’s usually a big rush to refinance mortgages. But some homeowners hold back on scoring a lower interest rate because of the cost of refinancing. Realizing the savings from refinancing generally means staying in a home long enough to recoup the money spent on closing costs. But there’s a silver
Billionaire global investor Barry Sternlicht said Thursday he’s concerned about the long-term viability of current conditions in the stock market, warning that some aspects feel reminiscent of the dot-com bubble back in the 1990s. “I don’t think we’re having a problem in the stock market near term,” Sternlicht said on “Squawk Box.” “The stimulus is
During the election campaign, President Joe Biden proposed a tax plan that departs significantly from the policies and major tax reductions enacted during the Trump presidency. The Biden plan would increase tax rates for individuals whose incomes are $400,000 and higher as well as for corporations which also would be subject to a new minimum tax