With the Fed signaling oversized rate hikes for longer is the likely trajectory moving forward, it is understandable why investors are looking for stocks to sell rather than stocks to buy. Consumer spending continues to rise, and inflation refuses to go down. Moreover, the jobs market is surprisingly strong despite recent rate hikes, with unemployment
So far, it hasn’t exactly been a chip-tastic year for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD). However, there’s a major event taking place on Nov. 1, and you’ll want to mark your calendars. You could even prepare yourself for quick potential gains — and you’d be joining some famous firms if you take a long position in AMD
Gold prices ended higher Tuesday, recovering some of their recent losses, after posting a seventh straight monthly decline in October. Price action Gold for December delivery GC00, +0.57% GCZ22, +0.57% rose $9, or nearly 0.6%, to settle at $1,649.70 an ounce on Comex. The yellow metal suffered its seventh straight monthly fall in October based
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Abiomed (ABMD) – Abiomed stock soared 51.6% in premarket trading after agreeing to be acquired by Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in a nearly $16.6 billion deal. J&J will pay $380 per share for the maker of heart, lung and kidney treatments, and will
After a more than three-fold run higher between late 2020 and mid-2022, the market has cooled on Livent (NYSE:LTHM) stock. Shares in this leading provider of lithium compounds has traded sideways lately. Both analysts and investors hold a lukewarm view of LTHM stock at present as a result of uncertainties over the future direction of lithium
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) stock was down by an eye-watering 29% over the last five days. Apparently, financial traders weren’t pleased with the company’s sizable spending plans for fiscal 2023. It also didn’t help that Meta Platforms indicated higher spending as well as lower revenue and income during 2022’s third quarter. None of this bodes well
From Lizzo to Ralphie to Harry Potter, HBO Max will be stuffed with familiar names in November. One of Max’s freshest comedies, “The Sex Lives of College Girls” (Nov. 17), returns for its second season, dropping two new episodes every week. Created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble (who also teamed on Netflix’s “Never Have
In this article GT HOLX IDXX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A customer waits for his car at the garage of Avis Budget Group at the San Francisco airport. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Avis Budget Group – Shares of the budget
Chinese stocks have been beaten down in recent months. However, the broad group of China-based U.S.-listed stocks has taken another turn downward, reacting poorly to the recently-completed National Chinese Party Congress. Held from Oct. 16 to Oct. 22, 2022, the Party Congress saw many new President Xi Jinping allies added. When this meeting of high-ranking
Are you ready to hold shares of an unloved company through a make-or-break event? If so, then you have an opportunity right now. That’s because neo-banking firm SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) is set to report its third-quarter earnings results on the morning of Nov. 1. Everybody and their uncle seems to be pessimistic on SOFI stock, and that’s
The omicron sublineages named BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 continued to spread in the U.S. in the week through Oct. 29, accounting for 27.1% of new cases nationwide, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. The two accounted for 42.5% of all cases in the New York region, which includes New Jersey, Puerto Rico and
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Wynn Resorts (WYNN) – Investor Tilman Fertitta has taken a 6.1% stake in the resort operator, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing. Wynn shares rallied 4.2% in premarket action. Petrobras (PBR) – The Brazilian state-run oil company’s shares slid 8.5% in
Everyone defines “boring stocks” differently, and everyone has their own ideas about criteria for the best boring stocks. For example, I consider Mexican cement producer Cemex to be an incredibly dull stock. However, if you are in the construction industry, Cemex’s products aren’t dull; actually, they’re vital to your livelihood and well-being. So rather than
It’s time to reconsider strategies and identify growth stocks to sell. For many years, growth stocks were the key to building a top-performing portfolio. Investing in profitable growth stocks meant oversized returns and was a winning strategy. But with the market sagging through all of 2022, all of that has changed. Put simply, a growth
Despite all the uncertainty and volatility, now may be the ideal time to check out some of the biggest marijuana stocks. These companies have experienced rapid growth as more states have legalized cannabis for medicinal and recreational use. And the popularity of this industry will only grow from here. One thing to look for when
Getting that blue checkmark on Twitter may be soon be expensive. One of Elon Musk’s first projects as owner of Twitter Inc. will be to turn Twitter Blue, the social network’s $4.99-a-month subscription plan, into a $19.99-a-month plan that exclusively verifies users, according to a report Sunday by The Verge. The news was first reported
[Editor’s note: “Finding the Best Stocks to Buy Amid Market Volatility” was previously published in October 2022. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] It’s been a crazy year in the markets, huh? But what if I told you that all this craziness is actually creating the opportunity of the
With fears of a global recession rising, it’s probably best to consider targeting certain Nasdaq stocks to sell. Though the underlying technology-centric exchange brings several innovators to the table, many of these ideas don’t align with traditional strengths. In particular, some publicly traded companies feature the worst of both worlds: high risk and overvalued. Since
Hailing from Canada, Meta Materials (NASDAQ:MMAT) specializes in manufacturing functional materials known, appropriately enough, as metamaterials. This particular company also has a flourishing security segment. Moreover, Meta Materials has demonstrated exceptional revenue growth. Therefore, it’s definitely not too late to buy MMAT stock. Keep an eye on the company’s expenditures, however, and be sure to maintain
An unmarried Chicago man with no children, no living siblings, and no nieces or nephews quietly accumulated an $11 million estate over a long life, in large part through mutual-fund investing. In 2016, he died at home, with no will and no obvious heirs. Now, as reported by local news site Block Club Chicago, a