Many residential real estate markets are still red hot. Significant home-sale gains are likely even if you’ve only owned your place for a relatively short time, and now have to sell. If you’ve owned for at least two years, you probably qualify for the lucrative federal income tax principal residence gain exclusion break. Under that
Novavax’s (NASDAQ:NVAX) coronavirus shot does not appear to be gaining nearly as much traction as I thought that it would at this point. Consequently, I’m not as bullish on NVAX stock as I was last month. While I still think that the shares can rally sharply in the medium-term and the long-term, I view the
As rising inflation takes a bite out of household purchasing power, these dividend ETFs could help mitigate the crisis. SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY): Features a healthy portfolio of relevant big blue chips. ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL): Geared toward established secular businesses, NOBL may prove resilient. iShares Core High Dividend ETF (HDV):
In this article IVZ Heavy trucks seen working at a nickel mining area in Soroako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Amid a boom in interest for electric vehicles, Invesco is betting that the metals required for EVs and the energy transition broadly will be a hot new area for investors.
A worker inspects a Boeing 737 MAX airliner at Renton Airport adjacent to the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington on November 10, 2020. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in early morning trading. Enphase Energy — Shares of the solar microinverter maker jumped more than 8% during
Generation Z (Gen Z) investors are not having a good year in the markets. According to Investor’s Business Daily and Apex Fintech Solutions, the top 10 holdings of Gen Z investors were down an average of 24.1% year-t0-date (YTD) through Mar. 31. Over the same three months, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) and
Affirm Holdings (AFRM) stock is off 70% from the end of the year, and down 48.6% from Feb. 10 when it released its December quarter results. Affirm provided an update on March 14, but essentially said operating losses would be only slightly worse at 11% to 13% of revenue. With higher interest rates from the
A spinoff is created when a company forms some part of its operations into a separate entity and distributes shares in it tax free to shareholders of the parent company. The number of shares that a parent company shareholder receives is based on the number they own in the parent company. When a spinoff’s shares
A previous version of this report gave an incorrect date for the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee meeting in May. The story has been corrected. A view of the Nasdaq headquarters in Times Square, New York City, on April 6, 2022. MarketWatch/Kollmeyer U.S. stock futures were pointing to gains for Wall Street on Wednesday, with
3M Company (MMM): This dividend stock has been paying dividends to its shareholders for more than 100 years. AbbVie (ABBV): AbbVie has doubled its dividend over a span of seven years, after its spin-off from Abbot Laboratories. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ): The firm has raised its dividend for 60 consecutive years. Source: Shutterstock Dividend stocks
T-Mobile (NASDAQ:TMUS) is expected to report earnings for the first quarter before the morning bell on Wednesday. Here’s what to be looking for with TMUS stock. Analysts are projecting revenue of $20.1 billion, which would be an increase of 1.5% from a year ago. Earnings-per-share is expected to come in at 32 cents, which would
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, April 14, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Nasdaq 100 futures fell on Tuesday night after the major averages continued their April sell-off amid concerns of an economic slowdown. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 18 points, or 0.1%. S&P
AMC Entertainment (AMC) has demonstrated fitful price action lately. Wall Street seems to be ignoring positive news catalysts for the company. Investors should hold on for a bumpy but potentially profitable ride. Source: Ian Dewar Photography / Shutterstock Ever since the onset of Covid-19, global movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) has had its share of ups and
Snap (SNAP) earnings disappointed analysts. It now calls itself an “augmented reality company,” eschewing the social media label. Snap is husbanding cash as it waits out the social media firestorm. Investors should do the same. Source: franviser / Shutterstock.com Snap (NASDAQ:SNAP) missed earnings estimates but the stock has been surprisingly resilient. Shares went on a roller
Healthcare jobs topped the list of the highest-paying occupations, and the sector’s future is very bright. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment in healthcare occupations is projected to grow 16% from 2020 to 2030—adding about 2.6 million new jobs. This growth “is mainly due to an aging population, leading to greater
Dear Quentin, I am a retired 62-year-old woman. I was widowed in 2006 at the age of 46 and raised my two children (now 24 and 27) on my own. I used my husband’s life insurance money (about $500,000) to maintain our home, provide child care, and get both children through college without student loans.
McDonald’s Corp (NYSE:MCD) — People eat fast food in a recession; pays a 2.21% yield with good dividend growth Target (NYSE:TGT) — a growing retailer with good cash flow; pays a stable dividend with a 1.49% yield Walmart (NYSE:WMT) — A discount retailer attractive to buyers, with a 1.43% yield, and a growing dividend The Proctor
In this article SHW GE WM WBD SEAS A General Electric (GE) sign is seen at the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 6, 2019. Aly Song | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. General Electric — Shares slid more than 11% despite the industrial company reporting
Social media giant Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) made headlines on Monday when the company agreed to a deal with Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Elon Musk to buy out the company and take it private. After much deliberation, Twitter accepted Musk’s offer to takeover the company with a $44 billion dollar all-cash deal. That valued TWTR stock at $54.20 per
It has been more than three weeks since the NYSE American Exchange sent Camber Energy (NYSEAMERICAN:CEI) a letter saying that it wasn’t compliant with the exchange’s continued listing standards. Fortunately for owners of CEI stock, the company was able to get an extension until May 20. While the share price took a hit after the