Elon Musk sold a large chunk of Tesla Inc. stock for the seventh straight day Tuesday, bringing him nearly halfway to his Twitter promise of selling 10% of his stake in the company. According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk exercised more of his options and sold more than 934,000 shares Tuesday,
The view from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Endeavour of the International Space Station, as well as the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience, as the capsule approached to dock on April 24, 2021. NASA TV The Russian military has destroyed a defunct satellite, showering low Earth orbit with shrapnel and causing astronauts to shelter on the
Employers generally provide term life insurance coverage for their employees, and the amount of coverage is typically some multiple of the employee’s annual salary. However, sometimes the amount of coverage that a company offers is insufficient, particularly if the employee has a large family or big financial liabilities. In those situations, supplemental life insurance can
In this article SOFI HOOD HD RIVN A shopper leaves a Home Depot with merchandise that she purchased on August 17, 2021 in Alexandria, Virginia. Alex Wong | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Home Depot — Shares of Home Depot jumped more than 5% after the home improvement retailer
Are you interested in tech stocks? Unfortunately, investors generally don’t think about small-cap tech stocks to buy. It’s probably why out of a list of 64 tech ETFs, only one has any focus on smaller companies. I’m talking about the Invesco S&P SmallCap Information Technology ETF (NASDAQ:PSCT), which has been around since April 2010. Yet,
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Merck (NYSE:MRK) stock was a good one to own. The performance of Merck stock matched that of the S&P 500, and it paid a steadily rising dividend. Source: Atmosphere1 / Shutterstock.com Since then, the obsession with growth and vaccines has told a different story. Over the last two years the average
You can make money playing penny shares like Progenity (NASDAQ:PROG) stock. Just get out while the getting is good. Source: PopTika / Shutterstock.com Progenity stock has been subject to a short squeeze since late September when it was selling below $1/share. It opened Nov. 16 at almost $4. As of late October, about 14% of
After months of trading sideways, EV battery maker Quantumscape (NYSE:QS) has seen a big jolt in its share price. Thanks to the passage of the U.S. infrastructure bill, and progress with setting up its manufacturing operations, QS stock is up over 71% in the past month. Source: Michael Vi/Shutterstock.com As this latest run-up wraps up,
The perfect inflation hedge hasn’t been found. That’s unfortunate, since U.S. inflation has taken a big jump, intensifying the search for an investment that will thrive during times of high inflation. A perfect inflation hedge should satisfy two distinct criteria, and no one yet has figured out how to construct an investment vehicle that does
In this article WMT CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday that Walmart shares should not be lower — characterizing the move as a Wall Street problem and not an indication of anything wrong with the retail giant’s quarterly results. Shares of Walmart opened down more than 1% and slid further on the notion that the company
Some people consider “early retirement” to mean leaving the workforce at age 55, but most of us do not take this path. Unless you’re lucky enough to have a full pension and benefits that kick in that early—such as full military retirement or from work as a police officer or firefighter—you’ll probably need to work
Pedestrians carry Macy’s shopping bags in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Economists predict a boom in October’s retail sales, aided by rising gasoline prices and early holiday shopping. Retail sales are expected to rise 1.5%, up from September’s 0.7% gain, according to economists
There’s a pretty good chance that you haven’t spent much of your time thinking about functional materials. As an enterprising investor, however, you could discover serious profit potential with Meta Materials (NASDAQ:MMAT), as MMAT stock offers pure-play exposure to this high-conviction market. Source: Yuriy Golub / Shutterstock.com To put it simply, meta materials are a
GameStop (NYSE:GME) stock is pulling back after its recent surge. But by-and-large, not much has changed for it. As with AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC), a core base of retail traders (“Apes,” as they sometimes call themselves) continue to hold onto their GME stock. Source: Shutterstock / mundissima To keep these investors happy and to remain in
Shares of online mobile multiplayer video game competition platform Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) stock are finally recovering, gaining 54% in the last month. After an excellent debut, the stock struggled and lost a lot of steam. But if it pulls back a little more, this looks like an excellent video game stock for your portfolio Source: NYCStock
Nearly a quarter of U.S. adults say they log on to Twitter TWTR, +1.34% for everything from news to sports to politics. But very few of those users are there to tweet. Most of the tweets on the social-media platform come from a minority of users, a new pair of reports from Pew Research Center
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Canada is famous for hockey and maple syrup, but it is also home to some of the world’s leading software companies. In fact, it is one of the leading countries for software development, and the software sector accounts for some of the biggest companies in Canada. Five of the largest Canadian software companies include Constellation
In this article TSLA CRWD DLTR Boeing 777, American Airlines. Massimo Insabato | Mondadori Portfolio | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Boeing — Shares of the jet maker jumped more than 5% after a company executive said Sunday it’s “getting close” to resuming deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner, after suspending
In potentially terrible news, Canadian cannabis producer Tilray (NASDAQ:TLRY) saw its stock fall by almost 7% on Nov. 10. Except for the energy sector in 2020, I don’t think there is any sector of the economy that’s suffered as many setbacks in recent years as the cannabis industry. But don’t count TLRY stock out yet,