Two of the investment company Vanguard’s most popular products are the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund (VTSAX) and the Vanguard 500 Index Fund (VFIAX). While both can function as suitable core holdings in a stock portfolio, the similar-sounding mutual funds pursue different investment strategies. As its name implies, the Total Stock Market Index Fund provides
NBA fans: Did you see Chris Paul this year? Source: monticello/ShutterStock.com You have a 36-year-old in his 16th NBA season who is supposed to be in the waning part of his career. This is when he’s supposed to be relaxing on the bench and providing moral and coaching support to the young bucks, for a
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In today’s episode of let’s talk stocks we are going to talk about 3 different ways to scale into and out of stocks, in order to reduce and manage your risk. We’ll cover topics such as, what is scaling, why should you scale, the advantages and disadvantages of scaling, as well as three different ways
Wall Street is paying close attention to developments in Washington D.C. as President Trump, trade talks, and the Fed continue to make headlines. Nevertheless, indexes are near all-time highs, and Ryan McQueeney has is eyes on two dividend-paying stocks: Caterpillar (CAT) and Sony (SNE). Caterpillar: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/CAT?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Sony: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/SNE?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID
Nokia (NYSE:NOK) is a leading firm in the telecommunications equipment industry. Its network business garners revenue from selling wireless and fixed-line hardware, software and services. Nokia’s technology segment licenses its patents to handset manufacturers and makes royalties from Nokia-branded cellphones. And NOK stock is international — the Finland-based company operates on a global scale, with
SpaceX stacks Starship prototype 20 on top of Super Heavy rocket Booster 4 on August 6, 2011. @elonmusk on Twitter Elon Musk’s SpaceX stacked a Starship prototype rocket on top of a Super Heavy rocket booster for the first time on Friday morning, giving a look at the scale of the combined nearly 400-foot-tall vehicle.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), July 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters With fresh evidence the labor market is on the mend, investors’ focus shifts to inflation in the coming week and whether it will continue to heat up or show signs of abating. There is a series
ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC) should be a wildly profitable investment. It isn’t one. The best trade on this stock over the last year was a short. If you borrowed shares to sell during its January and February run-up, you prospered after Archegos Capital collapsed. Source: Jer123 / Shutterstock.com Viacom shares started August 2 near the level they
As longtime readers know, I’m a huge electric vehicle (EV) stock bull. I’m 100% confident that electric vehicles will entirely replace gas-powered by cars by 2040, thanks to improving EV technology, falling battery costs, shifting consumer demand to eco-friendly products, and increasing supply of EVs. At this point, the EV Revolution is inevitable, and EV
In an equity valuation theory and practice, there are generally two valuation approaches: discounted cash flows (DCF) and comparables. The DCF Model The DCF model refers to a group of approaches that are also called “present value models.” These traditionally assume the value of an asset equals the present value of all future monetary benefits. This
Sales growth is nice but at some point, it has to translate into real profits or at least positive cash flow. Moreover, with a $37 billion market value, at some point investors will want to see something for their money. That’s the quandary Cloudflare (NASDAQ:NET) currently finds itself in following the release of its Q2
Each day more employers are telling employees they need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to work in person or risk being fired. On Thursday CNN revealed it had fired three unvaccinated employees for violating the company’s vaccine requirement for in-person workers, according to an internal memo signed by Jeff Zucker, the cable network’s president, and
In-line with my previous, bullish assessments of Nokia (NYSE:NOK), the company recently reported very strong second-quarter results. As a result, NOK stock is close to reaching its highest levels in over five years. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com I remain upbeat on Nokia’s new chips, the company’s CEO, who was hired last August, and its opportunities.
Traders at the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE The market is churning at record levels as Covid fears ramp up and political uncertainty swirls, but there are still buying opportunities for investors. On Tuesday, Stephanie Link of Hightower Advisors, Josh Brown of Ritholtz Wealth Management, investor Pete Najarian and I joined Scott Wapner on
In this article ZG DIDI DKNG WEED-CA NVAX GCI Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Canopy Growth (CGC) – The Canadian cannabis producer’s shares rose 1.9% premarket after it posted an unexpected quarterly profit on rising marijuana demand and cost cuts. The gain comes even as revenue falls short of Wall Street
Many AT&T (NYSE:T) investors may wonder whether it’s time to cash out, as the company is anticipated to cut its dividends. But I’m urging investors to rethink their stance, as there’s a very good reason behind the dividend cut, which could benefit investors after considering the capital gains versus dividend income tradeoff. In addition, investors
Putting it simply, Vinco Ventures (NASDAQ:BBIG) is the kind of penny stock that’s a hard pass in normal market conditions. But, of course, what we have seen play out in the past year has been anything but normal. With phenomena like “meme stock madness,” rolling the dice on something like BBIG stock has become a
Investors seeking exposure to the Hong Kong stock market might consider exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Hong Kong has long thrived as a global financial center and open capitalist economy, and it largely has continued to do so since it became a semi-autonomous region of China in 1997. Beijing initially allowed Hong Kong to maintain its Western-style
Over recent publications, I’ve been generally skeptical about QuantumScape (NYSE:QS). Although the company has groundbreaking potential for its research and development of solid-state batteries (SSBs), putting your money into the mix is another matter. But eventually, even something as disappointing as QS stock may get its day in the sun. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com