The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule stand upright on the launchpad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center ahead of the Demo-2 launch. Elon Musk’s SpaceX denounced a subpoena from the Department of Justice for its corporate hiring records, saying in a court filing that the investigation by the federal agency’s Immigrant and Employee
The logos of Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok displayed on a computer screen. Denis Charlet | AFP via Getty Images Is it time for an ETF that measures hype? Measuring the buzz around stocks mentioned in social media is all the rage. Now there’s an exchange-traded fund for that. The Van Eck Vectors
A worker wearing a protective mask boxes a pizza inside a Costco store in San Francisco, California, on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hiring likely improved in February as more of the economy reopened, but winter weather could have hampered some activity. Economists expect to see 210,000 payrolls
Contrarian investors seeking to capitalize on stock market declines can profit during a bear market using an inverse exchange-traded fund (ETF). A bear market is typically defined as a situation where securities prices fall 20% or more from recent highs amid widespread investor pessimism. The spread of COVID-19 and its effect on investor sentiment triggered a
Brian Hamilton gives us two growth and income stocks for 2018. Triton International: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/TRTN?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID KLA Tencor: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/KLAC?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch
Recently, the markets witnessed a relatively sharp correction. But there were some stocks that remained resilient. For example, Altria (NYSE:MO) has returned 7.3% in the last one month. On the other hand, stocks like Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) significantly underperformed, delivering negative returns of 23.5% in the same period. Similarly, Canadian Solar (NASDAQ:CSIQ) delivered -26.7%. Yet, all
In late September, you could have purchased shares in Bionano Genomics (NASDAQ:BNGO) for a mere 27 cents a share. The company had been mostly marginalized on Wall Street. But things would suddenly change in a very big way. BNGO stock would go on to soar to a high of $15.69. Source: Connect world / Shutterstock.com
After Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) was left for dead by many investors and pundits last year, the company’s recent fourth-quarter earnings conference call shows that the company is very much alive. Actually, I think that Nikola looks positioned to benefit tremendously from the “green” revolution, making NKLA stock very much worth buying. Source: Stephanie L Sanchez /
Chinese tourists wear masks as protection from the pollution outside the Forbidden City during a day of high pollution in Beijing, China. Getty Images Sustainable investing is taking off in Asia-Pacific as institutional investors accelerated their environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments during the coronavirus pandemic last year. ESG investing prioritizes a company’s positive contributions
American Eagle clothing and accessories retailer American Eagle store seen in Tokyo. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Light Rocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Wednesday: American Eagle Outfitters – The clothing company’s stock jumped 4.2% on the back of better-than-expected results for the fourth quarter. American
Investors looking to enjoy the touch, feel and security of owning gold may wish to buy gold bars instead of intangible investments such as gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Physical, investment-grade gold, also referred to as gold bullion, can be purchased at spot price, which is the price of un-fabricated gold plus additional costs, which vary
Nano Dimension (NASDAQ:NNDM), an Israeli biotech firm with just $400,000 in revenue in its last quarter, has raised over $1.4 billion in the past six months. The company seems to be in the business of raising cash through equity offerings. Now the market has caught on and its cash-raising business could be over for NNDM stock.
The commercial got a lot of attention when it aired during the Super Bowl. And it was definitely funny. Source: Shutterstock It just wasn’t exactly accurate. You probably saw the commercial. It featured well-known actor and comedian Will Ferrell, who was absolutely enraged because “Norway is out EVing us”… meaning beating us in electric vehicles.
One of the big mistakes I made in my own portfolio was to sell Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) stock. Source: ilzesgimene / Shutterstock.com It happened in late 2017 when I was looking to raise cash. I sold my shares at $163. Now they’re trading at roughly twice that amount. I have nothing against Costco. I love
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday he anticipates a ferocious travel recovery from the Covid pandemic, a development that would have significant implications for companies with exposure to the industry and for the U.S. economy overall. “It’s going to be a boom here in this country, and I don’t think people are ready for it,” Cramer
Shoppers enter a Michaels store in Miami, Florida. Scott McIntyre | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Rocket Companies – The online mortgage provider’s stock dropped close to 20% after a surprise rally in the previous session as analysts urged caution in the heightened speculative trading in the
The creation of stock market rules often comes after a big event happens. Some examples include the stock market crash of 1929 — which led to the wide-ranging federal securities laws — and the financial crisis of 2009. For the most part, regulators are reactive — there is usually not much effort to anticipate what
Ordinarily, a tenth anniversary is a cause for celebration and reflection. But there were hardly any encomiums for bitcoin, which celebrated the tenth anniversary of its introduction to the world in 2018. Satoshi Nakamoto, who authored the whitepaper that introduced bitcoin to the world, is supposed to have created the digital currency in 2008 in
There’s a simple problem with questioning the number of overvalued stocks in this market. For several years now, the same stocks that looked far too expensive have generally continued to rally. Shopify (NYSE:SHOP), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and of course Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) are a few examples. Many SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies) saw big pops after announcing
When I first got the editorial nod to discuss MicroVision (NASDAQ:MVIS), I initially thought that this was my first time writing about the company. Turns out, I had mentioned MVIS stock as one of the top micro-capitalization plays for 2017. Source: Shutterstock Yes, those were some good times. Back when I first wrote about the