As Covid-19 cases spike across the nation, American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) stock is in for a bumpy ride in 2021. However, investors have good reason to remain confident in the company’s imminent comeback once we put the pandemic behind us. Source: GagliardiPhotography / Shutterstock.com The airline, like many of its peers, sustained some massive losses as
2021 is going to be a better year than 2020. That’s particularly good news for American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL). After all, 2020 was an unsurprisingly ugly year for AAL stock. The novel coronavirus pandemic shut down the airline industry worldwide. Source: GagliardiPhotography / Shutterstock.com In the second quarter, American’s revenue declined 86% year-over-year. On an adjusted
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Tesla (TSLA) – Tesla remains on watch after rising for 10 sessions in a row, surpassing Facebook (FB) in market value, and making CEO Elon Musk the world’s richest person. The company’s shares rose 3.8% in premarket trading as of 7:35 a.m. ET.
Getting educated about your retirement and wealth-management options is a necessary part of planning for your financial future. But let’s be honest: Not everyone has time to be a financial expert. If you would rather have an easy plan you can execute without having to constantly worry about changes in legislation or the economy or
Electric vehicle stocks could have another big year ahead. After all, with Joe Biden in the White House, and Democrats in control of Congress, we’re likely to see a greener future. In fact Biden already said the U.S. will rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and mentioned a $2 trillion clean energy plan, with hopes for
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That could be the mantra for investors in the early days of 2021. Long-term investments may look a little shaky. Which could make now an ideal time to look for short-term stocks to buy. As I write this, the market is in a sell-off that
I like a good friendly wager as much as the next guy … and I already won my first bet of 2021! Source: Shutterstock This wasn’t your typical bet, like whether my Philadelphia Eagles would beat The Washington Football Team last weekend. (Don’t get me started on that one.) And while I never gamble when
Daniel Loeb, chief executive officer of Third Point LLC, speaks at the Skybridge Alternatives conference in Las Vegas, May 18, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images In light of the global pandemic, it comes as no surprise that activism in 2020 was down. There was less 13D activism, less UTT-activism and less
Cars line-up as the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank distributes food outside a church in Los Angeles on Nov. 19, 2020. Mike Blake | Reuters Nearly half a million jobs were lost in December in restaurants, casinos and other businesses most impacted by the spreading pandemic, but strong job gains in other areas show an
Life has its cycles, as do the economy and the financial markets. But when it comes to market cycles, emotions often get in our way. We often do the wrong thing at different phases, buying exuberantly at market highs and selling in a panic at market lows. Successful investors do the opposite. Warren Buffet says:
Is Ideanomics (NASDAQ:IDEX) stock a rising star in the EV (electric vehicle) sector? Don’t count on it. For starters, this company didn’t start off in the electric vehicle business. Instead, it’s a perennial penny stock, dabbling in a hot sector to gain attention (and capital) from investors. Source: nrqemi / Shutterstock.com What do I mean?
Remember 3D printing stocks? Back in 2013, they were all the rage on Wall Street … for a few months. But the “factory in every home” dream was short-circuited by the reality that 3D printing is a complex, costly, laborious and time-consuming process. Most consumers and businesses felt the limitations of 3D printing were too
In the month since Airbnb’s (NASDAQ:ABNB) IPO one thing is fairly clear: Airbnb stock was perfectly priced and there looks to be little reason to buy now. Source: BigTunaOnline / Shutterstock.com Many of my colleagues at InvestorPlace expressed the idea that Airbnb shares are likely to have a bright future. Those same colleagues also readily
The New York Stock Exchange said it no longer plans to delist three Chinese telecommunications giants. In a late Monday statement, the NYSE said it dropped the plans after “further consultation with relevant regulatory authorities in connection with Office of Foreign Assets Control.” Hong Kong-listed shares of China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom rallied
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Tesla — The electric vehicle company surged more than 7% to a new record high. Tesla’s market capitalization jumped above $800 billion for the first time on Friday, making the company more valuable than Facebook, and the fifth-most valuable component of the S&P 500. Evercore ISI
A financial aid award letter explains the total amount of monetary assistance a school will offer you. You’ll start to receive these letters shortly after you get your college acceptance letters. Before you start comparing your offers, here’s a quick look at financial aid award letters. Key Takeaways The Free Application for Federal Student Aid
It used to be that every responsible long-term investor had some kind of energy company in their portfolio. And by “some kind of energy company,” I mean a big oil and natural gas firm. They were as much a sure thing as big banking stocks. Well, we’ve seen that banking isn’t what it used to
What a wild week… The most attention-grabbing thing that happened? The storming of the U.S. Capitol when Congress was in session and in the process of confirming Joe Biden as the next President of the United States. Talk about wild! But – while that event may have dominated the news headlines, and rightly so –
I have been suggesting here that Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) be broken up for more than four years. Those calls are getting louder as the company built around Moore’s Law falls further behind on both the chip design and the fabrication front. Source: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com Intel is due to open for trade Jan. 6 at about $51
If you only read the headlines and watch the primetime news channels, you might think that the market was down bigtime this week. Let me bring you back to reality … Source: Shutterstock The exact opposite is true. The three major stock indices hit all-time highs even in the face of a historic week for