SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour seen docked with the International Space Station on July 1, 2020. NASA A pair of investors are joining the first fully-private flight to the International Space Station — not as financial backers, but as the passengers flying along. Houston-based start-up Axiom Space on Tuesday unveiled that real estate investor Larry Connor
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Washington, on Nov. 29, 2017. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Microsoft — Shares of the software giant popped more than 5% in after-hours trading after the company
The financial advisory field is rife with talented professionals who do a great job of managing their clients’ portfolios and developing strong, tax-smart strategies for retirement and other life events. Advisors’ real value lies in managing client behavior. Their mission is to keep their clients focused on their goals, even as their short-term objectives may change. It’s how
The start of the year is the time for predictions, and why shouldn’t those predictions be bold ones? After the past 12 tumultuous months, it’s nice to take a deep breath and think about what is likely to happen in the coming year, especially in the fast-moving and often volatile technology sector. Plus, tech stocks
For even the most bullish investor in the electric vehicle sector, it’s difficult to make a case for Nikola Corp. (NASDAQ:NKLA). Yes, founder Trevor Milton is gone after committing some pretty horrible acts that allegedly defrauded investors in NKLA stock, that doesn’t mean investors feel safe. Source: Stephanie L Sanchez / Shutterstock.com As documented in
Investors in electric vehicle start-up Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA) have experienced their fair share of ups and down. It’s been challenging to own NKLA stock, though some folks don’t mind the volatility. Among the toughest moments was when Trevor Milton, the founder and former chairman, stepped down from Nikola in September. That event certainly didn’t boost the confidence
When it comes to the stock market, sometimes the baby gets thrown out with the bathwater. This means if a particular sector or industry is weak, even the stocks of good companies may go lower. One signal of a company’s strength is the ability and choice to pay dividends. If they are doing this, it
As companies in the electrical vehicle sector go, Hyliion Holdings Corp. (NYSE:HYLN) is something of an outlier on 18 wheels. Unlike the many outfits that build cars, vans and SUVs from scratch, Hyliion takes diesel trucks and transforms them into hybrids or EVs. That makes HYLN stock one of the few investments that combines trucking
Ramin Talaie | Bloomberg | Getty Images GameStop is popping again after a wild session, pushing the stock back above $100 briefly, but short sellers betting against the videogame retailer are nowhere near letting up. Shares of GameStop last jumped more than 20% to around $92 in premarket trading on Tuesday after hitting triple digits
Traders work on the floor of the NYSE. NYSE Short sellers on the ropes — or are they? Short sellers clearly have picked the wrong names in January. The GameStop phenomenon — where buyers deliberately target heavily shorted stocks — is only the most recent development in a long series of failures from short sellers.
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: American Express (AXP) – The financial services giant reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.76 per share, compared to a consensus estimate of $1.31 a share. Revenue matched Wall Street forecasts. Amex suffered a slump in travel and entertainment spending, although a jump in online
116.48 The current reading of the Investopedia Anxiety Index is well above neutral indicating a very high level of anxiety. Markets Today Global markets are surging this morning as Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the country has given him regulatory approval for the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine that he says was successfully used on his
Even among other Big Tech darlings, shares in PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) have performed very well in the past few months. PayPal stock is up more than 37% since November. To some extent, this is due to its exposure to the cryptocurrency megatrend. This may be a reason for concern, with bitcoin (CCC:BTC) and other major cryptos
Investing in vaccine makers for the novel coronavirus has not been easy, but it’s been rewarding. Take Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) for instance. NVAX stock is up nearly 2000% from its 2020 low to its current price of roughly $130. Source: Ascannio/Shutterstock.com While most people would look at that and say the run is over — or
Every day it seems like market averages are hitting new highs. That’s certainly comforting in one sense. But it can also be disquieting. The Dow Jones Industrials keeps powering on alongside the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100, but how long can it continue? There’s talk of a reckoning. But any drop will be temporary. The
Many politicians, government officials, and members of the media are misleading you about the COVID-19 vaccines. Source: Shutterstock They’re not stretching the truth about the effectiveness of the vaccines, however. Just the opposite, in fact. They’re downplaying the effectiveness of the vaccines — and emphasizing what they might not do. While virtually every vaccine out there
Matteo Colombo | DigitalVision | Getty Images For most investors these days, it’s literally a “PIPE dream.” PIPEs, or private investments in public equity, are mechanisms for companies to raise capital from a select group of investors outside the market. But as PIPEs are increasingly being deployed in conjunction with a surge in SPAC mergers,
A visitor in front of the Wall Street Bull, a bronze sculpture in the Financial District of Manhattan New York, May 19, 2020. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images Speculative trading in some high momentum stocks and options could be signaling a near-term top, but the bull market is likely to run on
In 1958, Cuba was an investment powerhouse. Their workers were paid the eighth highest wages in the world, and the country’s per-capita income exceeded that of Austria and Japan. It was such a hot expat destination that more Americans lived there than Cubans in America. The golden days passed, however, when Fidel seized power, and
I’m about as big of a cryptocurrency bull as you’ll find. I have been for years. One might think that in turn would make me bullish on Marathon Patent (NASDAQ:MARA) stock. After all, Marathon Patent has positioned itself to be the stock for crypto bulls. It has put in ever-more aggressive orders for Bitcoin mining