Marijuana is now legalized in some form in 35 states and the District of Columbia—medically, recreationally, or both. Canada legalized cannabis across the country in 2018, five years after Uruguay did. As such, investors are scrambling to get a piece of an industry that has the potential to grow, with sales expected to reach as
Inverse oil exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which are leveraged and can be highly risky, seek to short either a single energy commodity or a combination of several energy commodities. Examples of the types of commodities typically shorted by these ETFs include crude oil, gasoline, and heating oil. These ETFs gain when prices of the underlying oil-based
Getting started with an individual retirement account (IRAs) can seem complicated, but it takes just a few simple steps. Years from now, you’ll thank yourself for taking the time to make the right investment decisions. Key Takeaways You can set up an IRA at almost any bank, brokerage, or other financial institution. When picking a
What is the Racial Retirement Wealth Gap? Racial minorities in the U.S. have less saved for retirement than White Americans, putting them at an increased risk of instability in their post-work years. While half of Americans are at risk of being unable to maintain their standard of living in retirement, minorities face an even-more-pronounced risk
Investors held the sell button down all day today as all major S&P 500 sectors traded lower. The DJIA led the declines among major averages as recovery stocks were sold off for the second day in a row. There were more bad headlines weighing on sentiment, including another daily record in new COVID-19 cases across
Could all those retirees in Florida and Arizona have it wrong? For decades, older Americans have migrated south once they left the workforce, settling in states where they can enjoy year-round sunshine. But according to a report from the Center for the Future of Aging of the Milken Institute—a think tank that focuses on economic and
For many people, converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA is a good move. With Roth IRAs, there are no required minimum distributions (RMDs), the money grows tax-deferred, and qualified distributions are tax-free. One drawback, though, is that if your traditional IRA contains both deductible (before-tax) and nondeductible (after-tax) amounts, you must treat the
“Quantitative easing” refers to steps that the U.S. Federal Reserve takes in attempting to boost the country’s lagging economy. Historically, the Fed’s main tool for spurring growth has been lowering short-term rates. However, QE employs expansionary monetary policy, which involves the purchasing of bonds when the interest rate can no longer be lowered. In September
Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) is a powerful telecom company that is a steady earner and good growth characteristics. But VZ stock is probably fairly valued at this point, despite its growth. Yet it pays a safe and growing dividend and an attractive dividend yield. Source: Northfoto / Shutterstock.com So far this year VZ stock dropped 4.67%
A Nov. 9 press release from Pennsylvania-based mergers and acquisition litigation specialist Brodsky & Smith LLC caught my attention. It centers around the pending merger between special purpose acquisition company Landcadia Holdings II (NASDAQ:LCA) and Golden Nugget Online Gaming Inc. If you own LCA stock, you might want to reconsider your position. Source: rawf8/Shutterstock.com Here’s
On one level, the surge in interest toward electric vehicles when the novel coronavirus pandemic capsized our paradigm was peculiar, to say the least. Because Covid-19 isn’t just a health crisis but an economic one as well, now didn’t seem to be the best time to buy a car. However, the disruption to global automotive
Trading at a low valuation, especially for a growing company in the tech sector, McAfee (NYSE:MCFE) has some significant, positive attributes. Nonetheless, I advise investors to wait until after the company reports its third-quarter results before buying MCFE stock. Source: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com McAfee has outstanding products, a high number of customers, a strong
Caterpillar Inc. excavators are displayed for sale at the Whayne Supply Co. dealership in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images This week, investors shifted money away from high-flying tech stocks, and into beaten-down groups like energy, industrials and real estate. These sectors, which are more sensitive
Medical syringes are seen with Moderna company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 12, 2020. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Energizer Holdings (ENR) – The maker of batteries and other consumer products reported
It’s dangerous to buy dividend stocks solely for their high yields. Even a cursory look at recent performance shows the risk. Widely-held names like IBM (NYSE:IBM), AT&T (NYSE:T), and Altria (NYSE:MO) for years have seemed attractive due to dividend yields that often cleared 5%. All three stocks have seen steady declines for years now. To
On Monday, Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) announced a breakthrough in its search for a novel coronavirus vaccine. The company’s candidate — developed in partnership with Biontech (NASDAQ:BNTX) — has now reached 90% efficacy in preventing the disease in healthy volunteers. Needless to say, this news came as a bolt out of the blue. Prior to the big announcement,
As a hypergrowth investor, I spend a large portion of my time analyzing emerging small-cap stocks that could turn into the “next big thing.” I’m constantly searching for big 10X winners and the next Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). Source: Shutterstock Indeed, I’ve found more than a few 10X winners. Like Advanced Micro
The stock market is consolidating today following its big rally on Monday, which saw the S&P 500 and Dow surge to new record highs on massive volume. As I said in Tuesday’s Market360, the rally was a “mean reversion” rally and a big shift out of growth and into value. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com The good
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday he believes some on Wall Street have become too optimistic about the market in the face of surging coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, suggesting investors will find better entry points into stocks. “I think there’s too many people who are positive. I think you let it come in a little,” Cramer
In my 23 years as on-air stocks correspondent for CNBC, I’ve been asked many questions by strangers, but most of them boil down to some variant of “What do you think is going to happen to the markets?” Remarkably, almost no one (OK, maybe one in a hundred) ever ask what I would consider