Biotechnology penny stocks, such as Aptorum Group (NASDAQ:APM), have become highly popular. On Sept. 28, APM stock closed at $1.22. The next day, it hit an intraday high of $14.23, only to end the end day at $4.76. Now, the shares are hovering around $2.50. Source: Pavel Kapysh / Shutterstock.com Investors wonder if they should invest
Back in March, I produced an article recommending 10 stocks to buy for an income-generating portfolio. These were dividend stocks that didn’t just produce income; they also had an opportunity to deliver capital appreciation. How have they done? Not so well, I’m afraid. However, I’m confident that we’ll all be having a good laugh about
Searching for companies to invest in can be an interesting and challenging task using financial analysis. From the huge number of U.S. stocks publicly traded, stock screeners can help a lot to narrow down the list based on some investment criteria. For this article, the main investment criterion is mammoth growth in 2021. Growth in
Luckin Coffee (OTCMKTS:LKNCY) has had quite the year so far. Once touted as China’s answer to Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), Luckin has been at the center of perhaps the largest Chinese fraud. The $300 million accounting fraud led to Luckin stock losing 74% of its value this year and its listing on the Nasdaq. However, with a
Basel III—also referred to as the Third Basel Accord or Basel Standards—is a 2009 international regulatory accord that introduced a set of reforms designed to improve the regulation, supervision, and risk management within the international banking sector. Basel III required that banks maintain proper leverage ratios and keep certain levels of reserve capital on hand.
The resiliency of Bank of New York Mellon (BK) in a low interest rate environment leaves the business looking like a great value investment sitting at an 8.2x trailing-twelve month P/E ratio and 0.85x book value. The majority of BNY Mellon’s revenue (81%) is earned from fee income with net interest income making up a
Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images The S&P 500 is up about 5% since the end of July, and that higher market historically would be a sign President Donald Trump will remain in the White House, if stocks hold their gains into the election. But strategists say the so-called stock market indicator
Would you talk differently if you knew a machine was listening to you and grading you based on what you were saying, or based on whether you were using positive or negative words, or even if the sound of your voice was optimistic or pessimistic? Apparently, Wall Street executives are talking differently. They are trying to
Noam Galai | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. IBM – Shares shed more than 6% after IBM’s third-quarter results showed a third straight quarter of declining revenue. The company earned an adjusted $2.58 per share for the quarter, which was in line with Street forecasts,
Fisker, an EV manufacturer that will join Spartan Energy (NYSE:SPAQ) as part of reverse merger that could be days away is getting in on a trend, that has made SPAQ stock unpredictable. Source: Eric Broder Van Dyke / Shutterstock.com Electric vehicles! Electric vehicles! The temptation among investors these days is to leap at anything that has
I’m a big bull when it comes to online gambling (or “iGaming”), saying back in mid-August that DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) stock was a great buy to play this emerging megatrend. Source: Stokkete/ShutterStock.com Since then, DKNG stock rose as much as 83%. But, at a $20 billion market cap, DraftKing stock now feels fully priced for enormous
Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) reports its third-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2020 on Tuesday, and a few key aspects stick out ahead of the event. That said, let’s take a bit of a closer look at LMT stock. Source: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com LMT stock is a cheap, worthwhile stock for investment that also happens to
Dow component Intel Corporation (INTC) reports third quarter 2020 earnings this week after stumbling in July, beating second quarter estimates but lowering guidance due to delays in the rollout of the company’s 7nm-based CPUs. The stock fell 16% after the news, battered by shareholder disappointment and at least seven Wall Street downgrades. The decline stretched
Acorns mobile application Acorns Acorns is expanding into the hiring market. The eight-year-old fintech company announced a partnership with online job market ZipRecruiter on Monday, which allows Acorns clients to browse and apply for jobs within the app. Acorns’ hiring portal is the first of its kind for a financial services company. The launch had
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Concho Resources (CXO) – ConocoPhillips (COP) will buy its rival energy producer in an all-stock transaction valued at $9.7 billion. Concho shareholders will receive 1.46 ConocoPhillips shares for every share they now own. CNBC’s David Faber had reported last week that the two
The futures market looked like Monday would have some solid gains, but the market couldn’t hold it together throughout the session. That said, let’s look at a few top stock trades as earnings season gets into full swing. Top Stock Trades for Tomorrow No. 1: Procter & Gamble (PG) Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG) quietly remains
NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE), a holding company that owns and runs Florida Power and Light, wants to acquire a regulated utility. NextEra Energy stock, the largest publicly traded utility, is bound to do well — if only it get another utility to agree to a merger or acquisition. Source: IgorGolovniov/Shutterstock.com The Wall Street Journal recently reported
The semiconductor market is hot, but Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE:TSM) is hotter. In 2020, TSM stock is up 51%, topping the widely followed PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) by about 30 percentage points. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com For many investors in the U.S., Taiwan Semiconductor isn’t a household name like Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA). But Taiwan Semiconductor’s business
It’s been a couple of months since DiamondPeak Holdings (NASDAQ:DPHC) announced its combination with Ohio-based Lordstown Motors. The deal closes Oct. 22. When it does, DiamondPeak stock will change to the symbol RIDE. Source: Shutterstock It’s great news for the people of Lordstown, who saw the General Motors (NYSE:GM) plant close in March 2019 after
The year 2020 has brought a lot of surprises: a global pandemic, an economic downturn, millions of jobs lost, and withdrawal of American leadership from the global stage. But it hasn’t slowed down the initial public offering (IPO) momentum and those looking to profit from IPOs. Key Takeaways This year’s record IPO activity could rival