Jim Cramer Scott Mlyn | CNBC Following a “superb” jobs report, Jim Cramer noted that hedge funds managers who made big bearish predictions about what the pandemic would do to the market and economy were wrong. And the relentless higher price action that many doubted was right. “The market got it right,” CNBC’s Cramer said
People wear their face masks waiting in line for an emergency food distribution at the 88th Street Temple Church of God in Christ on April 14, 2020 in Los Angeles, California, during the coronavirus pandemic. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Millions more Americans lost their jobs in May, on top of the
Coronavirus, also called COVID-19, has caused a crisis for the global economy and markets. With an escalating number of confirmed cases globally, the World Health Organization has declared the virus to be a global pandemic, meaning that it will have a sustained global impact. Many countries’ economies already were slowing before the pandemic, and
Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) has been a major player in the oil and energy industry for decades. And like many other companies, Halliburton stock is continuing to suffer the effects of the economic downturn brought on by the novel coronavirus. Source: hkhtt hj / Shutterstock.com In April, the company announced that it lost $1 billion during the
Back in April, I held a bearish outlook on Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ:PENN). At that time, casinos were still closed and the return of live sports seemed very cloudy. However, many investors did not agree with me, and they’ve been rewarded. PENN stock has nearly doubled in the last month. Source: Jeffrey J Coleman /
Boeing (NYSE:BA) has fallen 36% this year. As a result of its collapse in 2020, Boeing stock has now underperformed the markets as a whole in every period Morningstar tracks over the past 15 years. How the mighty have fallen! And I’m one of the casualties of the decline. Long bullish on the company, in
Download Preston’s 1 page checklist for finding great stock picks: http://buffettsbooks.com/checklist Preston Pysh is the #1 selling Amazon author of two books on Warren Buffett. The books can be found at the following location: In this lesson, students learned how to apply the BuffettsBooks.com bond calculator. We learned that as interest rates increase, the value
Triple Bottom Reversal Pattern: -Important: This pattern should be treated as a neutral pattern until it reaches the third bottom point. Before that moment it could form as other patterns such as a double top, a declining wedge, etc. -If it breaks past the resistance line that is when the trade should be entered. -If
http://www.Zacks.com – Kevin Matras talks about volatility and how to use it to your advantage through options.
The Wall Street Bull (The Charging Bull) is seen during Covid-19 pandemic in New York, on May 26, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Company: Synalloy Corp. (SYNL) Business: A chemical manufacturing company operating through two segments: metals and the specialty chemicals. Stock Market Value: $78 million ($8.62 per share) Activist: Privet
Lamination operator Rosa Escamilla, 28, wears a protective mask as she works at the Emerald Packaging facility, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Union City, California, on May 7, 2020. Nathan Frandino | Reuters As economists scratch their heads, the surprise gain of 2.5 million jobs in May shows that markets were right to bet on
Energy Transfer (NYSE:ET) is one of many oil and gas midstream firms that has a heavy debt load. But ET stock also offers a generous dividend that yields nearly 15%. Just how safe is this dividend for the rest of the year? Given that oil prices are improving, Energy Transfer may be a good fit
There are huge red flags these days surrounding Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) and Wells Fargo stock. The beleaguered bank has been lagging behind its competitors in the big bank space, and now its dividend is in danger, too. Source: Kristi Blokhin / Shutterstock.com It’s true that a frothy dividend is the only reason to hold WFC
Equities exploded higher, with the Nasdaq Composite hitting a record high, as a better-than-expected labor report sent stocks higher. With that in mind, let’s look a few top stock trades for next week. Top Stock Trades for Monday No. 1: Slack (WORK) Slack (NYSE:WORK) stock is getting hammered on Friday, down more than 14% after
The good news is that airline stocks are soaring this week. Just yesterday JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) and most of its cohort rallied 15%. American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) tipped the scales with a whopping 41% spike in just one day! JBLU stock is up another 5%-plus today — which is actually DOWN from the 10% gains it had
President Donald Trump arrives for a photo opportunity with sheriffs from across the country on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, September 26, 2019. Erin Scott | Reuters President Donald Trump, during a White House address to trumpet the surprising May surge in jobs that signaled a rapid economic recovery good be
A trader walks by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the first day that traders are allowed back onto the historic floor of the exchange on May 26, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The stunning jobs report caps a near-perfect week for market bulls. Three main “buckets” have moved
Traders wearing masks work inside posts, on the first day of in-person trading since the closure during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 26, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is expected to reassure markets
The widely-anticipated reforms that came with the money market regulations that went into effect in October 2016 brought about its own set of changes that affected investors of all kinds. While these reforms actually began as rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2014, when the new regulations of money kicked in,
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) has both opportunities and threats going forward. However, I think that the combined magnitude of the company’s opportunities is larger than the power of the threats facing Exxon Mobil stock. Source: Harry Green / Shutterstock.com Exxon’s Dividend Is a Tremendous Opportunity On April 29, Exxon announced that it would maintain its dividend