[Editor’s note: “9 Boring Stocks to Buy You Should Never Let Go Of” is regularly updated to include the most relevant information available.] Change involves risk, and as we watch the markets swerve, for many it’s time to switch from loading up our portfolios with exciting names, and taking a good long look at boring
J.C. Penney (NYSE:JCP) continues to fight for its life, but that doesn’t mean investors have to get long on JCP stock. Source: Supannee_Hickman / Shutterstock.com The novel coronavirus has hampered the retail sector, as well as many other industries and sectors. However, retail in particular is feeling the pinch — and perhaps that’s because many
Stanley Druckenmiller Anjali Sundaram | CNBC Hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller told the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday that stock market is historically overvalued. “The risk-reward for equity is maybe as bad as I’ve seen it in my career,” Druckemiller said, according to the organization’s Twitter account. “The wild card here is the
A shopper wears a protective mask while browsing through the Island Cotton Company store as the state of Florida enters phase one of the plan to reopen the state on May 4, 2020 in Stuart, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images A shocking 16.4% plunge in April retail sales signals an even bleaker outlook for
Stocks rallied to close the week, again showing resilience in the face of troubling economic data. An extension of the oil rebound and more positive reopening also provided some ballast to equities. Source: Provided by Finviz The S&P 500 climbed 0.39%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 0.25% The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.79% After being one
[Editor’s Note: “9 Stocks to Buy as People Are Still Stuck at Home” was originally published in March 2020. It is regularly updated to include the most relevant information.] Very few events in American history have disrupted our society quite like the novel coronavirus. What seemed like a far off foreign epidemic early in the
The airline industry revenue has collapsed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. While I am positive on a few names in the industry, American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) is one company I would avoid. AAL stock has plummeted by 72% from 52-week highs and currently trades at $9.65. Even after this big downside, the stock remains unattractive.
Certainty is always more abundant than accuracy on Wall Street. Well argued, data laden hypotheses support opinions that drive buyers and sellers. A high-profile money manager and fellow talking head, Mr. I. M. Sureofmyself, was describing his view of how the economic and health care crisis would develop and unfold over the next six to
The New York Stock Exchange floor is reopening — sort of. The decision to partially reopen the floor on May 26, which has been closed since March 23, involved a complicated stew of business, legal and medical issues that many larger businesses throughout the United States will be facing —particularly those where people are required
A view of the charging Bull with a woman in New York City USA during coronavirus pandemic on April 25, 2020. John Nacion | NurPhoto | Getty Images Coming off a volatile week, analysts expect stocks to continue navigating choppy trading as investors try to build a view of what the economy will look like
It’s Thursday again, which means another round of increasingly bleak initial jobless claims, but that wasn’t enough to send the broader equity benchmarks to large losses on the day. Source: Provided by Finviz The S&P 500 rose 1.15%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.60% The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.91% A day after being the Dow’s
What Is Quora? Quora is a billion-dollar social media startup, funded by $226 million in venture capital. The rapidly growing crowdsourced Q&A platform is reliant on a strong community that provides questions, responses, and up and down votes to create, edit, and organize the growing platform. Active users include celebrities, CEOs, and other high profile figures. Initially, Quora had
We’re in unprecedented times thanks to the novel coronavirus. That goes double for investors, as they try to figure out what stocks and assets are worth owning at this stage of the game. With gold always a fixture, are gold stocks worth owning at this point? Source: Shutterstock That answer really depends on the situation.
Small-cap healthcare company Co-Diagnostics (NASDAQ:CODX) had a fantastic run in recent weeks. But it appears that the good times have come to a decisive end. CODX stock dropped more than 5% Thursday during the regular trading session, and it has fallen another 7% in early morning trading. Source: Shutterstock That’s because, on Thursday, Co-Diagnostics suffered
David Tepper David Orrell | CNBC Billionaire investor David Tepper said the stock market is one of the most overpriced he’s ever seen, only behind 1999. Before Wednesday’s sell-off, it was “maybe the second-most overvalued stock market I’ve even seen,” Tepper said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” “I would say ’99 was more overvalued.” “The market is
I wanted to find five foreign, profitable companies that investors would find worthwhile. They would have to be cheap stocks with low price-earnings ratios and high dividend yields. The idea is that by diversifying a portion of your portfolio in non-U.S. stocks, you will enhance your overall returns. Often, foreign equities provide a return that
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Qualcomm (QCOM), Cisco (CSCO), Apple (AAPL), Boeing (BA) – Reports out of China suggest that retaliation against these and other U.S. companies could come if the U.S. goes ahead with plans announced this morning to block chip shipments to China’s Huawei. JD.com (JD)
Equities opened for trading under significant pressure on Thursday, but bulls bid the market back up. Here’s a look at a few top stock trades to watch for Friday. Top Stock Trades for Tomorrow No. 1: JPMorgan (JPM) The banks have been getting killed, but they made a nice bounce on Thursday. JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) was
[Editor’s Note: “5 Streaming Stocks to Buy Right Now for Big Long-Term Gains” was originally published in April 2020. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information.] There’s no hiding the truth: streaming stocks are on fire now right now. And with good reason. Consumers across the globe are cooped up in
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made prepared remarks on May 13 that suggested the economy is not about to bail out General Electric (NYSE:GE). If you own GE stock, I’d be very worried your investment is dead money until sometime in 2021, maybe longer. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Among the things Powell said in