There’s not an investor in the world that wouldn’t want to replicate the investing success of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett. Buffett’s value-oriented investing prowess has earned him a fortune and a position among the most wealthy people on the planet. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com It seems like once a week I
Month: January 2020
How low is the bar for Canadian pot stocks that the media celebrate Aphria (NYSE:APHA) for being the first in the sector to post two profitable quarters in a row? It’s pretty low. Source: Shutterstock Aphria stock may be the best house on the block in the Canadian pot business. However, investors can’t forget that it is
Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Lightning II Robert Sullivan | FlickrCC Shares of defense companies outperform the broader market in the six months after a crisis event in the Middle East, according to an analysis by CNBC. Defense stocks have risen since a U.S. airstrike killed Gen. Qasem Soleimani, Iran’s top military commander, last
Maintenance workers cover the engine of an American Airlines Group Boeing 737 Max plane at Tulsa International Airport (TUL) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 14, 2019. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Microchip Technology — Shares of Microchip rose over 4% after releasing updated guidance
The price grinds lower A sitting duck Sellers above waiting for a recovery It is now a new year and the 2020s, which means that the holiday season is over. We are already into the heart of the winter season, which is the peak time of the year for heating demand across the United
The Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction) Filter lets you search for stocks with the highest probability of positively surprising (or negatively surprising, if that’s what you’re looking for). This proprietary metric has proven to predict earnings surprises with a 70% accuracy. And when the ESP is used with Zacks Rank #1 Strong Buys, #2
After starting off lower on the day, U.S. stocks made a strong recovery in Monday morning trading. Let’s look at a few top stock trades as a result. Top Stock Trades for Tomorrow No. 1: Amazon (AMZN) Almost two weeks ago, we outlined Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) as a top stock trade, but the setup here is
Financial commentators tend to lean bullish on Square (NYSE:SQ) stock as a targeted bet on the future growth of digital payments. I see this as a perfectly reasonable position, as millennials seem willing to give Square’s Cash App a chance in a sphere once entirely dominated by the likes of Visa (NYSE:V) and Mastercard (NYSE:MA).
Even if you weren’t paying attention, you couldn’t have missed what an unpredictable year 2019 has been for markets both in the U.S. and globally. Our economy represents about 20% of total global output. Economic growth in modern economies depend on several factors, including an efficient financial sector which encompasses well-functioning capital markets. Most economists
Among the social media operators, Snap (NYSE:SNAP) stock was one of the standouts in the last year. In the last 12 months, Snapchat stock has surged by a sizzling 170%, putting its market cap at $23.5 billion. Source: dennizn / Shutterstock.com But it’s important to keep things in perspective. The company went public in March
Attendees visit the Disney+ streaming service booth at the D23 Expo on August 23, 2019 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. ROBYN BECK | AFP | Getty Images Disney’s streaming business is already being valued by investors at more than $100 billion, according to an estimate by Barclays, showing that investors have high
Sundar Pichai, Alphabet CEO. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Alphabet — Alphabet shares gained more than 2% and hit an all-time high after an analyst at Pivotal Research upgraded them to buy from hold. The analyst noted the internet giant will “find new and
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It’s too early to tell if the new decade will be this century’s equivalent of the “Roaring ’20s,” but stocks started the new year in much the same way they ended 2019: on an upbeat note. Source: Provided by Finviz The S&P 500 advanced 0.84% The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 1.16% The Nasdaq Composite tacked
Investors should hold off from buying stocks Friday, even as U.S. stocks opened lower after an American airstrike killed Iran’s top military general, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said. “I would not be excited about jumping in here because … we’re not giving up enough,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” The “Mad Money” host said caution is extremely important
Shares of specialty e-retailer Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) had a rough 2019. The stock posted a 2019 loss of 5%, while the S&P 500 rallied nearly 30%. The major culprit for the bad 2019 performance from Etsy stock was an ugly third-quarter earnings report in late October, which included mixed third-quarter numbers and a lame fourth-quarter guide. Source:
Unlike other mainstream investment sectors that at least have a semblance of predictability, the pharmaceutical industry is notoriously volatile. Case in point is Amarin (NASDAQ:AMRN). Specializing in an omega-3-based treatment called Vascepa, the drug is designed as an ancillary treatment to reduce cardiovascular events for patients with elevated triglyceride levels. Source: Pavel Kapysh / Shutterstock.com
The key question facing U.S. stocks at the moment is: how much is left? The bull market almost certainly will enter its twelfth year in March (though by some measures, it ended, however briefly, in December 2018). The S&P 500 rose 29% in 2019 alone; the NASDAQ Composite performed even better. Equities are at all-time
Blackstone Group CEO and Co-Founder Steve Schwarzman speaks at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York, November 6, 2019. Gary He | Reuters Private-equity firms are holding onto a record pile of cash. Increased competition might make it harder to spend, however, in order to get the same double-digit returns that have made the group
A lot of stocks had really good years in 2019. That’s why the S&P 500 posted its best annual return since 2013. But, one enterprise software stock which had a particularly strong 2019 was cloud security company Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA). Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com In many ways, Okta was the stock of the year in