The outbreak of China’s coronavirus is a big deal. To date, it has infected over 30,000 people across the globe, and killed at least 638. Even if the disease stopped spreading today — which it won’t — this outbreak will still go down as one of the most pervasive epidemics in modern world history. And
Month: February 2020
Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB) stock has not done well in recent months and on Thursday after the market closed, things got even worse. Aurora stock fell 5.6% on the day and plunged further in after-hours trading on news that its CEO, Terry Booth, would step down. Source: Shutterstock The company also announced a “business transformation plan,”
Despite a better-than-expected jobs report, U.S. equities couldn’t build on this week’s momentum. Investors saw the S&P 500 lose about 0.5% in the stock market today, as bulls simply couldn’t keep the market from unwinding a bit on Friday. After shedding almost 2% on Friday Jan. 31 and testing down into the 50-day moving average,
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As the ESG and sustainable investing movement grows, Societe Generale quantified the potentially large consequences for companies that don’t follow suit. The firm found that in two thirds of “high ESG controversy” cases a company’s stock experienced “sustained underperformance,” trailing the global index by an average of 12% over the course of the following 2
Workers carry a wall frame for a home under construction at a K. Hovnanian Homes development in Plano, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Daniel Acker / Bloomberg / Getty Images Economists forecast a slight pickup in job growth in January over December, but warmer weather could have been a positive factor that could
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) looks poised to outperform going forward, driven by multiple, strong, positive trends. Specifically, Intel stock is well-positioned to benefit from the growth of the cloud, data usage, AI and 5G. Source: Pavel Kapysh / Shutterstock.com On the competition front, Intel will benefit from the apparent closing of the gaps between its products and
[Editor’s note: “10 Mid-Cap Dividend Stocks to Buy Now” was previously published in November 2019. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] One solution to bridge the gap between capital preservation, capital appreciation and income generation is to invest in dividend-paying mid-cap stocks. These are stocks with market caps between
With Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock holding steady, is it time to sell? After last year’s epic run, the high-flying chipmaker may be peaking. With Advanced Micro Device’s (NASDAQ:AMD) mixed guidance, investors are starting to scale back their expectations for the other chip names as well. Source: Hairem / Shutterstock.com As I’ve discussed in prior analyses for
Optimism has returned to the equity markets in a hurry. U.S. stocks moved higher for a fourth consecutive session Thursday. The S&P 500 now has risen almost 4% this week alone. The NASDAQ Composite is up almost 5%. Source: Shutterstock Even in this confident market, however, a few stocks have been left behind. Friday’s big
CNBC’s Jim Cramer expressed concerns about the fundamentals of Casper Sleep‘s business ahead of the online mattress startup’s Thursday debut as a publicly traded stock. Shares opened at $14.50, an over 20% increase from its offering price. “The losses here are staggering” for the business, Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” Casper, which started
Russia’s reluctance to jump on board a bigger OPEC production cut may signal a potential fissure within the oil producer alliance, known as OPEC plus. Led by Saudi Arabia, other OPEC producers and Russia were considering an emergency meeting to cut production in response to the impact of the coronavirus, but it’s not now clear
Not too long ago, cable television was all the rage. Now it’s a point of concern for the companies that offer it. This is thanks largely to Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), which changed the way the world wants to consume its media. Online streaming is the wave of the future and the rest of them are playing
I like high-yield dividend stocks that also have the ability to buy back their shares. These are called total yield dividend stocks. They offer investors attractive total returns. Source: Shutterstock The amount of share buybacks during the year divided by the market value equals the buyback yield. By adding the dividend yield and the buyback
Since mid-2016, AMD (NASDAD:AMD) stock has climbed steadily higher. The shares have now advanced around 25 times from their lowest point of the last four years. Source: Hand Robot/Shutterstock.com Surely that incredible stock price appreciation has coincided with the tremendous growth of AMD’s profits over that span, right? Well actually, not so much. The company generates
Thursday was another strong day for equities as the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit another all-time high, positioning the S&P 500 for its best weekly showing in about two months. More than 50 stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange hit 52-week highs today, including several Dow components. Source: Provided by Finviz The S&P
The market had expected a 124 bcf withdrawal from storage Only seven weeks to go until stockpiles begin to grow Natural gas sits near the recent low, and the lowest price since 2016 as seasonality continues to point lower The price of natural gas fell to a marginally lower low over the past week when
Elon Musk Mike Blake | Reuters Longtime consumer advocate Ralph Nader on Wednesday sounded a warning about the recent rally in Tesla’s stock and called on regulators to consider a probe into trading based on its recent meteoric run. “I think the Securities and Exchange Commission should pay attention to the protection of investors here
Russia could be holding up a decision on whether OPEC+ will make emergency production cuts. Analysts said Moscow’s apparent reluctance to make further production cuts seems to have delayed a technical committee’s recommendation to OPEC+ on whether to hold an emergency meeting. The technical committee, which consists of country representatives from OPEC and Russia, extended
Time and time again over the past several years, I’ve called technology behemoth Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE) a long-term winner: buy on dips, hold onto for the long haul. That’s the strategy I’ve preached with Adobe stock since 2017. Source: r.classen / Shutterstock.com During this stretch, Adobe stock hasn’t disappointed. In 2017, the S&P 500 rose less
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