Month: April 2020

Costco (NASDAQ:COST) shares held steady as the novel coronavirus pushed the stock market lower. That’s no surprise, given the wave of panic buying as the pandemic hit America. But, while competitors like Walmart (NYSE:WMT) have made new highs, Costco stock has pulled back. Source: ilzesgimene / Shutterstock.com To me, that’s a sign Costco shares are
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Blue Origin’s headquarters in Kent, Washington. Blue Origin Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin confirmed on Monday that two employees at its Seattle-area headquarters tested positive for coronavirus. The employees, who are married couple, work at Blue Origin’s headquarters in Kent, Washington and were last in the office about two weeks ago. The company has
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Shares of music streaming platform Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) have outperformed the broader market amid the coronavirus pandemic, mostly because investors have seen Spotify as relatively insulated from coronavirus-related economic disruption. Source: Kaspars Grinvalds / Shutterstock.com Spotify stock only trades about 15% below where it was in mid-February. The rest of the stock market, meanwhile, is deep
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A pronounced economic slump sparked by the coronavirus outbreak has imperiled a popular investment strategy: buying dividend stocks. These stocks have traditionally been highly coveted during periods of market turbulence because they provide shareholders a dividend or a guaranteed return, typically paid out annually out of the company’s profits or reserves. That investment approach is
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A United Airlines plane sits parked at a gate at San Francisco International Airport on March 06, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. United Airlines — Shares of the airline rose 3% after the market closed. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that
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Year-to-date, pharma giant Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) stock, a Dow Jones component, is down about 6%. By comparison, the Dow Jones as a whole is down about 17%. Source: Alexander Tolstykh / Shutterstock.com Given the market uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic, investors are understandably cautious about the outlook for many shares, including JNJ stock. I enjoy
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It’s been an exciting past couple of months for investors in the gold space (GLD), but the silver investors have certainly got the short end of the stick. While gold is busy banging on the door of new 52-week highs and melting higher, silver (SLV) has been a pitiful investment the past six months, as
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One of the dramatic shifts in our “new normal” is that several mundane businesses have suddenly exploded in demand. Among the biggest beneficiaries of this surge in interest is industrial giant 3M (NYSE:MMM). Previously an increasingly irrelevant organization, 3M’s N95 facemask division became a matter of national security. But without adequate production, smaller companies like
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