Due to the increasing popularity of plug-in electric vehicles, traditional automobile manufacturers have struggled for both traction and relevance. One example is Toyota (NYSE:TM). Source: josefkubes / Shutterstock.com Although legendary for its accessible and reliable cars, what consumers and investors think about the brand seems radically different. Since the second half of 2013, TM stock
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Marathon Patent Group (NASDAQ:MARA) stock is one to avoid. At its inception in 2012 it was a patent company founded on a portfolio of three patents and one application. In August 2017 Marathon announced it intended to also pursue potential alternative businesses. Then, in November 2017, it acquired Global Bit Ventures, cementing its current direction
Tommy LeSage Photo Credit: Tommy LeSage Tommy LeSage, Jr. is a public servant. At 28, LeSage is a police officer in Massachusetts and a First Lieutenant in the Army National Guard. LeSage is also one of 44 million Americans who collectively owe $1.4 trillion in student loan debt. We discussed his path toward student loan
Labor Day will keep U.S. equity markets closed on Monday, making Tuesday Sept. 8 the first trading day of next week. With that in mind, let’s look at a few top stock trades ahead of a long three-day weekend. Top Stock Trades for Tuesday No. 1: Tesla (TSLA) The volatility over the last few days
Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors. Yuriko Nakao | Bloomberg | Getty Images Baillie Gifford, Tesla’s largest outside shareholder, has reduced its position in the electric auto maker after the company’s rapid share appreciation made it an outsized influence on the firm’s holdings. A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission
You knew this was coming. The market internals had been flashing warning signs for a couple weeks: very few new highs, very sloppy advance/decline line, low short interest, and a lot of talk about FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and TINA (There Is No Alternative). All signs of frothiness. So what is this? Is this
A pedestrian outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, July 29, 2020. Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The tech wreck is probably not over, despite Friday’s market comeback. Analysts expect the shakeout in stocks to continue after the long Labor Day weekend, especially in technology names and the Nasdaq,
Concerns that the U.S. government will ban the Chinese social media app TikTok is taking its toll on Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) stock, with the company’s shares down nearly 33% over the past month. Source: Pavel Kapysh / Shutterstock.com Does this mean the dramatic ride in Fastly is coming to an end? Not at all. And despite
The race to develop a vaccine to fight the novel coronavirus is like any other competition. There are going to be winners and losers. It appears iBio (NYSEAMERICAN:IBIO) will be in the latter the camp despite the fact that IBIO stock is up 691% this year. Source: Shutterstock On balance, a 691% gain in less
Muneeb Ahmad Muneeb Ahmad Muneeb Ahmad, a 24-year-old University of Michigan graduate with a computer science engineering degree, repaid $61,400 of student loans in full in 1.5 years. Here’s how. Zack Friedman: How did you pay off your student loans so quickly? What strategies did you use? Muneeb Ahmad: All my elder siblings finished their
SpaceX deploys 60 Starlink satellites in orbit. SpaceX SpaceX gave an update on early tests of its Starlink satellite internet network, which showed speeds capable of playing online video games and streaming movies. Starlink is the ambitious plan by Elon Musk’s company to build an interconnected network of about 12,000 small satellites in low Earth orbit.
You knew this was coming. The market internals had been flashing warning signs for a couple weeks: very few new highs, very sloppy advance/decline line, low short interest, and a lot of talk about FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) and TINA (There Is No Alternative). All signs of frothiness. So what is this? Is this
A man walks a dog in the shade away from the midday sun past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building in Manhattan, during hot weather in New York City, New York, U.S., August 11, 2020. Mike Segar | Reuters When stock buying starts to get giddy, at some point, the froth has to blow
There’s no need to hit the panic button on At Home (NYSE:HOME) even though HOME stock plunged in early September. Source: Shutterstock.com The fall came after the home goods retailer reported second quarter numbers that — while very strong — weren’t strong enough to justify what had been a 384% rally in the stock in
I pounded the table for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) six years ago, when it named Dr. Lisa Su as CEO. I liked AMD stock at $20, and even $40. It’s a great company. She’s a great leader. AMD makes faster microprocessors than Intel (NASDAQ:INTC). It’s competitive in graphics with Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA). Source: Casimiro PT /
The market had expected a 48 bcf injection Natural gas pulls back Inventories remain at a high level 11 weeks to go until the 2020/2021 withdrawal season Since late June, the natural gas market has been a bullish beast. The price dropped to a quarter of a century low on the nearby NYMEX futures contract
With many Americans reviewing their financial situation after the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, it is important that any life insurance needs are also reviewed at this time. The reality is that many people do not think about life insurance as a financial asset and don’t review their life insurance needs frequently
Talk about making it an interesting jobs report. While the trend still favors the bulls, bears shook the S&P 500 for some solid losses on Thursday. Let’s see how the market shapes up on Friday, when the monthly labor report is released. Until then, though, let’s look at some top stock trades. Top Stock Trades
Elon Musk Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Tesla shares slid more than 6% during premarket trading on Thursday, building on the stock’s recent losses after the company’s largest outside shareholder reduced its position, and after the auto maker said it would raise up to $5 billion in a new stock offering. The stock
Angel Navarrete | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after hours on Thursday: Broadcom — Shares of the semiconductor builder rose 1% in after-hours trading on the back of better-than-expected results for the previous quarter. Broadcom posted a profit of $5.40 per share on revenue of $5.82 billion. Analysts polled by