JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) is one company that deserves to be in the investment radar. After a sharp plunge during the coronavirus driven market meltdown, JBLU stock has been in a consolidation zone, likely to trend higher in coming quarters. Source: Roman Tiraspolsky / Shutterstock.com In a recent interview, Boeing (NYSE:BA) CEO Dave Calhoun opined that air
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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
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that investors can find buying opportunities in the market after Wall Street recorded multiple days of losses. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged more than 516 points, or 2.17%, to 23,247.97 for its third-straight negative trading session. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite traded 1.7% and 1.55% lower, respectively, for
April retail sales are expected to have fallen by a record amount as Americans cut back spending on many nonessentials during the virus-related shutdowns. Economists expect April sales plunged by 12.3%, compared to the previous record drop of 8.7% in March, according to Dow Jones. Excluding automobiles, sales are expected to decline by 9.6% month-over-month,
On April 29, Exxon (NYSE:XOM) declared its regular 87 cents per share dividend. This makes Exxon Mobil stock very attractive with its annualized 7.8% dividend yield at today’s price. Source: Shutterstock Last month I wrote about the dividend and whether Exxon had the ability to continue to pay it. I suggested that Exxon could afford
The market expected an injection of 102 bcf Natural gas falls through three levels of support Another disappointment in the natural gas arena, but it is back in the buy zone Before the release of the latest weekly inventory data from the Energy Information Administration on Thursday, May 14, the price of natural gas moved
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After a sudden late-session selloff on Tuesday, more selling pressure hit stocks on Wednesday. With that in mind, let’s look at a few top stock trades — starting with the overall market. Top Stock Trades for Tomorrow No 1: S&P 500 ETF (SPY) The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) has quickly put investors back on
I was supposed to write about Visa (NYSE:V) today. Although year-to-date, the shares have lost 5.75%, V stock is still trading at 31.2 times cash flow, which is higher than its five-year average. Source: Shutterstock Visa’s not the only payment processor trading at a reasonably high valuation. Mastercard’s (NYSE:MA) price-to-sales ratio is 32.8 and PayPal’s
Like its gaming brethren, MGM Resorts (NYSE:MGM) is suffering due to the novel coronavirus pandemic this year. While MGM stock has nearly doubled off its March lows, it’s going to take a while, probably years, for it to get back to its previous levels. Source: Michael Neil Thomas / Shutterstock.com Actually, the MGM recovery could
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen in the financial district of lower Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, April 26, 2020. Jeena Moon | Reuters Stock buybacks are on track for the lowest total on record this quarter, according to Bank of America. The sharp economic
A selection of food that is on the menu at the Jack in the Box on Campus Drive in Irvine, Calif. Glenn Koenig | Los Angeles | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Cisco Systems — The technology company’s stock rose 2% in extended trading after Cisco reported third-quarter earnings.
This has been the most traumatic year for dividend investors since 2008, if not longer. Major blue-chip companies have been announcing dividend cuts or suspensions almost every day. Last Tuesday, Disney (NYSE:DIS) joined the crowd with its shocking decision to not pay its dividend for the first half of 2020. And in the high-yield space,
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Stocks swooned on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the novel coronavirus has created lingering uncertainty for the U.S. economy while scoffing at the notion that negative interest rates could help the world’s largest economy regain its footing. Source: Provided by FInviz The S&P 500 slid 1.75%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has been a beast in the markets of late. When investors were throwing in the towel during the panic of March, many inadvertently sold some of the best companies in the stock market. Although shares were crushed in March along with the rest of the market, Nvidia stock has since surged more than
The story with Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) isn’t all bad. The company has multiple strong products, and it has a high level of recurring revenue. Moreover, its acquisitions have improved its existing products, and it should be able to use the current economic downturn to make new acquisitions cheaply. Source: Bjorn Bakstad / Shutterstock.com But on the
Offices of Cutera Inc. in Brisbane, Calif. Google Earth The largest public companies that tapped the government’s emergency relief fund for small businesses nearly all had ready access to other forms of capital, according to a CNBC analysis of filings. Even amid the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, these companies raised millions of dollars
Retail investors are trading more. The move to $0 commissions is likely a major factor. But there are more things occurring to encourage retail trading, including stay-at-home orders and market volatility. Add it all up and you get electronic brokers reporting trading volumes that are up 100% year over year. In the first quarter alone,
A customer wearing a protective mask uses a plastic shopping bag to hold a fuel nozzle while refueling a vehicle at an Exxon Mobil Corp. gas station in Arlington, Virginia. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Gasoline demand is improving and is now about 30% below normal across the U.S., but as expected, it