The parameters of the situation are being refined every day. Your friendly Gold Enthusiast, who majored in mathematical modeling of business in his undergrad years, of course, loves numbers and models. According to the best online sources (WHO etc), the important numbers for this situation are incubation period 5 days (how long after you actually “catch”
Equity markets were hammered in the stock market today. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) slipped more than 2% at one point, but closed down “just” 1.8%, while the PowerShares QQQ ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ) fell 1.6% on Friday. It was a tricky session, that’s for sure. The SPY was one of five top stock trades highlighted
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday he’s done with fossil fuel stocks because young investor’s concerns about climate change are holding them down. On “Squawk Box,” Cramer compared oil and other fossil fuel stocks to the sigma attached to investing in tobacco companies, saying they are in the “death knell phase.” He added, ”They’re tobacco. I think
An Aramco employee walks near an oil tank at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia. Ahmed Jadallah | Reuters OPEC and its allies could meet soon to discuss deepening their production cuts, in an effort to stem the sharp decline in oil prices due to a demand scare from
Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) dropped a big announcement just days before its Q4 earnings are due. On Jan. 24, the video game company announced a new partnership with Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google. The deal will see Activision Blizzard’s popular esports leagues stream exclusively on YouTube. In addition, Google Cloud becomes the preferred provider for the company’s
Over the past decade, American stocks have absolutely crushed their overseas rivals. The U.S. stock market has benefited in large part from the emergence of the FAANG stocks and other fast-growing tech and internet companies. These, along with a robust economic recovery, have powered the S&P 500 to a 264% total return over the past
For the most part, it’s been tough for recent unicorn IPOs. Just look at the offerings from companies like Uber (NYSE:UBER), Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and SmileDirectClub (NASDAQ:SDC). They have all sustained material losses for shareholders. Then again, Wall Street has been getting antsy with companies that do not have a clear path to profitability. Source: Sundry Photography
Shares of Sundial Growers Inc. (SNDL) took a hit this week amid yet another cannabis C-suite shakeup. Yesterday the company announced a handful of executive changes, which includes the departure of its CEO and COO, in addition to a cost-cutting program. Torsten Kuenzlen resigned as CEO effective immediately, and will also step down as a
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Stocks tumbled to end the week amid a batch of sour earnings reports from some cyclical companies and as coronavirus fears gripped trades around the world after the Center for Disease Control (CDC) could the respiratory illness an “unprecedented” health emergency. Source: Provided by Finviz The S&P 500 slid 1.78%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
Four technology giants now sit on top of the list of most valuable U.S. companies, each worth more than $1 trillion — and there’s a familiar theme to each of their stories. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google-parent Alphabet have all looked to services and cloud businesses for growth in the past couple of years. In
Traders signal offers in the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index options pit at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on September 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson As stocks enter the month of February, worries about the coronavirus that slammed stocks in January could continue to
Shares of global social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) slipped about 6% in late January after the company reported fourth-quarter numbers that, while ahead of expectations, didn’t beat estimates by as much as investors were hoping for considering the recent run-up in FB stock (shares were up nearly 20% in three months heading into the print).
With the Federal Reserve set to pause once again on interest rates, investors have been given freedom to buy high-yielding assets. Bonds to REITs have seen their stars shine over the last few months. However, investors may want to focus beyond just a large headline yield. Truth be told, the best dividend stocks are those
Mobile video gaming has turned into a big growth market, and as it has, shares of dominant mobile video game publisher Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) have soared. In late 2018, this was a $3.50 stock. In early 2020, Zynga stock nearly touched $7. Source: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com That’s roughly 100% upside in just over a year. Can
It’s been a slow start to the year for silver (SLV), with the metal being flat year-to-date, significantly underperforming the yellow metal (GLD). However, this hasn’t stopped small speculators from continuing to stack long contracts, with long exposure to silver now at a new 18-month high at over 68,000 contracts. Generally, when the small speculators
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The big stock charts featured this week have mostly been cautious at best. Owing to skittish broad market trading amid coronavirus fears, the focus mostly has been on stocks with potential downside, particularly if U.S. stocks began a long-awaited correction. Source: Shutterstock But it’s worth remembering that the financial news of the past few sessions
Elon Musk Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk doesn’t have a lot of love for Wall Street – a fact he often mentions, including on Wednesday night’s earnings conference call. To begin with, Musk’s company hosts an nontraditional quarterly call with shareholders: After making a short statement about Tesla’s results,
Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. Adam Galica | CNBC Bridgewater’s Ray Dalio said he has no idea what the extent of the coronavirus will be, but for now he believes the best investment strategy is to diversify across geographic locations, asset class and