Striking United Auto Workers (UAW) walk the picket line in Hamtramck, Michigan, September 25, 2019. Rebecca Cook | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: General Motors shares jumped 1.8% after the bell following a CNBC report that the automaker and United Auto Workers union are nearing a tentative agreement that could
Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE:AMD) stock price is up over 60% year-to-date. The iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) has only achieved half of that gain. Investors in chip stocks are now looking at AMD stock as a potential value play. Source: Shutterstock This is despite the fact that AMD stock does not pay a dividend. Competitors Qualcomm
The broad market is a step away from record highs. Yet as we approach another earnings season, markets face uncertainty as to how the trade wars will develop and whether tensions with Iran will keep heating up. Therefore today, I am going to discuss three blue chip stocks that are appropriate for long-term portfolios: CVS
Chinese premium electric car manufacturer Nio (NYSE:NIO) reported its Q2 earnings before the bell on Tuesday morning. In anticipation of bad news, skittish investors had driven Nio stock to a 10.5% loss on Monday. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com When those Q2 results came in, the situation quickly became even uglier, and that Nio stock
Trade tensions roiled equity markets yesterday, but there was some relief on that front today. The caveat being that today’s global trade news doesn’t involve the U.S. and China. Rather, it’s about the U.S. and Japan. Source: Venturelli Luca / Shutterstock.com The world’s largest and third-largest economies, respectively, unveiled a modest accord that opens Japan
(credit Fidelity.com) This is the chart for unleveraged ETF GLD over the past 3 months. In the early part of the chart things basically obey the script. In those cases, the market acts “normally” – if you can count the fits and sputterings of a spoiled teenager normal. When the USD goes down (using the
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he meets with Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2019. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters As U.S. stocks climb and fall in response to President Donald Trump‘s words (and tweets), some traders are voicing skepticism over the
Will the WeWork fiasco change the governance structure of upcoming unicorns? WeWork’s IPO implosion centers partly on themes that are at the heart of a hot investment strategy — Environmental Social & Governance (ESG), which emphasizes relations with employees, customers, and stakeholders, as well as the importance of proper corporate governance–leadership, pay, shareholder rights, and
Stocks so far are shrugging off risks that President Donald Trump could be impeached, but investors may be betting that if he is, the market will ultimately rally, the way it did in the Clinton era. On Tuesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House would investigate impeaching Trump for seeking help from the
It’s not the most affordable stock in the world, and the P/E ratio isn’t low, but Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock remains the simplest and most direct way to participate in the e-commerce explosion, which continues unabated in 2019. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com I don’t see any signs of e-commerce slowing down anytime soon, and on the
High-yield stocks that pay steadily growing and relatively high dividends tend to do quite well over time. The current average dividend yield of the S&P 500 is 1.92%, while the long-term average is 2.09%. After the financial crisis of 2008, the long-term yield value decreased from a peak of 3.86% to around 2% where it is
Nio (NYSE:NIO) just reported another disastrous quarterly earnings result. On Tuesday, NIO stock plunged 20%, and that’s on top of a big decline heading into the earnings report. Putting the declines together, NIO stock is at new all-time lows, and it briefly dipped below the $2-mark on Tuesday, adding insult to injury. Source: xiaorui /
Impeachment reports are making their way into investors’ reading material, but what do they mean for equities? A look at the stock market today would suggest it’s not high up on investors’ risk list. This is particularly as hopes for a trade-war resolution rise. After opening lower on the day, stocks reversed higher and posted
In November 2018, the price of natural gas rose to the highest price since 2014 when it traded at $4.929 per MMBtu. The price of natural gas rose at the start of the peak season of demand during the winter months when inventories fall. The amount of natural gas in storage around the US fell
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Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stocks were set for a muted open on Wednesday even after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will launch a formal impeachment inquiry on President Donald Trump. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 14 points after the 6 p.m. open, implying a gain of 44 points at
People walk past a Nike store in New York. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Nike hit an all-time high, surging more than 5.5% during extended trade, following strong first-quarter earnings. CEO Mark Parker credited the earnings beat to product innovation and stronger e-commerce business. The footwear
U.S. equities continue to flirt with 27,000 level on the Dow Jones Industrial Average thanks to evergreen hopes of a U.S.-China trade deal and excitement surrounding recent interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. Support near the 200-day moving average seems to be very strong, containing the index repeatedly since the post-Trump rally stalled out