Ten years ago, people were saying that Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) was nothing but “Amazon’s showroom.” And they were right… at the time. The stock proceeded to go nowhere throughout the early 2010s. But from its low of $11.20 in December 2012, BBY stock is now above $67 – a 500% climb! While it’s certainly proven
For years, AT&T (NYSE:T) stock has been a “yield trap.” This is a stock who’s dividend is too good to be true. T stock’s dividend yield of 51 cents per share, currently yielding 5.5%, has been thought unsustainable by many analysts. Since AT&T stock has 7.31 billion shares outstanding, the dividend costs almost $15 billion
Are we stalling near all-time highs? Is it worries over the repo market? Are impeachment concerns rattling the market? Maybe it’s a little of everything as stocks took a hit in the stock market today. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) fell 0.8%, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSEARCA:DIA) dropped 0.5% and the PowerShares
The temperature rises in the Middle East Crude rallies and corrects Buying dips because Iran is not going away anytime soon The fundamentals of the crude oil market have changed dramatically over recent years. The US was dependent on the Middle East for the energy commodity for decades. The growth of the US oil industry
President Donald Trump‘s active Twitter feed reverberates across multiple topics, apparently including the price of gold. Though he has basically never directly tweeted about the yellow metal, his indictments of the Federal Reserve as well as the ongoing updates about the U.S. tariff dispute with China and trade in general influence gold, either directly or
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Netflix — Netflix fell more than 3% after two more Wall Street analysts joined a host of brokerages worried about new competitive pressures. The internet streaming website’s big spending and rival moves by Apple, Disney and NBC have started to cost Netflix key content licenses and
Leading U.S. pet e-retail marketplace Chewy (NYSE:CHWY) made its debut on Wall Street in mid-June 2019. It was a huge success. Chewy priced its IPO at $22 per share. Chewy stock closed its first day of trading at $35, or up about 60% from the IPO price. Source: designs by Jack / Shutterstock.com Unfortunately for
There are plenty of benefits to having an allocation to real estate in your portfolio. From income generation to having an asset class that helps fight inflation, every investor should have some allocation to real estate. For most of us that aren’t high net worth investors that means either owning one or two rental properties
Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC) is a popular stock for cannabis investors due to the company’s high valuation. But the company’s growth story is much less compelling than it was a year ago. CGC stock is currently down 51% after a series of missteps. Source: Jarretera / Shutterstock.com I’ll admit to being a skeptic when it comes
Yet again, the markets started the day on a somewhat positive note, only to turn negative in a big, disappointing way partway through the day. Source: Shutterstock The impetus this time? There seem to be a couple of potential culprits. President Donald Trump addressed the U.N., and in the course of his address touched on
As the drought continues in the cannabis sector, many of us are wondering when it’s going to end and which companies are going to stray away from the pack and start to outperform first. When it comes to HEXO, the stock was performing like most other cannabis companies until recently and there are a few
Download Preston’s 1 page checklist for finding great stock picks: http://buffettsbooks.com/checklist Preston Pysh is the #1 selling Amazon author of two books on Warren Buffett. The books can be found at the following location: In this lesson, Students learned about the fundamental aspects of preferred stock. Although Preferred shares are a proportional ownership of equity
Triple Bottom Reversal Pattern: -Important: This pattern should be treated as a neutral pattern until it reaches the third bottom point. Before that moment it could form as other patterns such as a double top, a declining wedge, etc. -If it breaks past the resistance line that is when the trade should be entered. -If
Kevin Matras goes over a neutral option strategy that you put on as a credit in your account. Find out now how an Iron Condor strategy works.
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The Netflix logo is seen on a mobile phone. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images What a difference the past two months made for Netflix. It was just early July when the streaming video giant’s stock was flirting with new record highs. Now after an unexpected loss of subscribers and increased competition in the
People exit the New York Stock Exchange building along Wall Street in New York City. Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: VEREIT shares tanked nearly 12% before settling 2.3% under its closing price after the real estate investment company announced it will offer 71 million shares of
From early May, Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) stock has been on a gradual slide, going from $90 to $76. Yet it’s important to keep in mind that — for the year so far — the performance has still been pretty good. The 2019 return: a hefty 38%. Source: jejim / Shutterstock.com This is in stark contrast to
Whether it’s through a dividend stock, bonds, ETFs, or other types of securities, all investors love seeing their portfolios score big returns. But for income investors, the primary focus is generating consistent cash flow from every liquid investment. Source: Shutterstock Cash flow can come from bond interest, interest from other types of investments, and of
As long as you’re using a very small portion of your trading account, respecting your stop-losses, and able to handle the risks involved, it might be okay to bet on a lesser-known investment like Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA), but Okta stock comes with a lot of baggage. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com I’m not against taking on some riskier