Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., January 21, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Should you be worried? On Monday at one point, the S&P 500 was down 10% from its recent highs. However, investors who are panicking should bear in mind long-term trends. What’s
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Scott Eells | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. General Electric — Shares fell more than 6% after the company missed revenue estimates for the fiscal fourth quarter. The conglomerate reported 92 cents in adjusted earnings per share on $20.3 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv were
Recent volatility has sent tech stocks lower. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is no exception. Declines with AAPL stock have been modest compared to more speculative names in the space. Trading for around $160 per share today, it’s down about 10% from its high-water mark. Not exactly a big plunge. Source: WeDesing / Shutterstock.com Still, given how market trends
Here’s something I’ll bet you didn’t know. At one point in time, Southeast Asian ride-hailing and delivery company Grab Holdings (NASDAQ:GRAB) represented the largest ever special purpose acquisition company merger (SPAC) to date. That’s mind-blowing when we consider that many U.S. investors haven’t even heard of GRAB stock. Source: Hafiz Johari / Shutterstock.com The company is well-known
CF Acquisition Corp. VI (NASDAQ:CFVI) is another blank check or special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) linked to Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG). This connection to the former president’s nascent media conglomerate is not enough to make CFVI stock appealing. Nor are its plans to take the conservative video-sharing platform Rumble public very enticing. Source: Tada
Jim Cramer Scott Mlyn | CNBC It’s been a bloody few weeks for once high-flying tech stocks and CNBC’s Jim Cramer believes there is still a bit more carnage to go for some parts of the market. “Tomorrow you got to do some selling…if you own stocks that are selling at a multiple to sales…those
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Kohl’s (KSS) – Kohl’s soared 27.3% in premarket trading as takeover interest in the retailer ramps up. Starboard-backed Acacia Research is offering $64 per share for Kohl’s, compared to Friday’s close of $46.84 a share. People familiar with the matter say private-equity firm
Clearly expanding dramatically and rapidly around the globe, wind power has become a key tool in the fight against climate change. And — since wind power has ” the most decarbonisation potential per” megawatt, while offshore wind energy has begun to quickly proliferate,– wind energy, in all likelihood, will continue to spread speedily for the
Last year was a great time to own Ford Motor (NYSE:F) stock. Source: Ford With analysts like TV’s Jim Cramer pounding the table for it, the value of Ford shares doubled during 2021. The fourth quarter was especially sweet, with Ford selling over 500,000 cars in the U.S., more than General Motors (NYSE:GM) or even
Market conditions continue to work against Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR). But, as it sinks down below $15 per share, PLTR stock may now be entering the buy zone. At least, it may appear that way to investors who see the data analytics software provider as a long-term play. Source: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com For investors looking at PLTR
When evaluating your portfolio’s performance, what number do you look at? Your brokerage firm might tell you that your retirement portfolio returned 10% last year. But thanks to inflation, the increase in the prices of goods and services that typically occurs month after month, year after year, a 10% return—your nominal rate of return—isn’t really
Allakos (NASDAQ:ALLK) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that recently saw a pretty dramatic price collapse at the end of December. I believe that ALLK stock, and its subsequent collapse, is a learning opportunity for the investing community. Source: Pavel Kapysh/ Shutterstock.com In mid-December 2021, shares of Allakos were trading near $83 per share and they tanked
Former Goldman Sachs CEO and Chairman Lloyd Blankfein said that his view of cryptocurrencies has evolved after digital assets attracted trillions of dollars in value and a rapidly growing ecosystem. On Monday, Blankfein was asked by CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin for his view on the nascent asset class, who noted that the former banker has
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Jan. 21, 2022. Source: NYSE Two factors that determine the direction of stock prices are 1) expectations of earnings increasing or decreasing, and 2) the market multiple (price/earnings ratio), which is an estimate on what investors are willing to pay for a future stream of earnings. Both are
In this article TSLA WYNN GM COIN Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Netflix — Shares of the streaming giant fell more than 9% after Jefferies downgraded the stock to hold from buy and said the company may need to shift its focus
The price action on Wall Street last week was nothing short of incredible. This was the highest palpable moment of panic that I’ve seen in a while. We have had small corrections in the past year, but this was the most fantastic of them. Stocks capitulated past support levels too easily. This makes it very
Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ:RIOT) is one of the original publicly-traded cryptocurrency mining companies. RIOT stock originally rose to prominence in 2007, with shares surging from $4 to $30. However, both the price of Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD) and Riot soon plunged. Source: Wit Olszewski / Shutterstock.com By the end of 2018, RIOT stock had collapsed to just $2
As a sports fan, I sometimes watch with amazement as teams that are having a horrible game within a miserable season celebrate heartily after they made a few good plays. I wonder, “What are you so happy about? Overall, you’re doing horribly.” I have similar feelings towards those who are upbeat on AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC)
In this article JPM GS Tourists are lined up for taking photos by the Charging Bull Statue in the financial district of New York City, United States on August 16, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Bonus season has arrived on Wall Street, and the bankers who produced record revenue last year
Semiconductor stocks have seen solid returns in 2021. As a result, the PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index (SOX) is up around 12.5% in the past 12 months. Meanwhile, numbers from the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics show that global sales in the industry will likely grow close to 9% in 2022. Yet, despite these positive prospects, many
Digital payments, financial services, and Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD) company Block Inc (NYSE:SQ) has started off 2022 the way it spent the final three months of 2021: watching its shares slump. After closing at an all-time high in August, SQ stock continued the volatility that has become one of its defining characteristics. Source: Sergei Elagin / Shutterstock.com A
Price discrimination is a strategy where companies charge different prices to different customers for the same goods or services. Price discrimination is most valuable when separating the customer markets is more profitable than keeping the markets combined. Price discrimination is the practice of targeting different consumers with different prices. This allows companies to offer lower prices
Gores Guggenheim (NASDAQ:GGPI) stock, when it eventually becomes Polestar, will hope for Simpsons-like success. Source: Jeppe Gustafsson / Shutterstock.com One of the reasons why the satirical animated sitcom The Simpsons has been around for more than three decades is its excellent writing. With sharp wit and a finger on the cultural pulse, the series has
Luke Gromen talks with Preston Pysh about all the important macro trends for the 1st Quarter of 2022. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 0:00:00 – Intro 0:00:18 – Luke’s Overview of the Macro Landscape. 0:12:31 – Luke’s Thoughts on the Dollar for the First Half of 2022. 0:20:13 – China’s Shift in Monetary Policy. 0:20:36
In this article VRNT AMZN TSLA VMW WMT VMware at the NYSE, Dec. 14, 2021. Source: NYSE Stocks have had a rocky start to 2022, and further turbulence could be ahead for investors. That’s because the current macro environment has been one of the most volatile in recent memory. Inflationary fears, labor shortages and the
If you found a stock with a strong growth history that is expected to gain 30% this year, you’d be interested, right? Then maybe you should check out Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com Amazon has been through the ringer as of late. It’s down 23% since July and 14% over the last
Do you like to ride on the backs of cryptocurrency whales? If so, then you’ll definitely want to check out Fantom (CCC:FTM-USD). Apparently, large-scale traders may be showing interest in Fantom in early 2022. Source: Wit Olszewski / Shutterstock.com Reportedly, one crypto whale recently purchased 500,000 FTM. That order was valued at $1,110,000 – clearly, somebody’s
DoorDash (NYSE:DASH) and other growth stocks have experienced massive pull-backs in the past six months. Moreover, with the U.S. Federal Reserve’s hawkish policy stance, stocks trading at lofty multiples such as DoorDash are likely to be hit the most. Apart from the tough trading year ahead for DASH stock, the lingering issues with its underlying
A man walks past a Wells Fargo Bank branch on a rainy morning in Washington. Gary Cameron | Reuters U.S. banks closed a record number of retail branches in 2021 as customers increasingly turn to digital banking and the industry consolidates. On net, U.S. banks shuttered 2,927 branches last year, according to S&P Global Market
In this article UAL TRV AAL SIG F RF Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Travelers (TRV) – The insurance company reported a quarterly profit of $5.20 per share, well above the $3.86 consensus estimate, with revenue also beating analyst forecasts. Travelers benefited from stronger results in investment income and underwriting, and