Blue-chip stocks are shares of established, financially robust and profitable businesses. Many of them have brands, products, or services that set them apart from the competition and typically make them leaders in their industries. A large number of blue-chip stocks also have stable dividends — a fact that appeals to passive-income seekers. For this piece,
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Reportedly, cloud-based infrastructure company Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW) will report its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal-year 2022 (yes, you read that year correctly) on May 26, 2021. This leaves current and prospective SNOW stock investors with critical questions to consider. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Does it make sense to buy the shares now? Or,
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) stock seldom goes on sale. When it does, income investors need to grab it like one of those prized rotisserie chickens offered at the back of the store. The most recent sale came around the end of February or early March. The COST stock share price fell 20%, from a high of
Dividend stocks are popular among investors. There’s a good reason for this. In fact, there are several good reasons. Besides the returns from growth in the stock’s value, you get dividend payments. These can be plowed back into your portfolio or used for income. Dividend stocks also tend to be lower risk — if the
Income investors have likely become familiar with stocks known as the Dividend Aristocrats and Dividend Kings, which represent stocks with 25+ and 50+ years of dividend increases, respectively. But there are plenty of quality stocks that aren’t included on these lists. Source: Iryna Imago / Shutterstock.com For example, the Dividend Achievers list covers those stocks
Dividend investors often gravitate towards certain sectors that are considered the safest in the market, including well-known sectors such as industrials or consumer staples. But in terms of growth, these sectors can often struggle, meaning investors may have to forfeit growth in exchange for stability. While that certainly has appeal for a lot of investors,
In October 2020, I created a dividend ladder for an article I was writing about dividend stocks. The idea was to select a stock yielding 1%, 2%, 3%, all the way to 7% or beyond. The thing is, you can’t always find good companies at precisely each of those yield points at a particular point
The key for dividend aristocrats is to have significant competitive advantages that attract customers to a company’s products or services regardless of economic conditions. Having a dominant position in an industry allows for companies to grow their revenue and earnings for long periods of time. This consistent growth, in turn, enables companies to return capital
So far in 2021, IBM (NYSE:IBM) stock has outperformed stock of cloud czars Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Source: shutterstock.com/LCV Big Blue is still a little bird among the clouds. It opened for trade May 14 at $145.11. That’s a market cap of $128.9 billion on 2020 revenue of $73.8 billion. A 14.5% rise
Thousands of stocks pay dividends, which can make choosing among them difficult, but there are some aspects of dividend stocks that are particularly attractive. One factor that can make a big difference is competitive advantage and leadership in a given industry. In general, larger companies with global dominance are considered safer and typically have more
Despite the heavy economic toll, last year’s recession was one of the shortest in history. Due to quick action by the Federal Reserve, the stock markets have recovered handily from the novel coronavirus pandemic, and the first quarter was marked by intense price momentum for growth stocks. However, despite a pretty quick economic recovery, dividend
The technology sector continues to experience a roller-coaster ride in 2021. If you’re looking to take a breather, some blue-chip dividend stocks may be just the thing your portfolio needs. The U.S. Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:IYW) has lost nearly 46% over the past three months. IYW is higher by roughly 5% dating back to the start
After reviewing the statements of experts on the state of the pandemic in the U.S., reading CDC projections on the course that the coronavirus is likely to take and analyzing Ocugen’s (NASDAQ:OCGN) recent first-quarter earnings conference call, I remain extremely bearish on OCGN stock. Source: Shutterstock.com Ocugen has said that it is trying to get
The disruption that the novel coronavirus caused last year was nothing like we’ve had in centuries. Luckily, we have amazing vaccine companies that succeeded, plus others like Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) trying their hardest. NVAX stock is still full of potential and today we will debate owning it. Source: Ascannio/Shutterstock.com Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) and AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN)
Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV) is a company in the healthcare sector that has experienced somewhat of a heart attack — or more accurately, a serious short-seller attack. This company went public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) back in January, but it has been a bit of a bumpy ride for CLOV
Laser beam scanning (LBS) technology developer MicroVision (NASDAQ:MVIS) stock has so far had a bumpy ride in 2021. This year, MVIS stock is up over 170%. On Apr. 27, MVIS hit a multi-year high of $28. Now it is just shy of $15. The stock has been swinging between $6 and $28 in 2021. But
Another round of cannabis excitement has come and gone. Sundial Growers (NASDAQ:SNDL) is still standing. Source: Shutterstock Why? It’s certainly not the financial results. Sundial brought in $45.4 million of revenue in 2020. In 2019 it brought in nearly $48 million. Do we have to talk about earnings? There aren’t any. There was a loss
Investors in Naked Brand Group (NASDAQ:NAKD) and NAKD stock are still up more than 197% year-to-date. Indeed, any stock that sees such capital appreciation in a relatively short amount of time is worth taking a look at. Source: Shutterstock However, when one considers how far this stock has fallen from its peak, the situation looks a bit
Lordstown Motors (NASDAQ:RIDE) reported its earnings for 2020 on March 17, showing that it lost $101 million and had just $630 million in cash. It is going to need another cash raise fairly soon within the next year. That is going to hurt RIDE stock even further as if there wasn’t already enough bad news.
The S&P 500 has bounced back more than 75% from the bear market low set on March 23, and the Nasdaq has more than doubled since its pandemic low. After the defiant bull run, earnings and target price estimates for the S&P 500 are bullish into 2021, but there is substantial talk of a stock
Reporters are falling over themselves overestimating the value of AT&T’s (NYSE:T) deal with Discovery Networks (NASDAQ:DISCA, NASDAQ:DISCB), but DISCA and T stock are both dropping. Source: Shutterstock The nominal value is $43 billion. The two partners are combining assets in a new company, with AT&T shareholders getting 71% of it and Discovery shareholders the rest.
I’ll continue to be bearish regarding Sundial Growers (NASDAQ:SNDL) stock until it shows investors something positive. Recent earnings only make the situation bleaker and bleaker. Source: Shutterstock And while acquisition news seems appropriate and strategically logical, the results have yet to be seen. The Lone Positive is False Hope Earnings releases should always be taken
Bitcoin futures contracts were launched in December of 2017, and have already gained traction in the market. Many market participants, who cannot hold spot positions in bitcoin cryptocurrency due to compliance regulations, can now trade bitcoin futures contracts. Futures contracts also offer risk mitigation and hedging possibilities. Amid increasing participation in bitcoin futures trading, here’s a
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