Pedestrians pass in front of an Ulta Beauty store in New York. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Thursday: Ulta Beauty – The beauty retailer’s stock dipped about 7% on the news that CEO Mary Dillon will be stepping down in June, with company
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A visitor in front of the Wall Street Bull, a bronze sculpture in the Financial District of Manhattan New York, May 19, 2020. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images A year after the Covid pandemic forced the nation into a shutdown, the stock market has been overhauled in ways Wall Street never imagined.
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Ulta Beauty (ULTA) – Ulta Beauty announced that CEO Mary Dillon will step down in June to be replaced by company President David Kimbell. Dillon will move to the role of executive chairman. Separately, the cosmetics retailer beat estimates on the top and bottom lines for
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Source: NYSE Bonds could be volatile in the week ahead. If yields go higher, that could make it difficult for big tech and other growth stocks to gain traction. Rising bond yields have been challenging growth stocks. Names like Apple, Tesla, and Amazon have been
To say the world changed in the last 12 months is a massive understatement. How we think about things is fundamentally different, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s those changes, however, that create new investing opportunities, such as one that exists today with CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) stock. Source: VDB Photos / Shutterstock.com Since Covid-19 was declared a
Airlines didn’t do much flying last year, but carriers like American Airlines (NASDAQ:AAL) still show signs of a strong rebound. According to many analysts, this is the perfect time to add some airline names like AAL stock to your portfolio. Source: GagliardiPhotography / Shutterstock.com Why? With the worst of the pandemic behind us, the sector
Most investors know how badly Carnival Corporation’s (NYSE:CCL) management team and shareholders are looking forward to a return to normal. Indeed, the incredible downside move in CCL stock from over $50 per share pre-pandemic to lows of under $8 a year ago cites the concerns the market previously had with this company staying afloat in these
The rise of the gig economy has been a boon for FVRR (NYSE:FVRR) stock, a platform that connects business to a global network of freelancers. Source: Temitiman / Shutterstock.com Following the 2008 recession, gig jobs were are largely dispersed with 97% of freelancing happening offline. Micah Kaufman, the founder of Fiverr set out to change
Seasoned investors realize dividend investing is a time-tested strategy that might be appropriate for most buy-and-hold retail portfolios. They are not interested in timing highly volatile momentum. Instead their investment strategy is, at least in part, to buy shares in high quality dividend-paying companies and then reinvest those dividends over a long period of time,
Car stocks, especially shares of electric vehicles (EVs), have turbocharged portfolios in the past year. Meanwhile, the auto industry — which increasingly relies on semiconductors — has been in the limelight. However, due to the current chip shortage, many car makers have announced they would be temporarily halting production. As a result, car stocks have
iBio (NYSEAMERICAN:IBIO) stock is up 12% in the past year and up 74% in the year-to-date period. However, since I last wrote about IBIO stock on Nov. 20, the stock is mostly flat, including two big drops,lending credence to my concerns. Source: Shutterstock My worry at the time was that the company would continue to issue
ChargePoint Holdings (NYSE:CHPT), an EV charging company that has come to market via the Switchback Energy Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:SBE) SPAC, has been a volatile. Indeed, CHPT stock has fallen approximately 40% from its 52-week high late last year. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com There are a couple of factors driving shares lower. Among these are the rise
Organigram Holdings (NASDAQ:OGI) is just another one of the many Canadian cannabis companies struggling to get profitable. As a result, OGI stock is down 26% from its high of $6 on Feb. 10. Good luck with this company getting profitable enough to justify that price again. Source: Shutterstock In fact, in the past year OGI
People often ask if technical analysis can be used as an effective substitute for fundamental analysis. Although there is no definitive answer whether technical analysis can be used as a whole substitution for fundamental analysis, there is little doubt that combining the strengths of both strategies can help investors better understand the markets and gauge
If your employer doesn’t offer you health insurance as part of an employee benefits program, you may be looking at purchasing your own health insurance through a private health insurance company. A premium is the amount of money an individual or business pays to an insurance company for coverage. Health insurance premiums are typically paid
How much does health insurance cost? Across the United States, Americans pay wildly different premiums monthly for health insurance. While these premiums are not determined by gender or pre-existing health conditions, thanks to the Affordable Care Act, a number of other factors impact what you pay. We explore those factors below to help you understand
Way back there in 2017, Naked Brand Group Inc. (NASDAQ:NAKD) traded in territory worthy of a mega-buff body builder. If I have my figures right, NAKD stock topped $1,400 per share on Feb. 10, 2017. It was a heady time for a company that, in its own words, “focused on enhancing the architecture of the
Canadian enterprise software group Blackberry (NYSE:BB) has had a rollercoaster ride in recent weeks. BB stock finished 2020 at $6.63. Then, on Jan. 27, it hit a multi-year high of $28.77. By March, the share price was down to $8.82, but today BB rests at around $11.50. Source: Shutterstock This recent volatility in BB stock has,
Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. IV (NYSE:IPOD) stock is another special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that has all the advantages and risks of SPAC investing strategies. There’s potential for high returns, but at the same time quite a bit of risk. Therefore, let’s look at the main factors to consider when investing in IPOD stock.
It was yet another wild week in the market as tech stocks continued to lag while the S&P 500 rallied to new all-time highs. Source: Shutterstock We’ll analyze the broad action in today’s new episode of MoneyLine and I’ll highlight where I think stocks are heading next. But even more importantly, we’ll turn back the
The headquarters of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seen in Washington, DC, January 28, 2021. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday issued a warning against special purpose acquisition companies backed by celebrities, urging investors to think twice before jumping in. “Celebrity involvement in a
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: General Electric (GE) – GE struck a deal to combine its aircraft leasing unit, GE Capital Aviation Services, with Ireland’s AerCap (AER). It had been reported earlier this week that the two sides were in talks. Separately, GE’s board is recommending a 1-for-8 reverse stock split
Despite Congress’ failure to make the move to a $15 minimum wage, it’s likely to happen sometime during the next few years. That inevitability got me thinking about those businesses that would benefit from the boost. Of course, this being InvestorPlace, that led to research which stocks to buy to play that development. To be sure,
Income investors sometimes take the route of finding the best income stocks to meet their needs based upon criteria like dividend safety, dividend growth potential, or historical dividend streak. These can help investors find great value stocks that will provide them with years of income. Along with dividends, investors should also keep in mind capital
Discovery Networks (NASDAQ:DISCA) stock is being pumped by streaming’s promise. Since the start of 2021, the value of DISCA stock has more than doubled. Source: Shutterstock Shares that traded at under $31 in early January are set to open above $65 a piece this morning. That affords the company an almost-$29 billion market capitalization on
Other than a one-time spike in Nokia (NYSE:NOK) in late January investors are only barely ahead if they held. NOK stock is mostly flat in the last year as value investors accumulated shares while impatient ones sold. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com Despite the lack of movement in the stock, 5G network installations are accelerating. Nokia
Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Retail investors are continuing to jump into the market in droves even after the dust has settled from the GameStop trading saga. The major online brokers continue to see elevated app downloads, well above levels from last year, according to JMP Securities using SimilarWeb app download data. Millennial-favored
The AMC Empire 25 near Times Square is open as New York City’s cinemas reopen for the first time in a year following the coronavirus shutdown, on March 5, 2021. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Wednesday: Bumble – Bumble shares jumped 5.2% after
After its merger with Livongo, Teladoc (NASDAQ:TDOC) has been a volatile but profitable stock. However, after TDOC stock has pulled back, there is a bargain to be had. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com As of close on Mar. 8th, shares have fallen more than 40%. That gives us a great opportunity to finally allocate some
Nokia (NYSE:NOK) plans to announcing some major changes on March 18 during its Capital Markets Day event. Let’s hope it comes up with something drastic that will help prevent NOK stock from its constant decline. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com The 5G telecom system maker wants to make its strategy more focused and employ a “more rigorous