In this article SG HOOD MRNA The Moderna Covid-19 vaccine awaits administration at a vaccination clinic in Los Angeles, California on December 15, 2021. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Here are the company’s making headlines in midday trading: Moderna — The biotech stock jumped 7% after a Food and Drug Administration committee
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We’ve seen a chip favorite get demolished, as Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has not been able to fight off the selling pressure in the stock market. While Nvidia was hitting new highs in November 2021, the selloff eventually hit this name too. At its recent low, NVDA stock was down 55% from the highs. Does that make
REITs (real estate investment trusts) are investment vehicles that invest in real estate and/or mortgages. The investments produce real estate income and/or interest, 90% of which must be paid out as dividends to shareholders. That allows the REIT to not have to pay taxes. REITs produce funds from operations (FFO), which is different from GAAP
Things are not looking good for Canadian e-commerce company Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) stock. A major casualty of the downturn in stocks that thrived during the global pandemic is that SHOP stock has fallen 75% this year, bringing its decline over the past six months to 76%. At its current price of $317.42 a share, Shopify’s stock
Headquartered in San Francisco, installment-payment broker Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) is also considered a specialist in the “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) niche market. As this market becomes increasingly crowded – and a famous tech company enters into the space – AFRM stock should be monitored but not owned. There’s nothing wrong with rooting for a small
In this article BIDU MSTR MRNA STLA-IT ZEN HOOD Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Baidu (BIDU) – Baidu shares jumped 4.1% in premarket trading after Reuters reported the China-based internet search giant is in talks to sell its controlling stake in the video streaming company iQIYI (IQ). iQIYI fell 3.4%. MicroStrategy
Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) stock hasn’t had much of a year, giving up nearly 60% of its value. While many investors think that the company is going nowhere, I believe it has strong potential to grow over the years. The company is expected to make losses until next year but if it manages to ramp up production,
Since Thursday, the price action on Wall Street has been devastating for the bulls. I anticipated a weak Thursday but the follow through has been a bit too harsh. This week we are likely to see some fireworks, so investors are throwing all stocks out. The good and the bad end up in the waste
Source: Burdun Iliya / Shutterstock.com It’s an understatement to say pandemic tailwinds are no longer priced into Shopify (NYSE:SHOP). In fact, SHOP stock today trades around where it did during March 2020. As you likely recall, that’s when the market began to realize that the lockdowns were a boon for the e-commerce software provider. Yet,
Investors who bought Carnival (CCL) stock at the start of the pandemic made out if they sold during this travel stock’s 2021 reopening rally. If you bought CCL stock after that? You’ve been burned, big time. In hindsight, it’s clear shares in the cruise line operator bounced back too quickly. Its move from single-digits to
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced today that the exchange was laying off 1,100 employees immediately. This reduces the company’s workforce by 18% not long after reaching more than 2,500. Key Takeaways Coinbase lays off 1,100 employees to cut expenses, citing economic conditions and the rate of growth over the last year. Coinbase grew more than
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Continental Resources — Shares soared 14% after the shale company announced an all-cash buyout proposal from the family trust of billionaire founder Harold Hamm. Continental Resources said it’s yet to review the offer that would take the company private in a $25.4 billion deal. FedEx —
Recently, I discussed how Costco (NASDAQ:COST) has been handling inflation much better than its peers in the retail sector. To a large extent, the market is aware of this. That’s why COST stock has partially bounced back, after plunging during the mid-May retailer stock selloff. Yet shares have still not made their way back to
These high-yield dividend stocks have enough earnings to cover the dividends and make these stocks secure. The companies have what is known as a low payout ratio — the comparison between the cost of dividends and the company’s earnings. It’s important to pay attention to the payout ratios of dividend stocks before investing. Many times,
If you look at the largest of the large cap stocks, you will notice that all of them serve millions of customers around the world, with diverse product lines and huge revenues. Except one. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA). This company, which has the fifth largest market cap in the entire U.S. market, hasn’t even delivered 1 million
The Wall Street Journal analyzed the median pay at S&P 500 companies in 2021. It found that Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) paid out $295,884 in total compensation to its employees. That’s very good news for GOOG stock. How’s that, you might ask? Well, when you’ve got a tight employment market, the last thing you want to do
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Continental Resources (CLR) – The oil and natural gas producer’s stock rallied 7.4% in the premarket after receiving a $70 per share “take private” bid from Chairman Harold Hamm and his family. The company’s board will establish an independent committee to evaluate the
Investors looking to scoop up undervalued S&P 500 stocks are in a position to see the recent doldrums as an opportunity. The stock market continues to be in free-fall mode after its most recent selloff pushed the S&P 500 roughly 20% below its record highs. Rising inflation and interest rates have unnerved investors, and a
These six dividend stocks are very attractive because they have yields of over 5%. But they are also good investments, as the companies earn more on a monthly yield basis than the dividends they pay out to shareholders. This latter point is very important. Often business development companies, which are a mix of a lender
Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) stock has a very long way to go before it’s worth buying and, at this point, it might be time to get out if you’re holding this embattled EV play. As part of the company’s annual meeting, CEO RJ Scaringe wrote a letter to shareholders. While generally positive in its tone, Scaringe emphasized that