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A Deutsche Bank AG flag flies outside the company’s office on Wall Street in New York. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images Deutsche Bank said Friday that it was winding down its operations in Russia, one day after its chief financial officer said it wasn’t “practical” to shutter the unit. “Like some international peers
A trader on the NYSE, March 11, 2022. Source: NYSE Investors may take the Federal Reserve’s first post-pandemic interest rate hike in stride, while uncertainty over the Ukraine crisis continues to hang over markets. The Fed has clearly broadcast that it intends to raise its target fed funds rate by a quarter percentage point from
The start of the year has been rough for investors in financial technology (fintech) companies. Two months have passed, and all the enthusiasm of the 2020 rally has been extinguished. We are constantly being bombarded with negative news, ranging from high, persistent inflation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Investor sentiment is at a low point.
We’re barely through two months of the year, and already 2022 is proving to be a very difficult year for investors. Supercharged inflation, war in Europe, sky-high energy prices, constrained supply chains, a global semiconductor shortage and tightening monetary policy have created a vortex of bad conditions for markets around the world. Stocks to sell
The junkmen are coming for Kohl’s (NYSE:KSS) stock. Source: Sundry Photography/Shutterstock.com Since December, activist investors have been pushing the company to sell or at least spin-off its real estate and e-commerce units. The board reacted by rejecting two takeover offers and adopting a “poison pill” aimed at preventing a “hostile takeover.” The pressure increased last
In this article MRT.UN-CA CNE-CA CFW-CA Thomas Barwick | Stone | Getty Images Less than a third of corporate board seats are now held by women, despite evidence that has shown that gender diversity in boardrooms can lead to higher credit ratings and improved stock performance. Women are gaining ground in the boardroom. In 2022,
In this article FB RIVN DOCU A sign of Meta, the new name for the company formerly known as Facebook, is seen at its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, October 28, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Friday. Meta Platforms — Shares of the Facebook parent fell
Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ:PENN) stock benefited tremendously from the pandemic. But it hasn’t all been roses since then, judging by the current $100 hair cut it has suffered more recently. Still, in the long term, PENN stock should do well because it stands to benefit from several prevailing and sustainable trends. Source: Casimiro PT /
AT&T (NYSE:T) is planning on spinning off its WarnerMedia division in a merger with Discovery, Inc. (NASDAQ:DISCA, NASDAQ:DISCB, NASDAQ:DISCK) very soon. The new company will be called Warner Brothers Discovery with the ticker WBD. T stock is starting to reflect this spinoff, as well as the proposed dividend cut. Source: Lester Balajadia / Shutterstock.com I
Block, Inc. (NYSE:SQ), which used to be called Square, has now closed the acquisition of AfterPay, the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Australian company. The bottom line is that there are better places to put your money than in SQ stock. Source: Sergei Elagin / Shutterstock.com This all-share deal has led to significant stock dilution.
Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) is in deep trouble. CLOV stock was due to open March 10 at about $3 per share. That is a market cap of just under $1.3 billion, which on 2021 revenue of $1.5 million looks horrendous. On expected 2022 revenue of $3.24 billion, however, maybe that is not so bad. Source: Wirestock
Roth 401(k) vs. Roth IRA: An Overview There is no one-size-fits-all answer as to which is better, a Roth 401(k) or a Roth IRA. It all depends on your unique financial profile: how old you are, how much money you make, when you want to start withdrawing your nest egg, and so on. There are
I want to share with why the market hates a strong dollar, and what you really need to know about dollar movement… How Dollar Plays into the Stock Market You need to understand how the dollar plays into the stock market. The stock market has a lot of companies that deal with business internationally. The
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In this article JPM JPMorgan Chase says that companies can deal with global labor shortages in part by tapping the neurodiverse and people with criminal backgrounds. The New York-based bank has hired thousands of people with criminal records and hundreds of people with autism or other conditions, Brian Lamb, JPMorgan’s global head of diversity, equity
In this article ULTA RIVN DOCU ORCL The Docusign Inc. application for download in the Apple App Store on a smartphone arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Rivian — The electric vehicle company’s
SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) reported solid Q4 2021 results on March 1. Unfortunately, while SOFI stock initially jumped on the news, it’s been downhill ever since. Shares have fallen 19% in a little over a week. Source: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com I continue to believe that SoFi has the potential to become a major player in
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is over two weeks old. With this level of uncertainty, the S&P 500 has declined 10% year-to-date, as investors take stock of what has transpired and attempt to determine what are safe dividend stocks. One area that has not suffered is aerospace and defense. The Aerospace & Defense ETF (BATS:ITA) has
Retail interest in GameStop (NYSE:GME) soared last year after the WallStreetBets Reddit group, whose members numbered in the millions, provoked a speculative buying frenzy. GME stock shot up from less than $20 a share to an all-time high of $483 in just over two weeks as meme-stock mania took hold. Source: Shutterstock Since that high,