This was the year Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) was finally recognized as a cloud player. When ORCL stock hit its all-time high on Dec. 6, investors were looking at a 67% year-to-date gain. Today, shares are up a little more than 40%, thanks in part to the omicron downdraft but also thanks to Oracle’s purchase of Cerner
There are a variety of individual retirement accounts (IRAs) on the investment landscape these days. Here’s a breakdown of two of the less-traditional types, the Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA and the Roth IRA. Key Takeaways While traditional IRAs remain the most popular type of individual retirement account, alternatives exist. A SEP IRA is a
As we head into 2022, investors are looking forward to a year of opportunity and trying to read the tea leaves. There are plenty of variables in play, including inflation and interest rates. The omicron variant is ensuring the pandemic remains a force to be reckoned with. Semiconductor shortages continue to roil the supply chain.
In this article MON Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, on June 5, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies have had yet another wild year. Bitcoin, the world’s largest digital asset, has seen a roughly 65% gain since January — with some
In this article TSLA SFIX NVAX 9618-HK NKLA AVO Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Novavax (NVAX) – Novavax jumped 3.4% in the premarket after the drugmaker said a two-dose treatment of its Covid-19 vaccine demonstrated strong immune responses against the omicron variant. It did add that the response to omicron was
I’ll be frank here. I’m pretty surprised that GameStop (NYSE:GME) stock managed to hold on to at least a portion of its gains in 2021. GME stock opened the year at $19 a share; today, it’s at $154. Source: Shutterstock / mundissima Much of that is due to GameStop’s huge, loyal following on Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets.
Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) recently hit new lows on Dec. 17 after reporting earnings. RIVN stock fell 10% as a result of a top- and bottom-line miss, the company’s first report as a public company. Source: Miro Vrlik Photography / Shutterstock.com Even with the drop, Rivian commands a market capitalization of $84 billion. That’s more than Ford
When Southeast Asian ride-hailing and delivery company Grab Holdings (NASDAQ:GRAB) completed a reverse merger with special purpose acquisition company Altimeter Growth Corp. in early December it made history as the largest company to go public via a SPAC merger. Yet, this didn’t stop GRAB stock from plummeting more than 20% on the day of the merger.
People wait in line for t-shirts at a pop-up kiosk for the online brokerage Robinhood along Wall Street after the company went public with an IPO earlier in the day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Stock options gained popularity on Main Street this
In this article PAYX COIN BABA TSLA KMX A Tesla store in Beijing, China, on July 4, 2021. Costfoto | Barcroft Media | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. CarMax — CarMax shares fell nearly 4.9% despite the used car retailer’s better-than-expected quarterly report. The company posted earnings of $1.63 per
Inflation has been surging, including a 6.8% increase in November compared to the prior year. This was the largest year-over-year increase in nearly four decades. The Federal Reserve’s response could boost some dividend stocks. In order to help keep inflation from spiraling out of control, the Fed announced that tapering of asset purchases would likely
Sometimes a stock mysteriously rises without any identifiable logic. That’s essentially what happened in the case of AeroClean Technologies (NASDAQ:AERC) stock, which rose meteorically, only to quickly plummet. Source: Maridav/ShutterStock.com It is really a very strange tale in the world of the stock market. There’s plenty of precedent in recent times for strange tales within
If you had to use a single financial barometer to indicate the strength of the economy, what would it be? Even though the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the best-known and most-quoted stock index in the world, it’s so selective as to be misleading. Comprised of only 30 stocks, the Dow is less representative of
As someone who extensively covered cryptocurrencies during the past year, one of the concerns I had was oversaturation. Namely, it’s difficult to establish the applicability of one blockchain over another. I feel the same way about Gores Guggenheim (NASDAQ:GGPI). While the underlying electric vehicle manufacturer Polestar may look good for GGPI stock on paper, the
Gore Guggenheim (NASDAQ:GGPI) is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) poised to merge with Swedish electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar. As I wrote in my last article, GGPI stock looks like a good value here, especially if the market moves its value metrics higher once the deal closes. Source: Jeppe Gustafsson / Shutterstock.com GGPI stock has
In this article TSLA BABA KMX BB CAT CAMP Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: CarMax (KMX) – The auto retailer’s stock jumped 5.1% in premarket trading after CarMax beat estimates on the top and bottom lines for its latest quarter, as well as posting comparable dealer sales that were above analyst
AT&T (NYSE:T) stock may not have bottomed out recently at $22.17 on Dec. 15. This is despite the company’s proposed dividend cut next year. The issues with the upcoming spin-off/merger are making things highly uncertain. As a result, T stock has been struggling in the past three months. It is still down $3.41 to $24.19
As I write this, Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) stock trades at $131. Without beating around the bush, that’s a bargain. Source: IgorGolovniov / Shutterstock.com Well, it appears to be a bargain at least. Cloudflare is a stable company with a growing business, and that growth is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. There are two overarching
If this were a video chat and not the written word, you would be able to see the egg all over my face regarding my recent calls about QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) stock. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com Writing about investments is never easy. Innovative future-revenue companies like QuantumScape are ticklishly challenging to value. That’s especially true
RumbleOn (NASDAQ:RMBL), which operates an e-commerce platform to buy and sell pre-owned vehicles, is undergoing exciting changes that could transform the company. At the end of August, RumbleOn completed its acquisition of powersports dealer RideNow in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at more than $575 million. Following the deal’s completion, RMBL stock rallied as much as 40%