Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., October 13, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Consumers are in the spotlight in the week ahead, with the imminent release of retail sales for October and earnings from major chain stores. Retail sales is the big economic report
One of my stock assignments for this week was PROG stock. That’s the symbol for San Diego-based biotech Progenity (NASDAQ:PROG). Source: Connect world / Shutterstock.com For a moment there, I got excited when I saw the stock on my coverage list. I love Progressive Insurance (NYSE:PGR). In November 2018, I put the property and casualty
Earlier this year, trading shares of New York-based virtual content provider fuboTV (NYSE:FUBO) was a risky proposition. The price action of FUBO stock was like a roller-coaster ride, and not ideal for cautious investors. Source: Lori Butcher/ShutterStock.com However, moving into the last two months of 2021, the situation seemed much calmer … until the pain from
Preston Pysh talks with Bitcoin & privacy expert, Matt Odell, about various levels of privacy on Bitcoin’s multiple layers & nodes. Matt also talks about the mining industry and privacy in general. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00:00 – Intro 00:08:55 – How Matt Odell Got Into Bitcoin? 00:13:41 – Why Large Social Media Companies
Health care giant Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) will divide itself into two publicly traded companies. One will inherit J&J’s extensive portfolio of well-known consumer products, while the other will continue to develop, produce, and distribute pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and medical technology. Johnson & Johnson indicates that the transaction will take place sometime over the next
Plant-based stocks have attracted significant investor interest in the past year. Data released by The Good Food Institute reveals that $3.1 billion in investment capital went into alternative proteins globally in 2020. That amount was three times the capital raised in 2019. In addition, Meticulous Research suggests the plant-based market will grow at a compounded
Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images A McKinsey partner was arrested Wednesday after being criminally charged with insider trading ahead of Goldman Sachs‘ recent $2.2 billion acquisition of fintech lender GreenSky. Puneet Dikshit, a 40-year-old McKinsey partner, exploited information he gained about his client Goldman Sachs’ pending takeover to buy profitable call options in
In this article NVDA HPE RIVN JNJ RIDE MAPS Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Johnson & Johnson — Shares of Johnson & Johnson rose nearly 4% in premarket trading on Friday after announcing plans to split its consumer health business off from its pharmaceutical and medical device operations. Rivian Automotive —
“Sell the news” seemed to be the market’s response to AMC Entertainment’s (NYSE:AMC) latest earnings report. After the close on Nov. 8, the movie theater chain reported higher-than-expected revenue ($763 million versus $708 million consensus) and a narrower-than-expected per-share loss (44 cents versus 53 cents consensus), for the quarter ending Sept. 30. Yet, it did not
First, there was the meme token known as Dogecoin (CCC:DOGE-USD). Then came Shiba Inu (CCC:SHIB-USD), which actually managed to overtake Dogecoin in popularity. Yet, there’s a third canine-themed coin, Floki Inu (CCC:FLOKI-USD), and I don’t recommend dismissing Floki Inu as an also-ran. Source: Wit Olszewski I’ll admit that as an old-school, fundamentals-focused investor, I had difficulty taking any
The cloud-based e-commerce platform Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) never ceases to amaze. In just 16 months during the pandemic, its total merchant’s gross merchandise volume (GMV) for SHOP stock has doubled from $200 billion to $400 billion. Source: Paul McKinnon / Shutterstock.com It has been the go-to platform for small businesses transitioning to an online model —
A view from a petrol station shows gas prices over $4, in Arlington-Virginia, United States on October 30, 2021. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Stagflation fears have plagued investors in recent months, as prices start to rise in an economy that hasn’t quite picked up pace yet. But investors can employ a
In this article AMC HNST BMBL BYND DIS AFRM The New York Stock Exchange welcomes The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in honor of Star Wars Day. Source: NYSE Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Disney — Shares of the media giant dropped more than 4% in
Not too long ago, Boeing (NYSE:BA) stock was trading at more than $400. But since early 2019, BA stock has shed more than 50% of its value. The aerospace giant has been hit hard by multiple crises in the past year, significantly weakening its balance sheet and safety reputation. Source: Marco Menezes / Shutterstock.com Moreover,
On Oct. 13, GitLab (NASDAQ:GTLB) had a successful IPO, with the stock priced at $77 per share. Now almost a month later, GTLB stock is now at $121.27. So, virtually everyone who bought in around the time of the IPO has made money. Source: Lori Butcher / Shutterstock.com The problem is there is no more
Performance Takeaways Invesco QQQ ETF outperformed the S&P 500 Index as early quarter outperformance in growth-oriented stocks was partially offset by underperformance in September. Invesco QQQ ETF’s underweight allocation and differentiated holdings in Industrials, along with its differentiated holdings in Health Care and Consumer Staples were the primary drivers of relative outperformance versus the S&P
In a world struggling to cope with climate change, investors might expect coal stocks to be plunging in value. Such a decline was indeed the case through much of the past year. Coal was losing its dominance due to growing awareness about emissions and its negative impact on climate change. Meanwhile, alternative energy shares kept
The SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts stand on the transporter in front of the Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 stack inside the SpaceX horizontal processing facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 26, 2021. SpaceX Elon Musk’s space company is set to launch the Crew-3 mission for NASA on Wednesday evening, in the fifth SpaceX crewed
In this article RIVN BYND SOFI AFRM MQ TSLA Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Tesla (TSLA) — Shares of Tesla got a roughly 2% boost after CEO Elon Musk sold about $5 billion worth of shares this week, according to financial filings submitted Wednesday. He still holds more than 166 million
BlackBerry’s (NYSE:BB) lackluster operating performance indicates that it is unlikely to create long-term value. Though one of its core products, QNX, continues to gain traction, it’s hardly enough to generate meaningful returns for the company. Moreover, with its management’s spotty track record, it seems improbable that they would wisely allocate the proceeds from the sale