Ready for your regular checkup? I’m no dentist, but I’m seeing something unhealthy going on with SmileDirectClub (NASDAQ:SDC). There may be signs of decay forming in SDC stock right now. Source: Helen89 / Shutterstock.com For one, the share price has declined quite sharply year-to-date (YTD) — the stock is down 46%. Sure, you won’t have trouble
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Mortgage rates reversed course Monday, dipping slightly after two days of increases. The minor decline is in keeping with the bouncing pattern we’ve seen since mid-August, which has kept the flagship 30-year rate within a narrow eighth of a point range above 3%. Today’s National Mortgage Rate Averages After notching increases for two days, mortgage
ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC) produced excellent growth for its Q2 results ending June 30, but free cash flow (FCF) was disappointing. Except for its growth in Q1 2021, the company said that its FCF was just $75 million, vs. $1.589 billion last quarter. Nevertheless, VIAC stock could be at least 23% higher next year if its FCF
A liquidity crisis at a large Chinese property developer has shaken global markets, and strategists say it could send ripples across the global economy. But they also say the issue will likely be contained by the Chinese government before it wreaks damage in the banking system and it is not expected to lead to a
AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) stock is cheap and has a very attractive prospective dividend yield. In addition, this pharmaceutical company’s growth prospects are high. As a result, ABBV stock is likely worth significantly more than the price of $107.73 as of Sept. 17. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com ABBV is basically flat for the year, as it closed
AT&T (NYSE:T) participated in the Bank of America (BofA) Communications and Entertainment Conference on Sept. 14. The CFO, Pascal Desroches, shed more light on its upcoming WarnerMedia combination with Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:DISCA). He also discussed the resulting expected dividend cut. Since then, T stock has kept falling. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com So far this
Epic Games has handed Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) an epic defeat. Epic Systems, the maker of “Fortnite” and other popular games, launched a massive lawsuit against the company years ago for allegedly anticompetitive behavior. And, in a surprise to many observers, a judge largely agreed. Source: Shutterstock On Sept. 10, a judge ruled on the long-running Epic
At the end of last year, I wrote that analysts’ earnings projections for Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) were $9.46 per share for 2021. Now those same analysts have average earnings per share (EPS) forecasts of $30.12 for 2021, or over 3 times the prior numbers. I wrote that MRNA stock was worth $180. But as of Friday,
An artist’s illustration of the Axiom modules attached to the International Space Station. Axiom Space The National Aeronautics and Space Administration plans to retire the International Space Station by the end of this decade, so the U.S. space agency is turning to private companies to build new space stations in orbit – and expects to
In this article AAL COIN AZN-GB Bundles of steel from Nucor Corp. sit for sale to at Thompson Building Materials in Lomita, California, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012. Patrick Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines — Shares of
One of the biggest mistakes I made after joining InvestorPlace was to give up on Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) stock. Source: Helen89 / Shutterstock.com I had a nice profit. I could have stayed in. But, fearing the process of demographic change – young people moving into small apartments – I bailed. Since then, Costco stock is
Investors pay up for growth. Witness Pinterest (NYSE:PINS). Revenues grew 48% in 2020. They rose 26% between the first and second quarter 2021. They should easily exceed the 2020 total after Q3 numbers are announced on Oct. 28. If 2021 sales hit $2.246 billion, the current PINS stock price equates to about 15 times sales. Source:
Sentiment on Wall Street has taken a turn for the worse of late. Overall the bulls are still in control of the charts. However, the bears have recently made progress. The good news that it’s more to do with sentiment than actual fundamental deterioration in the macroeconomic conditions. This is my long way of saying
Listen to Preston’s podcast about studying billionaires here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-investors-podcast/id928933489 Mark Cuban is a world-famous entrepreneur and investor with a net worth of $3.3 billion, according to Forbes. He is the current owner of the Dallas Mavericks, one of the teams in the Western Conference division of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is also the
While Biogen rides a big-cap rollercoaster, a few small players are creating better trading opps.
As you approach retirement, you start to think more about preserving what you’ve saved rather than achieving aggressive growth. You don’t want to lose the portfolio that you worked so hard to build. However, most people who make it to the age of 65 are living almost 20 years in retirement. Social Security data shows
C3.ai (NASDAQ:AI), an artificial intelligence (AI) software company, went public at $42 in December 2020. Soon after, AI stock spiked to over $177 on Dec. 22. However, it has fallen since, trading at $49.84 as of the close of Sept. 16. Source: shutterstock I used to think that this stock would probably just tread water because
For years, many analysts considered Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) stock to be a no-brainer investment on the mercurial growth of the Chinese economy, particularly its burgeoning technology sector. Source: BigTunaOnline / Shutterstock.com For the most part, they’ve been right, with BABA stock soaring following some rough outings post its initial public offering. Today, the circumstances have completely
It’s all about the miles, sort of, with Lucid (NASDAQ:LCID) stock popping 10% since yesterday on positive reports about its range. Source: ggTravelDiary / Shutterstock.com According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Lucid Air Dream edition can go 520 miles on one charge. That is 20% longer than Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), so that’s quite an