Today you’re going to learn what a put option is, when do people use it and why you may want to purchase a put option. What is a put option? When you’re buying a put, it means you’re looking for the stock to go down, which means you have a slightly bearish outlook. If you’re
Wall Street is paying close attention to developments in Washington D.C. as President Trump, trade talks, and the Fed continue to make headlines. Nevertheless, indexes are near all-time highs, and Ryan McQueeney has is eyes on two dividend-paying stocks: Caterpillar (CAT) and Sony (SNE). Caterpillar: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/CAT?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Sony: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/SNE?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID
In this article HOOD BJ WOOF TPR KSS M Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Macy’s (M) – The retailer reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $1.29 per share, well above the 19 cents consensus estimate, with revenue also above forecasts. Macy’s reported a better-than-expected increase in comparable-store sales, raised its annual sales
The U.S. infrastructure bill has been passed by the Senate. Will this initiative give ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) stock a boost? I wouldn’t really count on it. Sure, EV charging companies, including ChargePoint, stand to benefit greatly from this bill. The legislation could give early-stage companies in this industry a shot in the arm as they grow into
Please tell me you didn’t miss it… The biggest event of the year… The single presentation that could’ve handed you the keys to scoring 30X or greater gains in the stock market over the next decade. I’m talking, of course, about our 1 to 30 Wealth Summit, which I hosted with legendary growth investor Louis
Does the debt from your college days seem overwhelming? You’re not alone: Student loans in the U.S. total more than $1.6 trillion. That’s second only to the size of the nation’s mortgage debt. Ironically, the burden of student loans is making it harder for college graduates to buy a home. Politicians are debating what to
The total number of cryptocurrency users globally were 106 million as of January 2021. The surge in number of global users has been unprecedented in the last few months. Thus, this rise has cause a number of crypto stocks to be a hot commodities for investors. In June 2021, the crypto users globally more than
Cathie Wood Source: CNBC Cathie Wood called out Michael Burry on social media after ‘The Big Short’ investor placed a bet against her flagship ARK Innovation exchange-traded fund. “To his credit, Michael Burry made a great call based on fundamentals and recognized the calamity brewing in the housing/mortgage market. I do not believe that he
In this article WFC NVDA CSCO HOOD 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 Check out the companies making
I have always wondered about why the memesters decided they liked Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) stock. Source: Shutterstock Maybe it was the short squeeze, which came after Hindenburg Research issued a February report calling the business broken. Maybe it was Chamath Palihapitiya, whom I have likened to Prof. Harold Hill of The Music Man. (Full disclosure:
AT&T (NYSE:T) stock has been a major disappointment for shareholders. T stock is down not just year-to-date, but also over the past 12 months. Additionally, it has lost roughly 25% of its value compared to where it traded prior to Covid-19. All this occurred in the midst of the huge market-wide bull run. Source: Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock
Stem (NYSE:STEM) saw its shares plunge after the company reported second-quarter numbers that didn’t quite live up to investor expectations. Despite that, we still see STEM stock as a solid buy. Source: Dorothy Chiron / Shutterstock.com Now, the numbers themselves were great. Revenues rose 339% year-over-year. The contracted backlog rose 13% sequentially, while the 12-month
In today’s episode of let’s talk stocks, we are going to go back to another technical analysis video, and we’ll take a look at the symmetrical triangle pattern. I’m going to show you both the bullish and bearish case scenario for this pattern. We’ll take a look at what the pattern looks like, its previous
Gold is one of the best performing assets this year; should investors invest in gold ETFs? (SPY, GLD, IAU). SPDR S&P 500 ETF: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/SPY/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID SPDR Gold Share: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/GLD/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID iShares Gold Trust: https://www.zacks.com/funds/etf/IAU/profile?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch
In this article PSTH Bill Ackman’s troubled SPAC was hit with a lawsuit Tuesday alleging the blank-check company promised “staggering compensation” to directors and asking that the entity’s special status be revoked. The plaintiffs — former Securities and Exchange Commission commissioner Robert Jackson and Yale law professor John Morley — claim that Pershing Square Tontine
In this article 22UA-DE MRNA ALC-CH DNUT TGT LOW Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Lowe’s (LOW ) – The home improvement retailer reported an adjusted quarterly profit of $4.25 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $4.01. Revenue beat forecasts, and the same-store sales decline of 1.6% was less than the
Exela Technologies (NASDAQ:XELA) is a Texas company that sells itself as a leader in business process automation. The XELA stock price is down 8.6% in the last six months. Source: Alextype/Shutterstock.com The current company is the result of a 2017 tie-up of three companies which now suffers from crushing debts. Exela is still around thanks to
You can’t blame bullish Sundial Growers (NASDAQ:SNDL) investors for thinking SNDL stock might have found a bottom. But after the company reported its second-quarter earnings, a double-bottom line of support was taken out around 78 cents a share. Source: Postmodern Studio / Shutterstock.com This should raise two immediate questions for speculators in Sundial Growers: How
The famous physicist Niels Bohr once said that “prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” While true for many aspects of quantum mechanics, traders and investors have several tools to help make accurate predictions in the financial markets. Oftentimes, these tools are derivative financial instruments that can help provide an aggregate picture of future
Solar energy has become a hot investment theme. Companies in the alternative energy industry are currently on a mission to help the global economy shift away from fossil fuels toward solar energy. This transition is expected to take many years as well as trillions of dollars, creating a compelling opportunity for long-term investors. Therefore, we