ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) announced very satisfactory second-quarter results on July 30, but the shareholders seem to want more. The problem is the company is doing exactly what it should do with its cash flow. It’s covering its very ample dividend, paying down debt, and paying for necessary capital expenditures. In short, XOM stock is still very
Bionano (NASDAQ:BNGO) is a small life sciences company. Biotech companies use Bionano’s Saphyr system for researching DNA and to diagnose illnesses caused by genetics. Up until recently, Bionano has had difficulty achieving widespread market adoption for Saphyr. However, BNGO stock has gone on a wild ride over the past year as traders gravitated to Bionano’s
Investors in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) — at least, those who came on board after 2002 — have been a pretty happy lot. When the dotcom bubble burst in 2000, ORCL stock was hammered. In just two years, investors saw their holdings drop in value by more than 80%. However, since 2002, Oracle shares have been
Easily one of the biggest and most painful ironies in our modern society is the rise of mental health issues. According to data from Mental Health America, in 2020, “9.7% of youth in the U.S. have severe major depression, compared to 9.2% in last year’s dataset.” By logical deduction, traditional methodologies to address this concern
A customer shops for groceries at La Tapatia Market during a blackout in Napa, California, on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images The electric grid in the West is being tested like never before amid extreme-weather events, including raging wildfires and severe droughts fueled by climate change. Utility companies
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Square (SQ) – The digital payments company agreed to buy Australia’s Afterpay for about $29 billion in stock, representing a roughly 30% premium for Afterpay shareholders. Square shares fell 4.8% in the premarket, but news of the deal boosted shares of U.S.-based payment
At one point, Zomedica (NYSE:ZOM) could do no wrong. ZOM stock would explode some 2,900% from its November 2020 lows. The company was nearing commercialization of its point-of-care diagnostic product. Even the pet industry was howling about the opportunity. Source: Postmodern Studio / Shutterstock.com Nowadays, Zomedica has become a slow-motion train wreck. In fact, the last
The company that catapulted the e-commerce revolution, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) hardly needs any help doing what it does best: dominating whatever market it decides to disrupt next. Yet the novel coronavirus pandemic proved that at least from a shareholder’s perspective, AMZN stock is not above receiving assistance from fortuitously aligned events. Source: Julie Clopper / Shutterstock.com
Bitcoin hit 1 Trillion dollars today and Mark Yusko and Preston talk about what this means for the path moving forward.
Bulls: -The stock market is going up -There is positive momentum -The term “bulls” is used because of the way a bull attacks (on an upward pattern) -The phrase “a bull for McDonald’s” means you are long or positive on McDonald’s Bears: -The stock market is going down -There is negative momentum -The term “bears”
Two Companies with Strong Balance Sheets.
Revenue vs. Sales: An Overview Revenue is the total income a company generates by the sale of goods or services that can be attributed to the company’s core operations. Revenue is often referred to as the “top line” because it appears at the top of the company’s income statement. Revenue is the income a company generates before any expenses are subtracted from
The pandemic could not stop the growth of the online betting and fantasy sports company DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) stock. DraftKings has been making news lately and is growing its presence. Source: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com The company is on an expansion spree and has recently marked a deal with a non-fungible token (NFT) platform. DKNG stock has
Tesla’s Model Y compact crossover vehicles at a showroom in Shanghai, China, on January 18, 2021. VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Images Earnings season is well underway, as a number of mega-cap tech names released their financial results this past week. However, there’s still plenty more to come as several companies have yet
Federal Reserve Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on “The Quarterly CARES Act Report to Congress” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2020. Susan Walsh | Reuters The Federal Reserve has edged closer to winding down its bond buying program, but some market pros say the central bank could now
Meta Materials (NASDAQ:MMAT) is a Canadian company that recently listed on the Nasdaq via a SPAC (special purpose acquisition corporation) reverse merger. To put it bluntly, MMAT stock is the kind of highly speculative stock you ought to avoid. Source: Shutterstock This high-tech company develops nanocomposite materials and products. The debt-free company announced it had closed
A lot has happened on Wall Street in the past two years. The pandemic on Main Street changed how we invest in stocks. Two major memes blossomed into exciting opportunities, combining to create the opportunity for QuantumScape’s (NYSE:QS) stock. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com The electric vehicle charge against the internal combustion engine is a
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported very impressive revenue, earnings and free cash flow (FCF) growth for its most recent quarter on Jul. 27. I previously reviewed the software company on Jul. 16 — prior to these earnings — and projected out a value for MSFT stock of $400 per share. Source: The Art of Pics / Shutterstock.com I
Traders wearing masks work inside posts, on the first day of in-person trading since the closure during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 26, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters For a few glorious weeks, Wall Street employees who were
In this article NOC TAP YUM TPX MRK CMCSA Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Comcast (CMCSA) – Comcast rose 1.9% in the premarket after reporting adjusted quarterly earnings of 84 cents per share, beating the consensus estimate of 67 cents. The NBCUniversal parent also reported better-than-expected revenue, helped by a rebound