Month: December 2020

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Wednesday: Pfizer (PFE), BioNTech (BNTX) — Shares of Pfizer and BioNTech rose 3.4% and 5.8%, respectively, in the premarket after the U.K. approved the Covid-19 vaccine designed by the two companies. The rollout is expected to begin next week, with elderly people and medical workers first
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At the end of the second quarter 2018, the United States’ trade deficit increased to its highest level since 2008. This was due to a steady rise in imports that was, in turn, fueled by strong domestic demand. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the U.S. trade deficit reached $63.9 billion in September 2020, down $3.2 billion
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The real estate sector is one of the duds in the S&P 500. This is highlighted by a year-to-date decline of almost 9% for the widely followed MSCI US Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index, confirming the struggle is real for real estate investment trusts (REITs). Making the performance of the broader REIT universe all
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Online e-commerce sales broke new records for Black Friday and Cyber Monday as more consumers opened their wallets. This comes despite the fact that COVID-19 cases are rising. Source: Shutterstock Adobe Analytics found that shoppers spent a stunning $9 billion online this year for Black Friday, almost 22% more than last year’s figure. This represents
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Covid-related growth rates are spiking. And it’s not just the virus. A few months ago, The Wall Street Journal reported that retail-investing volumes had climbed 30% on a year-over-year in the first half of 2020 to nearly 20% of all trades. One young client commented that “everyone and his uncle is trading their accounts constantly.”
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Both of these brokers have features built to appeal to buy-and-hold investors who take a long view. Vanguard built its reputation on mutual funds, and it is the world’s top provider of index funds. The brokerage was launched in 1983. Merrill Edge started operations in 2010 following Bank of America’s acquisition of Merrill Lynch, so
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Income investors are typically focused on dividends first and foremost. There is good reason for this — high-quality dividend growth stocks like the Dividend Aristocrats have often produced superior long-term returns with lower volatility than the S&P 500. Top dividend stocks have the ability to provide income to shareholders year after year, even during recessions.
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Onconova Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ONTX) stock is on the move Tuesday despite a lack of recent news from the company. Source: Bukhta Yurii / Shutterstock.com The boost to Onconova Therapeutics stock today comes as it experiences heavy trading. This has more than 107 million shares of ONTX stock changing hands as of this writing. For comparison, that’s
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