Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Deere — Shares of the equipment maker slipped more than 1% despite the company betting top and bottom line estimates during the fourth quarter. Deere earned $2.39 per share during the period, ahead of the $1.49 expected by analysts surveyed by Refinitiv. The company said in
Shares of edge cloud platform provider Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) are down 10.3% in the past two months. Fastly stock was down a massive 32.2% in October on the back of its lackluster third-quarter financial results. Many investors sensed a golden buying opportunity for the stock, criticized for being overvalued. However, when you dig into Fastly’s core
Shares of Merck (NYSE:MRK) stock remain 12% below where they started the year, while the value of other drug companies have soared. Source: Atmosphere1 / Shutterstock.com While Merck is one of the most respected drug makers out there, it was seen to be behind the curve when it comes to the novel coronavirus. It is
I have to hand it to the management of fossil-fuel giant Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM). Despite all of the issues plaguing the energy sector, Exxon Mobil’s executives seem committed to maintaining the high dividend yield of XOM stock. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com Is this commendable or just stubborn? That’s a legitimate question as the onset of
The mere mention of electric vehicles is well, electrifying. The sector, and other related stocks like Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) show no signs of slowing down. Source: Carrie Fereday / Shutterstock.com Over the last few weeks alone: Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) ran from a July low of $187.43 to $528 Nio (NYSE:NIO) ran from $6.80 to $56 Workhorse
Richard Newstead | Moment | Getty Images Drones have arrived on Wall Street. Goldman Sachs, the world’s top mergers advisor, is among investment banks using drone technology to give its clients a bird’s-eye view of the companies they are bidding on, according to Stephan Feldgoise, the firm’s global co-head of mergers and acquisitions. After Covid-19
Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE November’s strong rally may have stolen some of the thunder from a year-end rally. Promising vaccine news spurred a major rotation in November into cyclical stocks, like industrials and financials – the stocks that will do well in an economic recovery. The S&P 500
The artificial intelligence (AI) market is rapidly growing in North America and the world. The novel coronavirus pandemic has only exacerbated the need for AI leading to explosive growth rates. That makes AI stocks excellent prospects for any portfolio. With the industry projected to exceed $200 billion by 2026, you would want to gain exposure
The world has been paralyzed by fear of Covid-19 since March, as case numbers continue to climb. The decimation on Wall Street once the quarantine started was also extremely harsh, but by contrast, brief; the pain in equities lasted but for a blink. Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) stock fell 30% before bottoming out in March. And then,
Tech stocks have the potential to deliver spectacular returns. Even older companies that fall to the wayside can release a new product that turns out to be a game changer. Investors won’t easily forget about about the once-struggling PC maker that went on to release the iPod and iPhone — becoming America’s first $2 trillion
It was a quiet session on Wednesday, the last full day of trading this week. Remember, the stock market is closed on Thursday for Thanksgiving and only open for a partial session on Friday. Let’s look at a few top stock trades moving today. Top Stock Trades for Tomorrow No. 1: Nikola (NKLA) Investors already
Next year at this time, we will celebrate the 400th anniversary of what’s considered the first Thanksgiving. Source: Shutterstock You know the story. Colonists who had come to America aboard the Mayflower and celebrated the harvest with the Native Americans. I had forgotten it was a three-day feast. Most of us today gather for one
If it seems like free checking accounts are becoming a thing of the past, you’re not totally wrong. A number of large banks have either given them up altogether or started charging a fee if your account balance doesn’t exceed a minimum level. Bank of America was the latest domino to fall. In January, it
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell are seated to testify before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on oversight of the Treasury Department’s and Federal Reserve’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic response on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2020. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The Federal Reserve could provide clues
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Gap (GPS) – Gap reported quarterly earnings of 25 cents per share, missing consensus estimates by 7 cents a share. The apparel retailer’s revenue beat forecasts, however. Gap’s bottom line was hurt by increased marketing and shipping costs resulting from a shift to
Stocks can be cheap for a number of reasons and not all cheap stocks always offer value. Therefore, investors need to do due diligence to find bargain stocks that could also bring solid returns. Today’s article introduces seven of the best cheap stocks that also offer value. Over 80 years ago, economist Benjamin Graham, who
Big dividends. And I mean really big dividends. Yields that are multiples of the average of the members of the S&P 500 Index. But big dividends are worthless if the companies behind them aren’t up to sustaining them, or if the dividend stocks aren’t working in the market. A dividend yield won’t be worth much
Shares of Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) are down roughly 27% after canceling its entire U.S. fleet until Dec. 31. With the CDC’s no-sail order expiring late last month, investors felt the cruise liner would quickly get the ball rolling again. However, the opposite has transpired so far, with the company in no mood for a fast
Mmtec, Inc (NASDAQ:MTC) is soaring higher on Wednesday despite a lack of news about the company. Source: Wright Studio / Shutterstock.com The surge in MTC stock comes alongside heavy trading in the early hours of the day. As of this morning, more than 64 million shares of the stock have changed hands. For comparison, Mmtec’s
Kevin Matras writes about two very different bullish options strategies, and how they work.