It’s dangerous to buy dividend stocks solely for their high yields. Even a cursory look at recent performance shows the risk. Widely-held names like IBM (NYSE:IBM), AT&T (NYSE:T), and Altria (NYSE:MO) for years have seemed attractive due to dividend yields that often cleared 5%. All three stocks have seen steady declines for years now. To
On Monday, Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) announced a breakthrough in its search for a novel coronavirus vaccine. The company’s candidate — developed in partnership with Biontech (NASDAQ:BNTX) — has now reached 90% efficacy in preventing the disease in healthy volunteers. Needless to say, this news came as a bolt out of the blue. Prior to the big announcement,
The stock market is consolidating today following its big rally on Monday, which saw the S&P 500 and Dow surge to new record highs on massive volume. As I said in Tuesday’s Market360, the rally was a “mean reversion” rally and a big shift out of growth and into value. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com The good
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Call: -Allows you to buy stock -If you have one call that means you are able to buy that stock at your set price -It has to reach the set price on or before your contract’s expiration -If it doesn’t reach the set price, your contract deteriorates in value and you lose your option premium
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CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday he believes some on Wall Street have become too optimistic about the market in the face of surging coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, suggesting investors will find better entry points into stocks. “I think there’s too many people who are positive. I think you let it come in a little,” Cramer
In my 23 years as on-air stocks correspondent for CNBC, I’ve been asked many questions by strangers, but most of them boil down to some variant of “What do you think is going to happen to the markets?” Remarkably, almost no one (OK, maybe one in a hundred) ever ask what I would consider
Medical syringes are seen with Moderna company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on October 12, 2020. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Energizer Holdings (ENR) – The maker of batteries and other consumer products reported
As with virtually every sector, the novel coronavirus has had a crippling impact on education stocks. The academic year was cut short due to the pandemic, and classes shifted online. Online education has been a disruptive force in the industry for quite some time but is now more apparent than ever. Hence, smart investors have
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) stock gained 12.7% in trading Monday. But that gain is not nearly enough to offset what has been a truly stunning decline. Source: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Even with the rally, XOM stock has lost 47% of its value so far in 2020. The S&P 500 has gained more than 10%. Obviously,
It’s not clear what is going on at Kaixin Auto Holdings (NASDAQ:KXIN), a retailer of used cars in China getting attention in the markets, but volatility is holding shares of KXIN stock in a tight bear hug. Source: lumen-digital / Shutterstock.com The penny stock attracted the spotlight recently because of significant prices swings and some
ElectraMeccanica (NASDAQ:SOLO) news for Thursday includes SOLO stock soaring higher after releasing its earnings report for the third quarter of 2020. This comes after reporting revenue of C$300 million for the quarter. Source: Luis War / Shutterstock.com Here are a few additional details worth noting from the most recent ElectraMeccanica stock news. The company’s revenue
I knew the day was coming, even if an effective vaccine would be announced shortly (which it was), my most “normal” activity, playing tennis, was, again, going to succumb to Covid-19 protocols. The virus has been surging in my state, with daily cases up over tenfold compared to where they were in June. Finally, the decree
An exterior view of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) headquarters in Washington. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters What would a Democrat-controlled Securities and Exchange Commission look like? It’s early, but speculation is already raging on Wall Street. Who will be the next SEC Commissioner? Former CFTC chair Gary Gensler, who aggressively implemented Dodd Frank
Here’s a look at the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Moderna — The biotech stock rose 2% after Moderna said that it has had enough cases of Covid-19 in its vaccine candidate trial to take a look at the data, signaling that preliminary results could be released soon. The stock also rose more than
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) stock surged by nearly 10% after Election Day 2020, as Democrats failed to materialize a blue wave. That jibes with investor concerns heading into the election, which were fueled by worries a Democrat-controlled government would install sweeping reform across the Big Tech landscape. Bad news for Facebook stock, right? Source: Cryptographer / Shutterstock.com
If there were one word to describe 2020, “volatile” would be an appropriate description. The coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy. The broader economy remains in a highly uncertain position. With this backdrop, investors may want to position their portfolios to be less volatile moving forward by investing in low-beta stocks. Low-beta stocks
Naked Brand Group (NASDAQ:NAKD) stock has left its shareholders feeling a stiff chill. Since 2015, adjusting for reverse splits, NAKD stock has plummeted from $2,000 per share to just 7 cents today. That’s a greater than 99.9% wipeout of value. Source: Shutterstock After this sort of plunge, you might think that there’d be value, or at
From a bird’s-eye view, DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) is a name that you’ll want to own for the long haul. With sports returning back to the forefront after the novel coronavirus initially disrupted major professional leagues, DKNG stock has clear upside ahead, and a growing consumer base to boot. Source: Lori Butcher/Shutterstock.com According to data from The