Day: February 4, 2022

Compliance and Regulatory Reporting
GameStop
HODL
Meme Stocks
WallStreetBets
WallStreetBets Reddit

SEC Response to Meme-Stock Mania Coming Next Week, Gensler Says

(Bloomberg) — The Securities and Exchange Commission is set to consider new stock trading rules in what would be the Wall Street regulator’s most direct response yet to last year’s wild trading in GameStop Corp. and other meme stocks. SEC Chair Gary Gensler said Thursday that the agency is preparing to take up a range […]

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Government Debt

Poor Nations Face $35 Billion Bill as Debt Restructuring Slips

(Bloomberg) — Slow progress on a plan by the biggest economies to help debt-ridden developing nations restructure what they owe is spurring concern from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank about vulnerabilities as a $35 billion bill comes due and U.S. interest-rate increases loom. More than a year since the Group of 20 set […]

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Home Mortgage
Mortgage
Mortgage Refinance
Pay Off Mortgage

How to Pay off a Mortgage in Five Years

Young female mountain climber While homeownership is called “the American Dream,” owning a home also means taking out a mortgage for most people. And you don’t truly own your home until the mortgage is paid off, so many families want to pay their mortgage off quickly. If you really set your mind to it, you […]

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529 Savings Plan
Saving Money

529 college plan benefits are 'the eighth wonder of the world'

It’s never too early to start funding a 529 college savings plan for your kids, according to one expert, a financial strategy that comes with a host of benefits. “As soon as you get that Social Security number, let’s start putting a little money in there. Get $100 in there a month, $50 a month […]

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Mergers and Acquisitions

Peloton Draws Interest From Amazon, Other Suitors

(Bloomberg) — Peloton Interactive Inc. is attracting interest from potential suitors including Amazon.com Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares of the home fitness company surged as much as 43% in extended trading. Amazon has been speaking to advisers about a potential deal, the newspaper said. There’s no guarantee […]

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Energy Production
Energy Sector
Energy Stocks
Oil
Trade Of The Day

Should Value Investors Buy This Oils-Energy Stocks?

SM Energy Company, an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the state of Texas. SM $36.3900 1.3700 % 3.9100 Sm Energy Company Sector : Oils-Energy Industry : Signal Short Term Trend Long Term Trend BUY UP UP Day: 3.91% Wk: 6.28% […]

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Economic Trends
Inflation

Forget About Inflation. Contrarians Expect a Recession and a Drop in Bond Yields.

Fed tightening programs, like the one about to begin in part to combat rising prices, usually clobber the economy, two economists note. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images “Something that everyone knows isn’t worth knowing,” as the famed financier Bernard Baruch once observed. And so I was reminded by a long discourse in the New York Times this […]

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Insurance
Property and Casualty Reinsurance
Top Stocks
Top Stocks To Watch

3 Property & Casualty Insurance Stocks To Buy Now

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (ACGL) Arch Capital Group Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, reinsurance, and mortgage insurance products worldwide. The company’s Insurance segment offers primary and excess casualty coverages; loss sensitive primary casualty insurance programs; collateral protection, debt cancellation, and service contract reimbursement products; directors’ and officers’ liability, errors W. R. Berkley Corporation […]

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Aluminum
Crude Oil
Daily Rundown
Natural Gas
Oil Exploration

Aluminum, Banks, Biopharma, Oil Pipeline

Alcoa Corporation (AA) Alcoa Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells bauxite, alumina, and aluminum products in the United States, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Canada, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Bauxite, Alumina, and Aluminum. PCB Bancorp (PCB) PCB Bancorp operates as the bank holding company for Pacific City Bank that provides various […]

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Automotive
Automotive Retail
Consumer Retail
Discretionary
Value Stocks

HOG is down -33% from its 2021 high. Does its value proposition hold up?

For most of the past two years, among the conversations I think we’ve all become accustomed to are the kinds of activities we’d like to take up again “after the pandemic is over.” We’ve been deprived from enjoying a variety of “normal” activities to one extent or another; from large social gatherings to delaying extended […]

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Coal
One Hot Stock

Ramaco Resources, Inc. (METC) – Buy Price: $15.00 or better

Buy Price: $15.00 or better Sell Price: TradersPro Sell Signal Ramaco Resources, Inc. produces and sells metallurgical coal. The company’s development portfolio includes the Elk Creek project consisting of approximately 20,166 acres of controlled mineral and 25 seams located in southern West Virginia; the Berwind property comprising approximately 31,200 acres of controlled mineral and an […]

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Amazon
Online Marketplace
Online Retailer

Amazon Prime Fee Rising to $180, Not $139, for Many Members

(Bloomberg) — When Amazon.com Inc. announced it was raising the price of its Prime program, the company said an annual subscription would climb $20 to $139. But slightly more than half of Prime members will end up forking over almost $180 a year. That’s because they pay each month, a fee that’s rising to $14.99 […]

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Electric Pickup
Electric Power
EV Battery
EV Charging
EV Stocks

Ford Sinks as Shortages and Commodity Costs Weigh on Profit

(Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co. shares tumbled the most in almost two years after the automaker missed estimates for quarterly earnings and cautioned it may get off to a slow start to the year due to supply chain issues. The carmaker posted earnings of 26 cents a share excluding some items for the last three […]

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EV Battery

Panasonic to Test Production of 4680 Batteries for Tesla

(Bloomberg) — Panasonic Corp. is renovating a facility in Japan to start testing mass production of a new type of lithium-ion battery that’s championed by Tesla Inc. as the key to unlocking cheaper electric vehicles. Panasonic will start test production of a next-generation “4680” battery at a facility in Japan’s western Wakayama Prefecture, Chief Financial […]

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Big Oil
Crude Oil
Oil

U.S. Shale Surge Should Worry Oil Markets, Conoco CEO Says

(Bloomberg) — ConocoPhillips said traders should be worried about strong oil production growth coming out of the U.S. this year and in 2023, potentially echoing the supply surges of the past decade. The Houston-based oil major upgraded its forecast for U.S. oil supply growth this year after surprise announcements in recent days by Exxon Mobil […]

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