Looking for value in the stock market is something that I have found can be done in any market condition, but it is something that tends to get dismissed by most pundits simply because it isn’t very sexy. Names like Tesla, Netflix, and Amazon practically never pass the value list because the massive amount of […]
Read MoreFor a lot of different reasons, 2021 has been an interesting year for just about all of us. The pandemic has not abated this year as some experts predicted, and certainly as all of us hoped; the rise of the new COVID variants has kept pressures from the ongoing health crisis at the forefront of […]
Read MoreThe emergence of a new COVID variant spooked markets on Friday, forcing some Fed watchers to question if the Federal Reserve will change course on its plans to slow its monetary support to the U.S. economy. “Policy normalization already looked like it was going to be gradual but the developments that we see, the growth […]
Read MoreGoogle Google’s chief executive Sundar Pichai is used to handling protests. The $2 trillion (£1.5 trillion) search engine giant has over the years faced staff revolts over the company’s work for the US military, sexual misconduct allegations against executives, and the firing of AI researchers who had highlighted bias in its technology. But Pichai may […]
Read MoreBefore the pandemic, effective leaders benefited from a deep understanding of human psychology, including what motivates people and makes them feel fulfilled. Today, they require it. Abstract psychological concepts like intrinsic motivation and a sense of belonging are the main indicators of strong work performance and company loyalty, David Rock, cofounder and CEO of the […]
Read MoreThis little-known stimulus benefit helps pay for your internet and a new laptop Months after its launch and with millions of Americans now enrolled, a pandemic aid program still has money available to provide struggling households with monthly discounts on internet service and one-time savings on new computers. As part of a COVID stimulus package […]
Read MoreThe impact of the global pandemic sometimes seems to have no end in sight – even though economic activity has been picking up enough this year to start raising a lot of questions about inflationary pressures, their impact on interest rates, and more. One of the sectors that has rallied strongly since November of last […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Shares tied to reopening trades from casinos to airlines surged in Asia on Monday after Pfizer Inc. said that its Covid-19 pill could reduce hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients by 89%. A Bloomberg gauge of Macau casino shares jumped 7.2%, the biggest move in over two months, while an index of Asia-Pacific […]
Read MoreMajor COVID stimulus payments in line for 2022 extension — don’t miss your free cash Congressional support is strong among Democrats to extend a popular stimulus payments program through next year despite a tug of war over Biden’s budget bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will likely push ahead this week to finalize a draft of […]
Read MoreNo matter how tired we get of hearing about COVID-19, there is no denying that ever since the virus found its way to American shores, a lot of media attention has been given to the Healthcare sector – and especially to the Biotechnology industry, where many of the biggest names across the world worked nonstop […]
Read MoreVials of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. Guillaume Souvant/AFP via Getty Images Moderna shares plunged 12.3% in premarket trading on Thursday after sales of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine fell short of Wall Street analysts’ estimates by more than a billion dollars. The company reported total revenue of $5 billion for the third quarter of the year, […]
Read MoreOver the course of my investing career, I have learned to rely on a lot of fundamental data to paint a picture about the underlying strength of any stock I might consider using for a value-based investment. While some fundamental investors prefer to work with easy-to-reference, quick-glance data like earnings per share and price-to-earnings ratios, […]
Read MoreWith no fourth stimulus check, these COVID programs still offer billions in aid Federal policymakers, focused on negotiating President Joe Biden’s budget, show no signs of providing more broad stimulus payments. But many Americans who lost income in the pandemic are still looking for help, battered by rising prices for much of what they buy. […]
Read MoreFor most of the past two years, stocks in the Health Care sector have drawn a lot of attention from investors and analysts. That includes stocks in the Pharmacy/Drugstore industry; these were names, like Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and CVS Corporation (CVS) that worked actively in the early stages of the crisis as a critical […]
Read MoreOne of the big challenges for average investors is sifting through the mountains of information that comes from the market on a daily basis. I think that may be the biggest reason that so many investors have learned over the course of decades of market activity to rely on analyst estimates for a company’s future […]
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