Shares of General Electric Co. (GE) skyrocketed during Monday’s session toward their highest level in four months. Investors poured money into shares of the conglomerate on news that it plans to sell another area of its business as part of the company’s ongoing spin-off strategy. Monday’s sale marks yet another move in General Electric’s plan […]
Read MoreThe market for initial public offerings (IPOs) appears to be heating up again following a strong performance in 2018, despite the year ending on a somewhat downtrodden note. Approximately 190 companies made their market debut last year and raised proceeds of $47 billion, up from 160 companies that raised roughly $35.6 billion in 2017. While […]
Read MoreCVS Health Corp. (CVS) reported Q4 earnings on Wednesday, and the company disappointed with a lower-than-expected earnings forecast for the rest of 2019. Investors primarily focused on the weak guidance over earnings per share (EPS), which surpassed Wall Street estimates by a solid margin. Today’s performance marks a seismic shift in the company’s history from […]
Read MoreWalmart Inc. (WMT) reported earnings for Q4 2019 on Tuesday, and the retail giant’s financials handily beat expectations. The results provided some comfort to investors who, despite seeing some strong returns so far this year, endured the same rout that most market participants endured in the last couple months of 2018. But Walmart’s Q4 numbers […]
Read MoreWith the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) – the U.S. benchmark for crude oil – up nearly 23% this year, investors have been piling into oil and energy stocks hoping to make a profit off the price rebound. After all, WTI endured a brutal 37% selloff in Q4, making now a great time to […]
Read MoreWith trade tiffs, earnings reports, and politics largely dominating the more visible areas of the stock market, it’s important for investors to divert their attention to the smaller, often overlooked companies every once in a while. When it comes to overlooked companies, no type of equity falls more into that category than penny stocks. So […]
Read MoreUnder Armour Inc. (UA) released its financials for Q4 2018 before the bell Tuesday, and investors acted surprisingly fickle over the better-than-expected results. Shares of the fitness apparel company constantly whipsawed into the red and black during the session before eventually ending the day as one of the S&P 500’s top gainers. Despite Under Amour’s […]
Read MorePenny stocks tend to excite investors due to their reputation for quick and explosive gains. Conversely, this reputation encourages scammers to lure investors into dumping money into a company that’s just a black hole for investors. These small companies are a haven for scammers because most of them trade on the pink sheets or over-the-counter […]
Read MoreWhen it comes to measuring the salaciousness of different types of investments, commodities – particularly silver – measure fairly low on that scale. After all, silver is cheap and has always taken a backseat to its more expensive sibling gold, which costs around $1,318 an ounce compared to silver’s measly $15.81 an ounce as of […]
Read MoreAfter U.S. companies spent more than $1 trillion repurchasing shares last year, the debate over stock buybacks has quickly re-entered the spotlight. This strategy has long been a divisive topic among the investing public; critics argue that buybacks overly reward executives and mask internal corporate problems, while supporters believe they effectively return money to shareholders. […]
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