Plus, Southwest lowered its revenue and profit forecast as the COVID-19 delta variant impacts bookings, Rocket Labs announced a deal to provide three of its photon spacecraft to Varda Space Industries, and the Labor Department reported July’s CPI came in at 5.4% year-over-year.
Read MorePlus, Virgin Galactic shares are up after the company announced it is reopening ticket sales for its space flights, Novavax said it is delaying submission to the FDA for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine until the fourth quarter, and Levi Strauss is breaking into the athletic apparel industry in purchasing Beyond Yoga.
Read MoreOver the last several months, the reopening theme is something that has been driving a lot of investor enthusiasm and sentiment. Stocks whose businesses thrive when the economy is growing have been in vogue, while those that tend to be a bit more defensive in nature are a little less so. That’s reflective of something […]
Read MoreAmong a number of interesting storylines of the past year, is the way corporate America and the markets found ways to adjust and keep pushing forward. It’s true that a big part of the market’s rally can be tied directly to trillions of dollars of economic stimulus, including direct payments to families and individuals that […]
Read MoreI write a lot about value investing in this space; each day, I like to try to to identify areas of the market where I think good value lies, as well as where some significant investment risks lie. If you listen to a lot of talking heads on TV, when a popular, well-known stock starts […]
Read MorePlus, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines both posted second quarter profits on federal aid and surging travel demand, DiDi shares are dropping on reports that Chinese regulators are planning unprecedented penalties for the ride-share giant, and Uber Freight is buying shipping software company Transplace.
Read MorePlus, Morgan Stanley delivered an earnings beat, Taiwan Semiconductor said it expects sales to rise more than 20% in 2021, and Netflix is pushing into video games with its latest executive hire.
Read MorePlus, Apple asked suppliers to increase iPhone production by 20%, Citigroup delivered an earnings beat, and a short seller accused Oatly of misleading investors and consumers.
Read MoreThrough most of the pandemic, one of the hardest-hit sectors in the market was the Energy sector. Global restrictions on social gatherings and shelter-in-place orders meant that demand for crude oil products collapsed to practically nothing. The story for 2021 has shifted, of course, as vaccinations led to dropping infections and hospitalizations that have allowed […]
Read MorePlus, bank earnings kicked off this morning with JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs delivering beats, Boeing cut its delivery target for its 787 Dreamliner for this year, and Mastercard and Verizon announced a new partnership.
Read MoreAs a value-focused investor, I’ve read a lot of books and studied the methods of a lot of well-known money managers who have found success using the same reliance on finding bargains in any market. One of the most successful in the entire history of the U.S. stock market, and arguably the most famous of […]
Read MorePlus, jobless claims were higher than expected last week, three dozen state attorneys general filed a new antitrust suit against Google, and Beyond Meat has debuted its new faux-chicken tenders.
Read MoreIn my search for value, I’ve found it useful to develop a watchlist of stocks that I can check on a regular basis. That means that I often recycle stocks that I’ve previously used to make useful investments in, but don’t currently have a position in. That’s useful, because the familiarity that comes with the […]
Read MoreThe Food Products industry in the Consumer Staples sector is an area of the market that doesn’t get much buzz from market media types because it isn’t very sexy. Despite that fact, it is one of very few segments of the market that saw consumer-driven improvements in demand during the pandemic in a trend that […]
Read MorePlus, the U.S. added 850,000 jobs in June, Tesla reported more than 201,000 deliveries in the second quarter, and DiDi shares are down after China announced a cybersecurity review of the company just days after its IPO.
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