Stocks were indicated to open marginally higher on Tuesday, but with futures showing gains of about 0.2% and little major news the direction of the day did not seem set in stone. […]
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has managed to remain one of the world’s top companies by market capitalization and one of the world’s most cherished brands. Apple’s iPhone is an absolute ecosystem that […]
While the explosion of A.I. is the big buzz in 2024, the growth that has been seen from Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has always been impressive. Its valuations have also always been […]
All investors have to do is buy low and sell high to make money over time. It’s simple enough in theory. Yet so many people buy stocks and sell them at a […]
CVS Health Corporation (NYSE: CVS) is now a stock that is “in play” for investors who chase the moves of activist investors and the so-called “special situation” investors. The reality is that […]
Stocks were reversing the week’s trajectory on Friday with gains after the end of the U.S. port strike was announced. Tensions on the geopolitical front remain hot while the U.S. Federal Reserve […]
Stocks were lower again on Thursday morning as the fourth quarter gets off to a rocky start. Even the Chinese internet stocks were pulling back on Thursday. The port strike is still […]
Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE: APO) is one of the top alternative asset managers for investors. The firm has just released its 5-year financial plan to capitalize on an already impressive 24% […]
Stocks kicked off the first day of the fourth quarter with a sell-off, and the geopolitical story is still weighing on stocks on Wednesday. The markets are dealing with an escalated Iran-Israel […]
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) has followed through with its threat of a strike if a new six-year contract with the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) was not reached. Neither side backed […]
The fourth quarter of 2024 has begun and year-to-date gains of 18% in the NASDAQ-100 and 20% on the S&P 500 are fairly hard to ignore. Earnings season will be kicking off […]
Stocks were indicated to open lower on Tuesday with the S&P 500, Dow and NASDAQ all indicated in the red. The port strike has begun, and investors have the Fed cutting rates […]
The world is going to be in need of nuclear power in the coming decades. We know about the many dangers, but nuclear power is actually zero-emissions as nations rush to get […]
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), the largest union of maritime workers in North America, is on the verge of a major strike as it negotiates a new Master Contract Agreement with the […]
Stocks were flat on Monday despite an earnings warning from Stellantis and ahead of a pending U.S. port strike on the East Coast and in the Gulf. With the U.S. rate-cutting cycle […]
Investors hear Wall Street analysts issuing Buy and Outperform ratings all the time. They do not as frequently get to hear about when it is time to sell a stock. In fact, […]
Everyone always seems to want a good bargain. That’s even true for many investors. One traditional “bargain” category for investors is to find stocks with share prices under their perceived or stated […]
Stocks were indicated to open marginally higher on Friday after the PCE inflation gauge rose less than expected by just 2.2% in August. With the U.S. rate-cutting cycle now underway and with […]
The U.S. Federal Reserve has finally begun its interest rate cutting cycle. The 50 basis-point cut to the Fed Funds rate does of course help businesses and borrowers alike. That cut was […]
Stocks were indicated higher on Thursday after Micron’s “beat and raise” is offering support for the entire semiconductor sector. Now that the U.S. Federal Reserve has cut rates and China has thrown […]