Smart investors understand the importance of blue-chip stocks in their portfolios, and that is why they load up on them regularly. Blue-chip companies bring stability and add strength to your portfolio. These are well-known companies with a solid history and an impressive balance sheet, promising growth and consistent success. While you may not see immediate
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Dividend stocks have become investors’ favorites in recent months. Tech turbulence and high-interest rates combined to make high-yield stocks an alternative to riskier equities while still beating the yield on fixed-income investments like treasuries. Unfortunately, many investors chase the bottom-line yield stat without looking too closely into the underlying company. Dividend stocks are usually seen
Peruse the cesspool of the Internet long enough and you’ll come across admonitions to ignore Wall Street upgrades or more simply, stocks that analysts love. These fools and charlatans don’t know what they’re talking about, keyboard commandos proclaim. While analysts are humans and are subject to errors, they can be incredibly valuable, too. First, they
In this article TGT GEHC MRCY A HRB TJX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Plastic bags hang on a self checkout kiosk at a Target Corp. store in Chicago, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Target – Target shares added 4% even after
When the conversation turns to energy, many investors fixate on the usual suspects, inadvertently sidestepping the solar stocks to buy. Moreover, it’s quite an oversight, especially when some solar stocks are simmering, waiting for their moment in the sun. It’s baffling, considering the Invesco Solar ETF (NYSEARCA:TAN) has dipped by over 15.2% year-to-date, signaling potential bargains.
With stocks with high exposure to the artificial intelligence mega-trend pulling back recently, now may be the time to make an exit from overvalued AI stocks. Since late last year, when the launch of OpenAI’s generative AI chatbot ChatGPT kicked off a massive move by big tech into this new digital frontier, investors responded by
C3.AI (NYSE:AI) stock had revenue of $72.4 million for the quarter ending in April. A year earlier, before the AI hullaballoo began, sales were $72.3 million. Losses have been averaging $60 million per quarter. Almost as much money gets lost as comes in. It’s a poor man’s Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR). Investors are now paying $33 per
A runner jogs past the Cisco Systems headquarters in San Jose, California, Feb. 8, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. Cisco Systems — Shares of the computer networking giant gained about 2.5% after posting fiscal fourth-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations. The
Investors always hope to buy low and sell high. In order to do so, it’s necessary to identify stocks that are undervalued. The healthcare sector, like all other sectors, is rife with opportunities and offers lots of value. While the undervalued pricing is important, it’s also important to note that healthcare stocks to buy offer relative safety.
If you are a public equities investor betting on the digital economy, semiconductor stocks would have to be in your portfolio. Semiconductors are tiny electronic devices powering everything from our smartphones and personal computers to cars and commercial airplanes. If you take any run-of-the-mill semiconductor exchange-traded fund (ETF), say, the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX), many
The narrative around the strength of the consumer economy is, simply put, nonsense. The reality painted by retail stocks, particularly the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT), is quite different. Does this look like a chart that is in a “new bull market?” Man – that new bull market in retailers is really something. $XRT pic.twitter.com/c9baCY2Prc
A man wearing a mask walks past a Nvidia logo in Taipei, Taiwan. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Banks — Major Wall Street banks slid during midday trading after CNBC reported Tuesday that Fitch Ratings may once again downgrade the health of the banking
Financial Technology (fintech) stocks have come to revolutionize the financial industry. With all their improvements, technology and sophisticated yet simple processes, they undoubtedly offer all consumers friendly, efficient, fast and completely effective tools to carry out all our banking needs. However, the companies did not come to displace traditional banking. Instead, they complemented those financial
Adam Aron, the CEO of global movie-theater chain AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC), cited the new Barbie movie in the company’s latest quarterly earnings report. I suppose we should have expected Aron to be enthused about Barbie‘s success. But will it be enough to bring AMC stock back to its former glory? Not likely. AMC Entertainment’s second-quarter results weren’t
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes executives and guests of Cava in celebration of its initial public offering, June 15, 2023. NYSE Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. H&R Block — The tax preparer rose nearly 5.9% after posting quarterly earnings per share of $2.05 that beat Wall Street’s expectations of $1.88,
Mid-cap stocks are firms with a total market capitalization that falls in the middle of the overall range. Traditionally, many investors group companies with a market cap of between $2 billion and $10 billion into the mid-cap range. Mid-cap stocks can lead to more favorable returns for investors because they fall into a sweet spot.
There’s been plenty of talk about a recession that hasn’t arrived. Although the recession talks have been around for a few years, you can only kick that can down the road so far before it comes full circle. The macroeconomic atmosphere is, to put it bluntly, horrible. Student loan payments will resume in September during
Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) stock saw profit taking after reporting record earnings for the June quarter. Li earned $300 million, 30 cents per ADR share fully diluted, on revenue of $3.95 billion during the quarter. Deliveries more than tripled from a year ago, to 86,533 vehicles. Despite this, shares hit an air pocket, falling from $46.63
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Aug. 22, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. AMC — Shares of the movie theater stock sank almost 35% after a judge late Friday approved AMC Entertainment’s plan to convert its preferred shares to common stock.
Should financial traders punish Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) stock because the company’s revenue growth isn’t “good enough”? That’s the billion-dollar question as PLTR stock stumbled even though Palantir Technologies appears to be on solid financial footing. Based in Colorado, Palantir Technologies provides security products and services. And of course, Palantir uses artificial intelligence (AI) in its offerings.