REITs (real estate investment trusts) are investment vehicles that invest in real estate and/or mortgages. The investments produce real estate income and/or interest, 90% of which must be paid out as dividends to shareholders. That allows the REIT to not have to pay taxes. REITs produce funds from operations (FFO), which is different from GAAP
In this article BIDU MSTR MRNA STLA-IT ZEN HOOD Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Baidu (BIDU) – Baidu shares jumped 4.1% in premarket trading after Reuters reported the China-based internet search giant is in talks to sell its controlling stake in the video streaming company iQIYI (IQ). iQIYI fell 3.4%. MicroStrategy
We may be headed for a global recession and that means the best stocks to buy are cynically geared rather than say focused on ESG investing principles. It’s not hard to see why. For instance, evidence indicates that people drink more alcohol during hard economic times. Therefore, what better way to address this dynamic than
Source: Burdun Iliya / Shutterstock.com It’s an understatement to say pandemic tailwinds are no longer priced into Shopify (NYSE:SHOP). In fact, SHOP stock today trades around where it did during March 2020. As you likely recall, that’s when the market began to realize that the lockdowns were a boon for the e-commerce software provider. Yet,
Investors who bought Carnival (CCL) stock at the start of the pandemic made out if they sold during this travel stock’s 2021 reopening rally. If you bought CCL stock after that? You’ve been burned, big time. In hindsight, it’s clear shares in the cruise line operator bounced back too quickly. Its move from single-digits to
These high-yield dividend stocks have enough earnings to cover the dividends and make these stocks secure. The companies have what is known as a low payout ratio — the comparison between the cost of dividends and the company’s earnings. It’s important to pay attention to the payout ratios of dividend stocks before investing. Many times,
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Continental Resources — Shares soared 14% after the shale company announced an all-cash buyout proposal from the family trust of billionaire founder Harold Hamm. Continental Resources said it’s yet to review the offer that would take the company private in a $25.4 billion deal. FedEx —
Recently, I discussed how Costco (NASDAQ:COST) has been handling inflation much better than its peers in the retail sector. To a large extent, the market is aware of this. That’s why COST stock has partially bounced back, after plunging during the mid-May retailer stock selloff. Yet shares have still not made their way back to
If you look at the largest of the large cap stocks, you will notice that all of them serve millions of customers around the world, with diverse product lines and huge revenues. Except one. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA). This company, which has the fifth largest market cap in the entire U.S. market, hasn’t even delivered 1 million
The Wall Street Journal analyzed the median pay at S&P 500 companies in 2021. It found that Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) paid out $295,884 in total compensation to its employees. That’s very good news for GOOG stock. How’s that, you might ask? Well, when you’ve got a tight employment market, the last thing you want to do
After many small increases over the past week, the 30-year average dramatically rose more than an eighth of a percentage point Thursday, taking it close to the 13-year peak it notched in early May. Today’s National Mortgage Rate Averages The 30-year mortgage average spiked 14 points Thursday, taking it almost a half percentage point above
These six dividend stocks are very attractive because they have yields of over 5%. But they are also good investments, as the companies earn more on a monthly yield basis than the dividends they pay out to shareholders. This latter point is very important. Often business development companies, which are a mix of a lender
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Continental Resources (CLR) – The oil and natural gas producer’s stock rallied 7.4% in the premarket after receiving a $70 per share “take private” bid from Chairman Harold Hamm and his family. The company’s board will establish an independent committee to evaluate the
Investors looking to scoop up undervalued S&P 500 stocks are in a position to see the recent doldrums as an opportunity. The stock market continues to be in free-fall mode after its most recent selloff pushed the S&P 500 roughly 20% below its record highs. Rising inflation and interest rates have unnerved investors, and a
Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) stock has a very long way to go before it’s worth buying and, at this point, it might be time to get out if you’re holding this embattled EV play. As part of the company’s annual meeting, CEO RJ Scaringe wrote a letter to shareholders. While generally positive in its tone, Scaringe emphasized that
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) is a classic example of a stock that many investors got interested in after COST stock saw a dip of around 20% in 2022. The company has consistent profitability, sales growth is strong and free cash flow generation is robust. But is COST stock a buy after reporting a strong third-quarter fiscal-year-2022
Since Thursday, the price action on Wall Street has been devastating for the bulls. I anticipated a weak Thursday but the follow through has been a bit too harsh. This week we are likely to see some fireworks, so investors are throwing all stocks out. The good and the bad end up in the waste
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, June 7, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. stock futures rose on Monday night after the S&P 500 dropped back into bear market territory ahead of the Federal Reserve’s two-day policy meeting this week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures
It was more of the same with U.S. stock markets in May, meaning that investors won’t be getting much reprieve from volatility in the near future. Virtually every U.S. stock index has more or less succumbed to bear markets. Hence, investors gravitate towards safe stocks that provide a hedge against troubling market conditions. You invariably
American tech investors tossed Chinese tech stocks like Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA), JD.com (NASDAQ:JD), and Pinduoduo (NASDAQ:PDD) away months ago. I kept a few Alibaba shares, but their value is down by half. Today, American tech stocks are also in a bear market. Money-losing stocks doing important work like Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) are down by more