With SoFi (NASDAQ:SOFI) likely to continue to be hurt by the Biden administration’s policies on student loans and the company still facing many other tough challenges, I am still recommending that investors sell SOFI stock. As Seeking Alpha columnist Business Quant explained in a recent column on SOFI stock, the moratoriums on student loan payments
[Editor’s note: “Hydrogen Power Will Give Rise to an $11 Trillion Revolution in 2022” was previously published in December 2021. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] The best investments — with the potential to mint millionaires — are often found in places where most aren’t looking. Follow that thread
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, March 28, 2022. Source: NYSE After a week of extraordinary turbulence, stocks are likely to remain volatile as investors await fresh data on inflation and watch the course of bond yields. The big report for markets is Wednesday’s April consumer price index. Economists expect a high inflation reading,
The former President Donald Trump-backed Digital World Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:DWAC) has been quite the rocky ride for investors. As early as March, DWAC stock, the special purpose acquisition company that is set to acquire the company and its app Truth Social, had been trading at a high of nearly $100. It has since dropped more
Adding defensive healthcare stocks can be a great way to ride out continued volatility in the market. AbbVie (ABBV): Investors are overreacting to this venerable big pharma company’s recent earnings report. Amgen (AMGN): An established biotech company with a high forward dividend yield (3.33%). Baxter International (BAX): A reasonably-priced medical products provider on track to
As ContextLogic (WISH) struggles, WISH stock continues to rattle around its all-time low close. WISH is now a penny stock, down 50% so far in 2022 and off its 2021 all-time high close by more than 90%. Investors should not mistake WISH stock as an opportunity to get into an e-commerce leader at an incredibly
EV upstart Lucid Motors (NASDAQ:LCID) delivered a strong earnings beat with its first-quarter results. Investors were lackadaisical, though, as LCID stock shed close to 12% of its value on its post-earnings sell-off. Analysts were expecting the EV firm to lose 31 cents per share on sales of $55.6 million. However, actual results came in significantly
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Jerome Powell, Federal Reserver Governor. Katie Kramer | CNBC The Federal Reserve just raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, its largest such move in more than two decades, as it seeks to tame inflation. The central bank’s actions mean that, in an era of sharply rising prices for everything from food
In this article UAA PTON A Peloton exercise bike is seen after the ringing of the opening bell for the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in New York City, New York, U.S., September 26, 2019. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Friday. Peloton — Shares of
Speaker and sound equipment maker Sonos (NASDAQ:SONO) has been overtaken with static over the past year. SONO stock has slipped more than 40% over the past 12 months following a sizable rally during the Covid-19 pandemic. With the recent dip to $21 per share, Sonos is now trading back to around the original $20 level it
Business development companies (or BDCs) offer generous yields to income investors. Great Elm Capital (GECC) is a BDC that makes loans and middle market investments. Newtek Business Service (NEWT) provides financial and business services to small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. Capital Southwest (CSWC) offers credit and private equity investments in middle market companies,
Camber Energy (CEI) is a questionable carbon capture play. CEI stock is a battleground stock that’s being won by shorts. Being positive on CEI for an unproven business pivot doesn’t justify a buy in today’s market. Source: OlegRi / Shutterstock They say there’s a right time and right place for everything. And if we’re to
The S&P 500 has been getting pummeled. That goes for the index, the S&P futures (ES) and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY). SPY stock is not the worst performer of the major U.S. indices, though. The Nasdaq is, barely edging out the Russell 2000, with its 26% decline. SPY is down about 15% from
In this article BLK SPY TSLA Cathie Wood, chief executive officer and chief investment officer, Ark Invest, gestures as she speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 Conference at Miami Beach Convention Center on April 7, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Marco Bello | Getty Images Elon Musk and Cathie Wood took aim at index funds in a
In this article SPCE LYV SG DBX ZG DASH A DoorDash sign is pictured on a restaurant on the day they hold their IPO in New York, December 9, 2020. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Block — Shares rose more than 5% after hours despite Block missing
After a Q1 earnings miss lass week, Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) stock is trading just above 2022 lows. YouTube ad revenue dropped, but the company still grew overall revenue 23% and its Pixel hardware could become more of a factor going forward. Investors should take advantage of the long-term growth potential of GOOG stock while it
Fisker (NYSE:FSR), an electric vehicle (EV) maker that wants to create the most sustainable cars in the world, recently reported its first-quarter 2022 financial results. It also provided updates on its production plans. Now, investors may be wondering if FSR stock is a buy. I argue it is not for the following reasons. First, Fisker
ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) is a California-based company that provides electric vehicle (EV) charging networks and charging solutions. The company went public via a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and was initially highly popular with traders. CHPT stock shot up as high as $45 in late 2020 following the launch of its SPAC deal. Since then, however, ChargePoint has
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