In trading on Tuesday, shares of Chevron were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $5.36), with the stock changing hands as low as $106.28 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market’s total… More
Monitors display Coinbase signage during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq … [+] MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Coinbase Global Inc., the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is set to debut on Wednesday through a direct listing, an alternative to a traditional initial public offering that has only… More
Topline As inflation fears rattle the market, billionaire hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller is placing the blame on the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented efforts to bolster the economy, blasting the central bank’s ongoing pandemic stimulus efforts as “the most radical policy” since World War II—one that could ultimately destabilize the U.S. dollar and tank asset values… More
Coinbase employee Daniel Huynh holds a celebratory bottle of champagne as he photographs outside the … [+] Nasdaq MarketSite, in New York’s Times Square, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Wall Street will be focused on Coinbase Wednesday with the digital currency exchange becoming a publicly traded company. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ASSOCIATED PRESS Coinbase is expected to… More
getty It’s anyone’s guess what stocks will be trending one week to the next. Some weeks, pharmaceutical companies rule, while the rest of the market collectively drools (over their enviable bottom lines and soaring stock prices). Others, tech stocks steal the show with their flashy microchips and confusing cloud computing jargon. Today, the one thing… More
Stock market or forex trading graph in graphic concept suitable for financial investment or Economic … [+] trends business idea and all art work design. Abstract finance background getty This week, I’m reiterating three more stocks: Alphabet, Inc (GOOGL), Intel Corporation (INTC), and Skechers USA, Inc. (SKX). Still Undervalued Figure 1 shows the performance of… More
High angle view of a young woman checking the stock market on smartphone, having breakfast at coffee … [+] shop. Business on the go concept. getty Recap From March’s Picks On a price return basis, the Dividend Growth Stocks Model Portfolio (+1.9%) underperformed the S&P 500 (+5.4%) by 3.5% from March 26, 2021 through April… More
getty Q.ai’s deep learning algorithms have identified several of the top US Low Volatility Smart Beta ETFs based on fund flows over the last 90-days, 30-days, and 7-days. We’ve rated one ETF as Best, two as Good, three as Caution, two as Poor, and one as Worst. Sign up for the free Forbes AI Investor… More
getty While last week was full of major corporate earnings and a Federal Reserve meeting, this week is no different with another flurry of corporate earnings. Cryptocurrencies are also surging, with Ethereum breaking through $4,000 over the weekend. This week in the markets comes after an extremely disappointing April Jobs report from the Labor Department,… More
Best Worst Buttons getty Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sure are easy to buy. There’s an ETF for just about anything we can think of—stocks, bonds, commodities, growth, value, sectors, industries and, of course, high yield. Dividends are our beat here at Contrarian Outlook. And ETFs keep us busy, because for every income investing angle, there is… More
Photographer: Peter Boer/Bloomberg © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP Cycles are topping. Monday will be up, but Tuesday is likely to be down. Note below that May OPEX week is atypical. It is strong only early in the week and then drifts down as the week progresses. The post-OPEX week has actually been stronger. However, momentum… More
Teamwork of businesspeople work together getty Three of the most successful closed-end funds (CEFs) in history have done something unprecedented—both for the funds themselves and the company that manages them. They merged. PIMCO is arguably the most successful CEF manager around, and investors know it: they’ve bid up almost all the company’s funds to premiums… More
The Charging Bull Statue is covered by snow in Lower Manhattan during a winter storm on February 1, … [+] 2021 in New York City. – A powerful winter storm is set to dump feet of snow along a stretch of the US east coast including New York City on February 1, 2021, after blanketing… More
A green dollar symbol with blue background. getty Everyone wants to be a contrarian investor. But in practice, most people buy more near tops and sell shares low. Our human nature becomes tricky during times like these. Markets are ticking near all-time highs and many investors fear “missing out” on the next leg higher. If… More
A tank farm along Colonial Pipeline. © 2016 Bloomberg Finance LP One of America’s energy jugulars, the 5,500-mile, 100 million gallon-per day Colonial pipeline network, was shut down Friday night because of what the company refers to as a “cybersecurity attack.” The incident is ongoing, the company says, and is already under investigation by private… More
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