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
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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
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
Stocks are getting crushed. It increasingly appears that we’re spiraling into a recession. But luckily for investors, the bottom may not be far away. Let me be clear: The U.S. economy is in bad shape. Indeed, all the ingredients that tend to produce economic contractions are present today. We have runaway inflation, Fed rate hikes,
A cashier’s check is a check that’s drawn against the bank’s account rather than yours. It’s written in the bank’s name and is typically signed by a teller. The bank is responsible for paying the check to the payee. You pay the bank back the funds needed to cover the check from your account. There
Preston Pysh & Mike Peterson have a detailed conversation about the International Bitcoin summit for central bankers that recently took place with 44 nations in El Salvador. Additionally, Mike talks about standing up Bitcoin Beach and what impact it has had on the community. 00:00:00 – Intro 00:02:22 – What it was like to stand
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
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
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
So far, 2022 has been a rocky year for the U.S. stock market. All major stock indices have losses, and a plethora of stocks lost a lot of ground as well. Looking for stable income amid the high volatility is not an easy task. However, it can become easier if you focus on dividend stocks
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Coinbase (COIN) — Shares of the cryptocurrency exchange sank more than 14% amid the sharp pullback in the prices of bitcoin and other digital assets over the weekend. DocuSign (DOCU) — The software stock extended its losses from Friday in premarket trading, falling more than 5%.
The collapse of SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) stock price has gotten so bad it’s starting to look like a cautionary tale. The financial technology (fintech) company that likes to refer to itself as an “online bank” has seen its stock plunge 62% since the start of the year. At just below $6, SOFI stock more than
Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) dropped bombshell news for SHOP stock a couple of months ago. It wanted to update its corporate governance structure so that CEO and founder Tobi Lütke could solidify his control of the company and SHOP stock while he was still running it. The announcement, in the form of an April 11 news release,
Putting your money into dividend-paying stocks is a safe investment when the market takes a dip. People who buy dividend stocks can expect a steady, consistent stream of income that they can use to invest in more companies or cover those essential bills. At the same time, growth stocks, which provide much higher returns over
Stock exchanges are centralized locations where investors can buy and sell securities that are put up for trading by corporations and governments. This includes stocks, bonds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), derivatives, commodities, and other financial instruments. Exchanges allow trading to take place in a centralized location in a fair and transparent manner. All trading activity takes
In this episode, Preston and Stig discuss the important chapters from billionaire Warren Buffett’s favorite book, The Intelligent Investor. In this episode, you will learn how to think about investing versus speculation, margin of safety, and intrinsic value. For anyone interested in becoming a value investor, The Intelligent Investor is the most important read on
In this article NEWR Delmaine Donson | E+ | Getty Images Company: New Relic (NEWR) Business: New Relic is a software-as-a-service company, delivering a software platform for customers to collect telemetry data and derive insights from that data in a unified front-end application. It offers a suite of products on its open and extensible cloud-based
Current gasoline prices are shown in Garden Grove, California, March 29, 2022. Mike Blake | Reuters Gasoline is nearing an average $5 per gallon across the U.S., but while consumers are feeling the pain, prices are not yet at a level that would tip the economy into a recession, economists said. Where that breaking point