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SeventyFour | iStock | Getty Images Company: SLM Corp. (SLM) Business: SLM originates and services private education loans to students and their families to finance the cost of their education in the United States. It also offers retail deposit accounts, including certificates of deposit, money market deposit accounts, and high-yield savings accounts. In addition, it

It’s time to dust off one of the oldest and most conservative methods of valuing stocks: the dividend discount model (DDM). This is one of the basic applications of financial theory that is taught in any introductory finance class. The theory is easy to grasp. A stock is worth its price if that price is exceeded

Millennials are a generation of significant income inequality. Wealthy, college educated millennials who have had a chance to pay down their student loan debt or were able to not have student loan debt comprise most of the millennials who now own homes. However, millennials without a college degree have 19% less family wealth than previous

In this article BLK Larry Fink David Orrell | CNBC Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could accelerate the adoption of digital currencies by central banks, according to BlackRock’s Larry Fink. The CEO of the $10 trillion-asset money manager called it one of the “less discussed” outcomes of the war, which began one month ago, in his

May 31, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, an event that only recently has come to the wider attention of the American public. Although it was one of the worst race massacres in American history, it took 76 years for it to be investigated by the Oklahoma Legislature. Even many residents

In this article GME NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen just bought another 100,000 shares of the video game retailer on Tuesday, bringing his ownership to 11.9% as the activist investor tries to push the company into e-commerce. The meme stock jumped as high as about 20% in after-hours trading Tuesday

Scalpers seek to profit from small market movements, taking advantage of a ticker tape that never stands still. For years, this fast-fingered day-trading crowd relied on Level 2 bid/ask screens to locate buy and sell signals, reading supply and demand imbalances away from the National Best Bid and Offer (NBBO)—the bid/ask price that the average person sees. They

In this article OXY Wall Street legends Carl Icahn and Warren Buffett have taken different approaches to shares of Occidental Petroleum in recent weeks. Icahn had been selling to exit his long equity position. Buffett’s conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway, has been building a position worth billions. In an interview Tuesday on CNBC’s “Closing Bell: Overtime,” Icahn

Retail Banking vs. Corporate Banking: An Overview Retail banking refers to the division of a bank that deals directly with retail customers while corporate banking is the part of the banking industry that deals with corporate customers. Retail banking is the visible face of banking to the general public, with bank branches located in abundance in

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchangein New York, U.S., on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bargains are addictive. During my teenage years in Boston, my friends and I would frequent Filene’s Basement, rummaging through tables piled high with designer clothes, scavenging for amazing items,

Q4—also known as quarter-four or the fourth quarter—is the last quarter of the financial year for both corporations and other organizations. Many companies’ Q4 dates follow the calendar year, starting on Oct. 1 and ending on Dec. 31. Key Takeaways Q4, or the fourth quarter, is the last quarter of the financial year for companies.

In this article CAT S NOW TTWO ORCL Jim Umpleby, CEO of Caterpillar Inc. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Investors caught a break last week, as the major averages ended Friday with gains, but volatility will likely remain a central theme going forward. Not only are investors weighing the Federal Reserve’s recently announced rate hike, but

There are thousands of equities to choose from, and day traders can pick virtually any stocks they want. So, the first step for a day trader is to figure out what to trade. Once a trading opportunity has been identified (one stock, multiple stocks, or exchange-traded funds ETFs, etc.), the next step is coming up with some

In this article BBBY Shoppers exit a Bed Bath & Beyond store in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) Business: Bed Bath & Beyond runs a chain of retail stores. It operates through two segments, North American Retail and Institutional Sales. The company sells a range

When you are named the beneficiary of an individual retirement account (IRA), and the IRA owner dies, you may think you’ve received a tax-free inheritance. Well, that’s only partially correct. Under current tax law, the inheritance itself—that is, the entire sum in the account—is tax-free. But you are still required to take distributions from the

Daniel Zuchnik | WireImage | Getty Images Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway purchased an additional 18.1 million shares of Occidental Petroleum for almost $1 billion on the first three days of this week. An SEC filing Wednesday shows it paid a weighted average of $54.41 per share, a total of $985 million for the new shares. At Wednesday’s

The Federal Reserve‘s open market committee (FOMC) meets regularly to decide what, if anything, to do with short-term interest rates. Indeed, interest rates are closely watched by analysts and economists as these key figures play out in every asset market around the globe. Stock traders almost always rejoice when the Fed cuts interest rates, but

Some pumpjacks operate while others stand idle in the Belridge oil field on November 03, 2021 near McKittrick, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Hedge funds have ramped up their commodity bets as prices surged during geopolitical turmoil, and managers with big exposure are reaping sizable profits. The

(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Emerging markets, specifically those in Eastern Europe, have been whipsawed amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. With sanctions in place and Russia’s hard default deadline approaching in April, investors are particularly focused on the region’s sovereign debt — an area that Gramercy Funds has specialized in since its inception

Court decisions at all levels have important impacts on policy, law, and ultimately on consumers and business. They enforce contracts and order financial penalties. They make judgments about constitutionality, fraud, liability, discrimination, antitrust violations, and so much more. Those judgments can impact individual pocketbooks, economic relationships and partnerships, economic forecasts, and more. But the people