Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud speaks via video link during a virtual emergency meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC countries, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 9, 2020. Saudi Press Agency | Reuters OPEC heads into Thursday’s meeting with Russia and other allies with
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Walgreens (WBA) – Walgreens shares rallied 2.8% in the premarket after the drug store operator reported quarterly profit of $1.51 per share, beating the consensus estimate of $1.17 a share. Revenue topped forecasts as well, helped by a rebound in prescription volumes. The
Pedestrians walk past a Walgreens store in New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Didi — Shares of the Chinese ride hailing company surged more than 14% in their second day of trading, rising back above $16 per share. The stock had a muted session
Workers prepare the ground for construction at the Duette solar site which is being developed on previously agricultural land in Bowling Green, Florida, March 24, 2021. Dane Rhys | Reuters June jobs growth is expected to outpace May and more Americans rejoined the workforce, even as companies continued to struggle to find employees to hire.
During market volatility, the best thing you can do is look toward growth-oriented large-cap stocks. Now, many will ask why it’s important to buy large-cap stocks during a time when Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is up 239.3% in the last year, and AMC (NYSE:AMC) is up 314.5% in the last month alone. I will counter with just
The cloud is the future of gaming. We live in a digital world ruled by technology, and the games industry is no exception. Cloud gaming stocks will continue to benefit from this trend for years to come, because the games industry will continue to receive recurring revenue from subscriptions to online services by wide swaths
U.S. infrastructure has been a slow-motion train wreck. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has been urging the U.S. to reinvest in crumbling bridges, energy grids, and highways. In fact, according to the ASCE, there’s a water main break every two minutes. Up to 43% of roads are in poor or mediocre condition. “There
When Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) announced its positive first-quarter results before Wednesday’s open, BBBY stock shot up 8%. Since then, this meme stock has given up about half of that gain and is trading slightly lower Thursday. But our bull thesis for this stock remains intact. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com First off, we
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has been on an absolute tear. I was thinking that after its stock split next month, perhaps NVDA stock could get to $200. In the pre-split situation , that’s $800, a mark that the stock just hit at the end of June. Source: Steve Lagreca / Shutterstock.com The shares have been on fire,
Financial technology startup SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) went public as SOFI stock on Jun. 1 via a reverse-merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Social Capital Hedosophia Corp. V. As a result, SoFi raised $2.4 billion in cash proceeds to be used for further expansion strategies. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com Commonly referred to as blank-check
Hyliion (NYSE:HYLN) is one of the multitude of electric vehicle (EV) special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) that came public over the past year. However, HYLN stock stands out from most of its peers in one big way. Source: Shutterstock Hyliion isn’t trying to design its own EV from scratch and ramp up production and marketing
The last couple weeks have been painful for cryptocurrency investors. After touching highs of almost $65,000 earlier this year, Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD) briefly plummeted below $30,000. Among cryptocurrency stocks, Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) stock remained relatively resilient. Source: Mark Agnor / Shutterstock.com Over the last month, MARA stock has trended higher by 24%. During the same period,
Can an unloved company become a darling of the electric vehicle (EV) markets? Maybe it’s possible with Chinese startup Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI). I pounded the table loudly for LI stock not long ago, and I’m still massively bullish on this pick. Source: Carrie Fereday / Shutterstock.com Back in April, I reported on Li Auto’s delivery update for
It’s no secret anymore that Target (NYSE:TGT), under Brian Cornell, is America’s best-run retailer. That’s why I recommend TGT stock to anyone who will listen. Source: Robert Gregory Griffeth / Shutterstock.com Since Cornell became CEO in 2014, in the wake of a credit card breach that forced out his predecessor, Target shares are up 300%.
I don’t know many investors who don’t like dividends. However, there are many investors who would opt for either dividend income or earnings and revenue growth. This divide between growth and dividend investors has left a rift among dividend stocks. But does there need to be one? Not necessarily. While we can find growth stocks
FinTech leader SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) recently completed its merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Social Capital Hedosophia V. This caused IPOE stock to convert into SOFI stock, beginning SoFi’s official run as a publicly traded company. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com SoFi was an impressive merger partner for the “King of SPACs,” Chamath Palihapitiya. The private
After bottoming at below $10 last month, Workhorse Group (NASDAQ:WKHS) caught the eye of Reddit’s WallStreetBets. WKHS stock has a short interest of almost 40%. The subreddit group reasons that a short-squeeze would inflect big losses for bears. So, when Workhorse shares took a run for $20, the rally would last until buyers lost momentum.
One of the more controversial electric vehicle start-up companies on the market is Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA). Source: Stephanie L Sanchez / Shutterstock.com NKLA became public through a reverse merger back in June 2020, with a SPAC called VectorIQ Holdings. Red flags popped up almost immediately ranging from a suspicious test roll out in 2020 to a
Self-billed as one of the largest e-commerce marketplaces in the world, I can fundamentally appreciate the bullish catalyst supporting Contextlogic (NASDAQ:WISH) today. Particularly in the age of the novel coronavirus, online businesses offer tremendous appeal. That said, most speculators probably aren’t thinking about the fundamentals when it comes to WISH stock. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com
Is there still hope for Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN)? Or are the OCGN stock bulls just delusional? In my view, you can count on the latter. Any way you slice it, this biotech company has little chance of generating big profits — or even big sales — from its Covaxin Covid-19 vaccine candidate. Source: Shutterstock As you