One thing is certain these days, and that’s uncertainty. Markets remain volatile, as a series of data releases have investors somewhat unsure whether high inflation, rising interest rates, or a possib...
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Bearish Bets: An Internet Fave and 2 Other Stocks You Should Consider Shorting
Each week we identify names that look bearish and may present interesting investing opportunities on the short side. Using technical analysis of the charts of those stocks, and, when appropriate, rece...
Where stocks could be years from now
This post was originally published on TKer.co Stocks tumbled last week, with the S&P 500 falling 2.1%. The index is now up 7.7% from its October 12 closing low of 3,577.03 and down 19.7% from its ...
10 stocks Wall Street analysts hate heading into 2023
Wall Street analysts aren’t expecting S&P 500 companies to blow the doors off with their fourth quarter earnings reports when they begin to trickle out in January. Actually, quite the contra...
Interest Hikes, Inflation, and Stagflation: Watch the Fed in 2023
Inflation has raged over the past year and a half, jumping 7.7% in the 12 months through October. The Federal Reserve responded by raising interest rates. The central bank started in March, though man...
Dow Jones Giant UnitedHealth Among 5 Resilient Stocks In Sickly Market Rally
The market rally is looking sickly, medical names often stand out. Insulet (PODD), Medpace (MEDP), Universal Health Services (UHS), Neurocrine Biosciences (NBIX) and UnitedHealth (UNH) are all worth w...
Insiders pour millions into these 3 stocks — this is what makes them attractive buys
Stocks saw out the week on the backfoot once again. Initially buoyed at the start of the week by the better-than-expected inflation data, come Wednesday and the Fed signaling rates are set to go highe...
Putin’s War Makes Russian Stocks World’s Worst With Grim Outlook
(Bloomberg) — Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine sent Russian equities tumbling in February. Nearly 10 months later, a recovery looks far off after sanctions triggered an investor exodus and m...
Casino Stocks Stand Out As Inflation Hedges, Las Vegas Plays
Casino stocks could offer flight-to-safety inflation hedges, as odd as it sounds. The property real estate investment trust (REIT) industry is no shining star, ranked in the bottom fourth of industry ...
Real-Money Funds Dump $100 Billion of Stocks on Rebalancing
(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest money managers are set to unload up to $100 billion of stocks in the final few weeks of the year, adding to a selloff that’s snowballed since Jerome Powell’s un...
Cramer reveals three industrial stocks worth owning for 2023
Industrials did relatively well in an otherwise tumultuous 2022 for the equities market and the sector, as per Jim Cramer, will likely remain resilient in the coming year as well. Here are the three i...
Why Some Longer-Term Investors Are Now Concerned
Amazon box. getty AmazonAMZN is no longer an exciting start-up operation even though a few Wall Streett analysts still like to think of it that way. In fact, the big online retailing outfit is taking ...
These Three Stocks Offer Steady Dividend Income — and High Yields
It’s rare, but some companies operate with monthly dividend payments — and a high yield. This is an attractive choice for retirees and others who live off the income that their investments...
Steel Stocks, Mining Giants React As China Iron Ore Consortium Enters Market
China is set to shake up the iron ore industry in 2023, with a Beijing-created consortium set to become the biggest buyer of the key ingredient in steel manufacturing as soon as next year. Mining stoc...
Still a bear market: S&P 500 slump signals stocks never reached ‘escape velocity’
The S&P 500’s close below 3,900 on Thursday signaled the stock market’s rally off the October lows was merely a “tactical bounce,” according to a top Wall Street chart watcher. “The market’s 20-da...
Gas below $3 could be days away, heralding the end of today’s white hot inflation — here are 3 stocks Goldman Sachs likes to capitalize on falling prices
Gas below $3 could be days away, heralding the end of today’s white hot inflation — here are 3 stocks Goldman Sachs likes to capitalize on falling prices After a summer of elevated gas prices, e...
Stocks Could Return About 10% in 2023—But First, They’re Going to Fall
For U.S. investors, 2023 could seem like two years wrapped in one, with the stock market first falling in anticipation of a recession, only to rebound as the outlook improves toward 2024. The one cons...
3 Canadian Stocks With Dividend Yields Over 5%
Many U.S.-based investors, and also many international investors, focus mainly on the U.S. stock market. In the U.S., there is the largest number of individual stocks, giving investors a gigantic choi...
Apple Stock Breaks Below Key Support.
Apple (AAPL) – Get Free Report stock fell 4.7% on Thursday, outpacing the declines we saw in both the Nasdaq and the S&P 500. Only Netflix (NFLX) – Get Free Report declined more than...
S&P 500: Only 9 Big Growth Stocks Are Still Up This Year — Do You Own Any?
Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN) and Nvidia (NVDA) might pop into your head when you think S&P 500 growth stocks. But that’s not where the growth is now. X Most growth stocks are collapsing. But ...
Is it safe to buy Tesla stocks after Elon Musk’s recent selling?
Elon Musk, Tesla’s CEO, is all over the news. After completing the acquisition of Twitter, a social media company, he has been under pressure to come up with capital to fund it. Given that he is the m...
MicroStrategy and Silvergate are 2022’s most shorted crypto stocks
MicroStrategy has been a regular favorite stock for short-sellers looking for big drawdowns. Indeed, as of yesterday, the US-based software firm was listed as the eleventh most-shorted stock. Interest...
Inflation softens but stocks still fall, what next?
It’s a funny game of cat and mouse they play, isn’t it? I wrote a piece a couple of months ago which opened with the question “what’s new?”. Stocks had surged to their best two-day return since 2020 f...
America’s Top 100 Midcap Stocks, Including An Undervalued Coal Stock With An 18% Yield
The price of coal has doubled this year to record highs, minting massive profits for miners. Getty This year has been a rude awakening for investors accustomed to 13-years of gains wherever they looke...
Retail stocks including Macy’s, Target get smoked as markets tank after retail sales miss
The Grinch might be a short-seller this Christmas season. Retail stocks were tanking across the board on Thursday, as a much worse-than-expected November retail sales report early Thursday, combined w...
Given up on Wall Street? Here’s how stocks could rally 20% next year, says veteran analyst
Just two weeks of 2022 to go and the stock market mood remains grim. The latest burst of optimism, on further evidence that U.S. inflation continues to ease, has again evaporated. Equity investors fea...