Looking back on 2021, the S&P 500 finished another year on a high. At the close of the 12-month period, the index had provided 27% returns to investors for the year. However, fears of another slowdown from new variants of the novel coronavirus or inflation will have several investors in a risk-averse mindset. In that
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According to Wall Street Journal, the total value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2021 was $5.7 trillion, 64% higher than the year prior. As we consider the year ahead, I thought it would be fun to speculate about some of the biggest M&A deals of 2022. According to WSJ, 59,748 deals closed in 2021
Buying a house is absolutely possible with bad credit, but it is harder and more expensive than buying a house with excellent credit. Before starting the homebuying process, you should consider why you want to be a homeowner. Homeownership has many large, unexpected costs that can be difficult to cover if your financial situation is
Although the benchmark S&P 500 recently hit an all-time high, many investors are rightfully concerned about what 2022 and the years beyond will hold. With the Federal Reserve shifting its monetary policy to a more hawkish tone via planned rate hikes next year, several investors have chosen to rotate out of risk-on assets into safer
Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) still remains poised to sell its vaccine for the coronavirus to many countries around the world, likely enabling it to generate very strong revenue in 2022 and possibly into 2023. Yet NVAX stock has fallen sharply in recent days. Source: rarrarorro / Shutterstock.com That makes the shares very attractive for medium-term investors. Shares
Facebook Inc. did more than a simple name change when it took on the Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) moniker. It also put an emerging trend (the metaverse) on the map. Doing so didn’t give FB stock much of a boost. Source: Blue Planet Studio / Shutterstock.com It did help spark enthusiasm for several more speculative cryptos and stocks, as
A KKR logo is displayed on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), August 23, 2018. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Trading stocks in the capital markets in 2021 has not been an endeavor for the faint of heart. The year could be characterized by exciting events like a powerful influx of retail
Electric vehicles are taking over the world. You know that. I know that. The market knows that. We all know that. Source: Shutterstock Consumers want to drive electric vehicles these days, with 60% of today’s prospective car buyers wanting to buy an EV. Lawmakers want you to drive an EV, too, as more than 200
In the good old days, Social Security was tax-free. But times have changed, and now many taxpayers can expect to see at least a portion of their Social Security income make its way onto the taxable income line of their 1040s. People who convert their traditional IRAs to Roth IRAs often fall into this hidden
If the opinion of the analyst community means anything, then SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) is a strong buy for 2022. At present, SOFI stock is over 60% less than its consensus price target of $24.63. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com However, since it first began trading publicly in December 2020, the stock has made three attempts at hitting this mark.
Emerging fintech firm SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) is consolidating at the $15 a share level. After breaking out in October, only to peak at over $20 in November, SOFI stock is near $15 again. The Federal Reserve’s rate heightening policy spooked fintech investors. A sell-off in mega-cap electronic payment processing firms did not help matters, either.
The crypto market has sold off this month, fueling the debate about whether the bull run is coming to a halt. Industry leaders such as Ethereum (CCC:ETH-USD) have shed a fair share of their values in the past month. However, there have been a few anomalies, of which Ethereum’s aggregator Polygon (CCC:MATIC-USD) takes the cake. With
In this article CFX PTON PFE AMD XOM XLNX Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Exxon Mobil (XOM) – The energy giant signaled that it will report a fourth consecutive quarterly profit, thanks in large part to stronger oil and gas prices. The snapshot of fourth quarter results came in an SEC
Investors in Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) stock are finding life in the middle to be baffling. In the past 12 months, NET stock was being overlooked for reasons that I would have to guess had to do with investors chasing other sectors. Source: IgorGolovniov / Shutterstock.com But that all changed in early summer. As our Louis Navellier points out
Your child (or grandchild) might be just a two-year-old, but it’s not too early to start figuring out how you’ll pay for college. Here’s why: according to the College Savings Plans Network, it’s estimated that an inflation rate of 6%, it will cost $261,277 to send a child who is a toddler in 2021 to
Semiconductors like Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) stock have been red-hot in 2021, and they’re aiming to end the year as they began – buoyant. Source: Casimiro PT / Shutterstock.com While there is no shortage of stunning charts, AMD stock offers the cleanest and most compelling opportunity right now. Its share price smashed through resistance right
In this article NCLH PFE Paxlovid, a Pfizer’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill, is seen manufactured in Ascoli, Italy, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on November 16, 2021. Pfizer | Handout | via Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Pfizer — Shares jumped 1.9% after British regulators approved the
With Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) stock facing dangerous threats and unlikely to generate big returns for investors over the next year or two, I don’t believe that the shares are a buy for any type of medium-term or long-term investor. Meta Platforms is the company formerly known as Facebook. Source: Chinnapong / Shutterstock.com Among the biggest risks
With enterprise artificial intelligence software company C3.ai (NYSE:AI) adding impressive customers and growing its revenue at a fairly rapid pace, I continue to believe the company can become the “Microsoft of AI.” Just as Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) developed tools that made it easy for businesses to develop documents and perform complex calculations, C3.ai has created products
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) December 9, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters It’s back to business in the week ahead with a busy economic calendar to start the new year, including the always important monthly jobs report. After a stellar 2021, stocks head into the 2022 with