The global equity markets already had a knee-jerk reaction on the possibility of an Evergrande (OTCMKTS:EGRNF) crisis spillover. There’s reason to worry when a company with $300 billion in debt faces potential bankruptcy. As a precaution, it may be wise to looks for stocks to buy across sectors that have a low beta. It’s also
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Earlier this month, Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) looked as though it had bottomed. Speculators bet on BABA stock bottoming at $160 by bidding the stock up close to $180, its 50-day simple moving average. Source: BigTunaOnline / Shutterstock.com The rally did not last because traders failed to account for the ongoing political risks and the massive “forced
The market has been losing momentum lately and so has BlackBerry (NYSE:BB). BB stock has become a favorite among the “Reddit traders,” the short-squeeze traders or whatever else they want to refer to it as. Source: Shutterstock It’s simple, though. With a few exceptions, stocks like GameStop (NYSE:GME), AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC), Aterian (NASDAQ:ATER) and
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is the largest mortgage insurer in the United States, with more than $1.3 trillion in its portfolio. As part of the Office of Housing at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), it helps roughly 1.3 million people across the country become homeowners each year. Low down payments
Market sentiment has once again soured on Canadian marijuana producers like Canopy Growth (NASDAQ:CGC). The past few years of poor results are still fresh in the minds of investors. This can be clearly seen in CGC stock, which rallied to a high of more than $50 from late last year to February. Source: Shutterstock Canopy Growth
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday said the central bank’s current trading rules are insufficient and promised that it would “make changes” after filings showed that officials traded stocks and bonds that could be influenced by its policy actions. Specifically, Powell said that Fed officials should as a general rule be barred from owning
In this article FDX ADBE DIS H SFIX GIS Check out the companies making headlines in the premarket. General Mills — Shares of General Mills added 1.7% in the premarket after the food company reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings. General Mills posted adjusted earnings of 99 cents per share compared with the analyst consensus of 89
As one of the most widely followed SPAC offerings this year, Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) has not exactly set the world on fire. After debuting on Jan. 8, the stock has mostly drifted downward with the exception of a short-term trading boost earlier this summer. CLOV stock currently has a $3.4 billion market capitalization and $412
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio (NYSE:NIO) has seen its shares take another tumble as of late. On Monday, NIO stock closed down 6.2% on the day. At this point, NIO stock is down nearly 27% in 2021. For investors, that’s a gut-wrenching turn in direction for a stock that delivered a 1,110% return last year.
ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) has been on a roller-coaster ride over the past two years, as investor sentiment for XOM swung drastically, in step with oil prices. Source: Shutterstock Heading into 2020, oil was rallying and folks were finally heating up to the energy sector after a long bust. Then the pandemic hit and oil prices collapsed,
The facade of Blue Origin’s new rocket engine factory in Huntsville, Alabama. CNBC | Michael Sheetz The U.S. Federal Court of Claims released the redacted version of the lawsuit filed in August by Jeff Bezos‘ Blue Origin against NASA and Elon Musk’s SpaceX over a lucrative lunar lander contract awarded earlier this year. “Historically a
In this article FB SPGS DIS SOFI People wait in line for t-shirts at a pop-up kiosk for the online brokerage Robinhood along Wall Street after the company went public with an IPO earlier in the day on July 29, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check
Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM), the premier “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) lender with various merchants and shopping portals, still isn’t profitable. Buying AFRM stock now is likely to make you pay later since the company is cascading its losses with higher revenue and loans. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com But don’t tell that to recent investors in
What would happen if a company developed a massive new product and no one cared? For Pfizer’s (NYSE:PFE) investors, that has been the question for the past year. Despite coming up with a blockbuster vaccine for the novel coronavirus, PFE stock did basically nothing for an extended period. Source: Manuel Esteban / Shutterstock.com That finally changed
The first U.S. dollar (USD) is one of the world’s strongest currencies. It is the official currency of the United States as well as several other countries. Although it has a deep-rooted history in the United States, the dollar as we know it today was first printed in 1914. Printing began a year after the
On today’s show, Preston and Stig talk to X-Prize Founder and Chairman, Peter Diamandis. He is accompanied by Best Selling author, Steven Kotler, and they talk about the technology boom that’s going to happen in the next ten years. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: – Which major industries will be disrupted most over the next
Cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) has given investors plenty to cheer about lately. CRWD stock has risen nearly 30% so far in 2021 and 78% over the past year. Source: Shutterstock That kind of growth has led many investors to question whether a slowdown is imminent. The good news is that it doesn’t appear to
Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images DraftKings is making a $20 billion offer to acquire U.K. online sports betting company Entain, people familiar with the matter told CNBC’s David Faber on Tuesday. The offer is largely in DraftKings stock, along with cash, according to the sources. Entain shares jumped more than 15% in London
In this article H ADBE SFIX FDX People walk around the International Hotel Grand Hyatt during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic on May 21, 2020 in New York City. VIEW press | Corbis News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell Tuesday: FedEx – Shares of the shipping company
Vinco Ventures (NASDAQ:BBIG) stock is the latest meme play. But if you blink, you might miss it. Source: Michael Vi via Shutterstock Vinco is an investment company that has gotten into non fungible tokens (NFTs), launching an E-NFT platform for trading them. It also owns 80% of a short video content platform (think TikTok) called