Since their debut in 1996, 529 savings plans have been one of the best vehicles available for covering college costs. Congress expanded these plans to cover K–12 education in 2017 and to pay up to $10,000 in student loan debt in 2019. But as useful as they can be, 529 savings plans are not your
The big cap stocks retreated at the end of 2020 as the small caps took the spotlight. Will the mega-cap FAANG stocks lead them back this earnings season?
For the longest time, I’ve always assumed that the term Black Friday referenced the profitability narrative; that is, transitioning from being in the red to black. But I just got fact-checked by Britannica. Instead, police officers in Philadelphia in the 1960s used the phrase to describe the chaos as suburban tourists began their holiday shopping.
After months of sideways price action, Covid-19 vaccine play Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN) stock is zooming higher once. Source: shutterstock.com/PhotobyTawat The big development is a likely Emergency Use Listing (EUL) from the World Health Organization (WHO) for Covaxin. Developed in India by Bharat Biotech, Ocugen holds the U.S. and Canadian rights to market this vaccine. An EUL certainly
An animated trajectory map shows the path of the Lucy mission, with the spacecraft (blue) launching from the Earth (green) out to the asteroids around Jupiter (orange). NASA NASA’s latest exploration spacecraft launched over the weekend, beginning a 12-year journey to visit Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. A tool familiar to Wall Street was used to craft
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Zillow (Z) – Zillow slid 6.4% in premarket trading, following a Bloomberg report that the company has temporarily stopped its home-buying service due to overwhelming demand. Revance Therapeutics (RVNC) – Revance shares plunged 33.2% in the premarket after the Food and Drug Administration
There’s been a lot of talk about blockchain, cybersecurity and social media company DatChat (NASDAQ:DATS) lately. Unfortunately for holders of DATS stock, not all of the chatter has been positive. Source: Marko Aliaksandr/ShutterStock.com For instance, InvestorPlace contributor Mark R. Hake described DatChat as a “private messaging application company with little going for it,” aside from the $11.04 million
Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) is a company that provides CDN (content delivery network), web infrastructure and online security services. When the pandemic hit in 2020, the company was in the perfect position to pick up a lot of business. Online shopping ramped up while remote work and learning suddenly became a necessity. Given the rapid growth in
Just over a year ago, Hyliion (NYSE:HYLN) was one of the hottest electric vehicle special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) plays out there. Just before its “de-SPACing,” excitement over this maker of electric trucks and powertrains briefly sent HYLN stock to prices over $50 per share. Source: Shutterstock Flash forward back to now, and where are shares changing
In this article HOOD GME Rafael Henrique | LightRocket | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission said online brokerages, enticed to increase revenue through the controversial industry practice of payment for order flow, are turning stock-trading into a game in order to encourage activity from retail investors. Wall Street’s main regulator on Monday released its
In this article ACI OXY SPCE ZG The New York Stock Exchange welcomes The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), today, Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in honor of Star Wars Day. Source: NYSE Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Occidental Petroleum — Shares of the energy company gained 5.7% after Truist upgraded the
Over the 12 months the price of crude oil has doubled and the share price of Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) is up more than 80%. And while that’s three times the gain in the S&P 500 index, XOM stock is still a cheap. Source: Shutterstock At $258 billion, the market capitalization offers a premium of just
Cold warriors seem to want Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) to fail. They’re spinning the company’s problems and the nearly 50% drop in BABA stock as a personal story, as the fall of founder Jack Ma. He defied the political leadership and paid the price. To hear them tell it, President Xi Jinping is just Mao Zedong in
If you’re an older adult, can you afford to go back to school? While the traditional path to earning a degree takes students from the high school classroom to the college classroom, more older adults are returning to college or attending for the first time. In 2020, 7.5 million students enrolled at U.S. colleges and
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It seems like the beginning of Q4 is becoming the big transitional quarter for the markets. Sometimes it’s a bullish trend, sometimes a bearish one. This time it’s about transition. And that’s why A-rated stocks to buy are key to navigating now and into 2022. Supply chain issues are creating havoc in the global markets
Wish.com parent company ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) stock has been a disaster since its initial public offering. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com Wish went public at an IPO price of $24 in December 2020. The stock rallied as high as $32.85 in February during the Reddit WallStreetBets trading fury. Since then, the stock has dropped like a rock.
In this article SPCE Virgin Galactic pilots walk to the company’s SpaceShipTwo Unity spacecraft, attached to the jet carrier aircraft Eve. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic stock plunged in trading on Friday after the company said it would delay any spaceflights to next year as it refurbishes its vehicles. While Virgin Galactic hoped to fly its
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) stock has underperformed the market in recent years. INTC stock stock has gone up by only around 20% over the past three years, trailing much behind the PHLX Semiconductor Index‘s return of over 150%. INTC stock currently hovers around $54, up 8% year-to-date (YTD). Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Analysts have put the blame
Although new trends are part and parcel of the current market, there is one overarching theme; you cannot go wrong with technology. Considering how dominant tech companies are on the S&P 500 index, it comes as no surprise that disruptors dominate investing conversations at the moment. SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) is a tech disruptor making waves.