Fossil fuels—namely crude oil, natural gas, and coal—are the world’s number one source of energy. Despite being a non-renewable source, there is still a high demand for fossil fuels due to their affordability and reliability. From heating and lighting homes to fueling vehicles, fossil fuels play an integral role in energy production and the global
Kevin Matras looks at the ‘short ratio’ as a market sentiment indicator and shows how to use it for finding winning stocks. Highlighted stocks include CONN, CWTR, HNZ, VMED and WGO.
Westend61 The market, as we know, is seductive, luring its participants skillfully until they are as hooked as the sea bass that can’t resist the shimmering flies we cast at them on Buzzards Bay. Poor fish. Poor buyers of bitcoin at $61,000, Snowflake at $380, and Teladoc at $290. But just because we fall for
Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) has rewarded shareholders with over 444% growth since going public in September 2019. With the pandemic-accelerated reliance on internet-based services, that growth trajectory has accelerated. NET stock has delivered a return of 173% over the past 12 months alone, a rate that is attracting the attention of many investors. Cloudflare is a CDN (content
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: CureVac (CVAC) – CureVac shares plunged 46.2% in the premarket after the German drugmaker reported disappointing results from a study of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine. The treatment was 47% effective in a clinical trial, compared to more than 90% for other mRNA-based vaccines
Nokia (NYSE:NOK), the Finnish telecom company, changed its dividend policy on Mar. 18 with its Capital Markets Day presentation. After having withheld a dividend payment last year even though the company was profitable, it has now decided to “update” its policy. As a result, NOK stock might have a chance of moving significantly higher this
Fisker (NYSE:FSR) detailed ongoing operating and capital spending plans in its latest Q1 earnings release on May 17. A capital raise looks likely for the electric vehicle (EV) car maker, and likely to wreak havoc on FSR stock, at least until investors have visibility on when, exactly, they can expect Fisker to start producing free
On May 10, BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) filed its 2020 proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It showed that the company’s second-largest shareholder, Canada’s Fairfax Financial (OTCMKTS:FRFHF), hadn’t sold a single share of BB stock over the past year. Source: Shutterstock Up 189% over the past 52 weeks, in part, to it becoming a
A child passes by the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building on Constitution Avenue, NW, on Monday, April 26, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Members of the Federal Reserve now see two interest rate hikes in 2023, according to the central bank’s so-called dot-plot projections. Wednesday’s forecast showed 13
One of the most important and true maxims in the stock market is don’t fight the Fed. The U.S. Federal Reserve is the master of the financial universe. What its voting members believe, are enacted into monetary policy – the most important of which is the prevailing interest rate. That policy determines everything in the
In this article CCL NCLH GM LZB RUN KIN ORCL GM CEO Mary Barra talks with media prior to the start of the 2017 General Motors Company Annual Meeting of Stockholders Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at GM Global Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. Photo by John F. Martin for GM Check out the companies making headlines
Although growth names almost always attract the most attention on Wall Street, diversification is everything. Even if you’re a young investor with a strong appetite for risk, it never hurts to consider the top dividend stocks. Of course, that’s a bit of a challenge right now because the intense speculation in the market has driven
There’s been plenty of talk about GameStop (NYSE:GME) stock going to the moon in 2021. At the same time, there’s been plenty of people pounding the table that the stock is overvalued. Source: Northfoto / Shutterstock.com For sure, GME stock is overvalued compared to where it was just a year ago. The stock is up
Workhorse (NASDAQ:NYSE) gained 5.3% today on word that the company is filing a legal challenge to USPS’s contract decision. Back in February, WKHS stock tanked when USPS announced, in a surprising turn of events, that they’d be partnering with Oshkosh (NYSE:OSK) instead of crowd-favorite Workhorse. But this boost won’t undo February’s massive plummet, and it’s
The Social Security Trust Fund is an account managed by the United States Treasury that takes in Social Security payroll taxes from workers and their employers and pays out benefits to Social Security recipients. It invests in securities that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Key Takeaways The Social
Download Preston’s 1 page checklist for finding great stock picks: http://buffettsbooks.com/checklist Preston Pysh is the #1 selling Amazon author of two books on Warren Buffett. The books can be found at the following location: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982… http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1939… In this lesson, students learn what value investing is. The three course objectives are: 1) The difference between value
Some people don’t understand that you can actually be a seller of options. They think that you can only buy a put or buy a call, but this is not the case. Just like a car dealer will sell you a car before it’s even in their inventory, you can do the same thing with
Kevin Matras shows how to nearly mimic the underlying stock with half the amount invested.
A conceptual rendering of the two ESCAPADE spacecraft in orbit around Mars. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab, which is nearing the close of its SPAC deal to go public, on Tuesday announced it won an early contract that may send two of its Photon spacecraft on a mission to Mars in 2024. NASA, under its Small
The debate around Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is always controversial. On the way up, the critics complain about the state of its fundamentals. On the way down, the bulls are screaming because it’s not a car company. In reality, TSLA stock transformed last year and neither side has realized it yet. Source: Tudoran Andrei / Shutterstock.com The