A generation ago the Dow Jones Industrial Average was filled with stocks like United States Steel (NYSE:X) and O-I Glass (NYSE:OI), known then as Owens-Illinois. They made basic goods other manufacturers turned into consumer products. Today these companies are barely noticed. The world has moved on. Technology rules, and biology is rising. Today’s Dow is
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Amazon.com delivery trucks in Richmond, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Given the current financial environment, which strategy can investors use to pinpoint compelling opportunities? Despite inflation concerns, there are still stocks poised to outperform. One way to find them is by following the recommendations of
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A Dollar General store in Creve Coeur, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Williams-Sonoma – Shares of the retailer jumped more than 20% after the company beat top and bottom line estimates during the fourth quarter. Williams-Sonoma earned $3.95 per share excluding items during
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The recent growth sector meltdown at the hands of a bond market selloff and spiking U.S. Treasury yields has created some golden buying opportunities in the stock market, mostly because this “yield surge” is temporary while the fundamentals underlying many now-cheap growth stocks have long-term staying power. One such golden buying opportunity is in digital
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Shares of self-driving technology company Luminar (NASDAQ:LAZR) have been in a slump recently. But that slump may have just ended. The company delivered a strong business update on Thursday, and today LAZR stock popped more than 15%. Source: JHVEPhoto/shutterstock.com We suspected this would happen. Heading into that business update, we wrote that LAZR stock was
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell testifies during the Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing examining the quarterly CARES Act report to Congress on September 24, 2020, in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | AFP | Getty Images Treasury yields flared on Thursday as bond market players grappled with the Federal Reserve’s
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Despite the negative impact of the novel-coronavirus pandemic on dating, Bumble (NASDAQ:BMBL) recently reported very strong fourth-quarter results. The company’s excellent performance validates the unique approach of its Bumble app. Given these points, I continue to believe that BMBL stock remains very attractive. Source: XanderSt / Shutterstock.com Meanwhile, I’m upbeat about Bumble’s growth strategies, and
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Geographic diversification can be valuable for stock market investors. When one country is in recession, another might not necessarily be in the same condition. There are times in which stocks from other countries, such as Canadian stocks, might be more attractively valued or have better growth prospects that domestic stocks. Investors may not realize that
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Norm Betts | Bloomberg | Getty Images Visa shares dropped sharply in midday trading Friday after a report said the Justice Department has opened an investigation into its debit card business and possible anticompetitive practices. The department’s antitrust division has started to collect information on whether Visa, the largest card network in the United States,
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Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading.  Visa — Shares of the payment processor fell 4.7% in midday trading after a report said the Justice Department is investigating whether business practices at the payment processor’s debit-card business is leading to unlawful market dominance. The Wall Street
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Founded in 2010, AgEagle Aerial Systems (NYSE:UAVS) got its start manufacturing fixed-wing drones for the agricultural market. In 2019, however, it expanded into custom drone design and manufacturing for commercial delivery. That’s where the UAVS stock story gets interesting. A penny stock since 2018, UAVS caught fire in 2020 on rumors that it was developing a
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Dividend investing is no longer as sexy as it used to be. The markets nowadays have gone hyperbolic. When most stocks are experiencing exponential capital appreciation, most investors are chucking dividend investing to the side. However, completely ignoring dividend stocks is not a recipe for success. Only a company with solid fundamentals, stable business models
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