Dow Jones Industrials hitting 30,000 ASSOCIATED PRESS The Dow Jones Industrial Average broke through 30,000 today and closed at 30,046. Just after noon President Trump made a short announcement about the Index hitting this milestone and promptly walked out of the White House briefing room without taking questions. It is not surprising that Trump would… More
getty The Dow Jones rallied on Tuesday for the second consecutive day, and broke above the 30,000 mark for the first time in history. Positive vaccine news spurred the rally, as well as optimism on an economic recovery in 2021, political clarity as the Trump administration finally began the presidential transition, and strong approval over… More
Stock market financial growth chart on dark background. Getty The Most Attractive Stocks (-1.3%) outperformed the S&P 500 (-3.2%) from October 7, 2020 through November 2, 2020 by 1.9%. The best performing large cap stock gained 12% and the best performing small cap stock was up 21%. Overall, 25 out of the 40 Most Attractive stocks outperformed the… More
Getty getty What’s the smartest way to consolidate debt? Here’s what you need to know. Consolidate Debt If you have credit card debt, you’re not alone. The smartest strategy to pay off credit card debt is through credit card consolidation. When you consolidate credit card debt, you combine your existing credit card debt into a… More
SHENZHEN, CHINA – 2020/10/05: Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile processors sign seen on the screen of an … [+] OPPO Reno 4 Pro smartphone. (Photo by Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Shares of chip giant Qualcomm QCOM have spiked 138% to a record high of about $145 since bottoming out this… More
President-Elect Joe Biden (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Getty Images Your student loans may look a lot different under President Joe Biden. Here’s what you need to know. Student Loans President-elect Biden has a clear plan for your student loans. As he articulated during his presidential campaign, Biden would make several changes to student loan… More
Photographer: Jeff Zelevansky/Bloomberg News BLOOMBERG NEWS Here are the cycles-based trade recommendations for the DJIA stocks in this month. For the month of November, the cycle/relative strength concept is applied. First, the Dow Jones 30 stocks are ranked from the best performer to the worst by calculating the percent of months in which the stock… More
After a lackluster August and September, Bitcoin surged approximately 30% in October. Bitcoin’s October spike pushed the cryptocurrency above two important technical levels that I discussed in August ($11,000 and $12,500), which is a sign of strength. The next most important technical hurdle to break is $14,000; if Bitcoin can break above that level in… More
A messy desk mimics sloppy thinking. Photo by KEN IRWIN (Photo by Fairfax Media via Getty … [+] Images/Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images) Fairfax Media via Getty Images Economists simply cannot leave raw data alone. They tweek away with odd goals. Then, they make those tinkered numbers the official ones, locking in… More
As Zoom Video Communications’ stock has skyrocketed, so too has the fortune of its billionaire … [+] founder. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg High-flying video conferencing service Zoom, which has seen skyrocketing demand during the coronavirus pandemic, is now worth more than ExxonMobil, one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies. As of 2:30 p.m. ET,… More
The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics — strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive. International Business Machines presently has an above average rank, in the top 50% of the coverage… More
getty Just in time for Halloween, an easy way to help the young understand basic portfolio management using candy This will not be a typical Halloween, because it has not been a typical year. My wife and I are several years past the annual ritual of what costumes our kids will have (that is, which… More
Intel’s stock tumbled nearly 11% on Friday, lowering Moore’s net worth to under $10 billion. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Gordon Moore, the world’s 48th-richest person, shed $1 billion from his fortune on Friday as Intel INTC stock plummeted on the back of disappointing third-quarter earnings. Shares of Intel, which Moore cofounded in 1968, fell nearly 11%… More
getty Recap from September’s Picks The Exec Comp Aligned with ROIC Model Portfolio (+3.3%) performed in-line with the S&P 500 (+3.3%) from September 16, 2020 through October 13, 2020. The best performing stock in the portfolio was up 9%. Overall, nine out of the 15 Exec Comp Aligned with ROIC Stocks outperformed the S&P from… More
getty Salesforce.com Inc CRM has been a growing company since its inception in 1999, long before the stay-at-home model rocked the business world. Now, with millions still working out of home offices at least part-time, their enterprise cloud computing services are more in demand than ever. Salesforce.com started this year on a rise, then took… More
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