Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) – Berkshire reported record annual profit in 2021, helped in large part by its investment in Apple (AAPL). Berkshire also bought back a record $27 billion in stock last year, but the pace of buybacks slowed during the fourth quarter.
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) looks like the kind of stock to which value investors have typically gravitated. For one XOM stock has a very attractive dividend yield. Source: Harry Green / Shutterstock.com As of Feb. 25, the stock was at $77.83. With the recently raised dividend per share (DPS) of 88 cents, or $3.52 annually, the
At around $20 per share today, is Nio (NYSE:NIO) an opportunity, or a trap? In my view, the latter. Many changes over the past twelve months have, and continue to, put pressure on NIO stock. A little over a year ago, shares in this China-based electric vehicle (EV) maker were flying high. Source: Sundry Photography /
Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ:COST) has started rising off of its trough price of $477.32 which it hit on Jan. 25. Since then COST stock has been on a run and is likely to soon turn positive for the year. Source: ilzesgimene / Shutterstock.com As of Feb. 28, the stock is up to $511.92, which was
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2022 so far has been a challenging time to invest. Worries about pending interest rate hikes have put pressure on stocks. More recently, geopolitics has resulted in additional volatility. With this, and the end to the 2020-2021 runaway bull market, it may be the right time to consider adding more Warren Buffett stocks to your
We’re just over a year removed from the shocking short squeeze that upended Wall Street. In late January 2021, GameStop (NYSE:GME) stock surged from around $50 to nearly $500 in the span of a few days, opening investors’ minds to a whole new type of trade. If enough people started to buy a company’s stock
What more can we say about energy stocks at this point? Despite the carnage in growth stocks, the volatility in cryptocurrencies and the weakness in the broader stock market, the energy sector continues to perform incredibly well. Over the past month, there’s hardly one sector in positive territory; Aside from energy stocks, obviously. In fact, the
In this article AMZN WMT HD SOFI PANW The Amazon logo is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France. Pascal Rossignol | Reuters Stocks have been volatile over the last two months, and the way ahead is looking tumultuous. Investors are contending with an array of factors that have shaken financial markets,
The Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (NYSEARCA:LIT), one of the most liquid benchmarks of the electric vehicle (EV) market, declined over 10% year-to-date to just above $75 per share, but it still surged 15% on a year-on-year basis. Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID), a young and innovative EV company, lost 32% since the beginning of the year to
In July of last year, Mad Money‘s Jim Cramer tried to warn prospective investors about Chinese ride-hailing giant DiDi Global (NYSE:DIDI). Referring to Chinese initial public offerings (IPOs) in general and DIDI stock in particular, Cramer cautioned, “you should steer clear of them at all cost.” Source: DANIEL CONSTANTE / Shutterstock.com In a similar vein, DoubleLine founder
Several years ago, when the Cloud was hot, Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) stock was at the heart of an acronym called FANG. Source: Koshiro K / Shutterstock.com Facebook. Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL). Netflix. Google. Later Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) made it FAANG. Now Facebook is Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB), Google is Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), so MAAAN? Not only is the acronym ridiculous, but
The Zacks Earnings ESP (Expected Surprise Prediction) Filter lets you search for stocks with the highest probability of positively surprising (or negatively surprising, if that’s what you’re looking for). This proprietary metric has proven to predict earnings surprises with a 70% accuracy. And when the ESP is used with Zacks Rank #1 Strong Buys, #2
If you’re a property owner in the United States, then you’re no stranger to the concept of property taxes. Largely considered a necessity at the local and county level to keep operations running, these taxes most commonly deal with real estate. Though it’s everyone’s responsibility to pay their share of taxes, there are legal methods
In this article MRNA BKNG LYV An illustration of a Live Nation Entertainment logo is seen on a smartphone and a pc screen. SOPA Images | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Thursday. Live Nation – Shares of the live event producer popped more than 6% after the company reported
Following the stock market bottom in Mar. 2020, growth stocks dominated the list of best-performing stocks for the first year of the new bull market. Since then, growth stocks have been mired in a brutal bear market. There is no better example of this than Cathie Wood’s Ark Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKK), which had a 391%
Block (NYSE:SQ) investors are in a tough spot right now. Down 67% in the past six months, SQ stock continues to drop in price. Many may be trying to bottom-fish with this fintech firm, formerly known as Square. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com But as the factors that drove its epic decline remain, buying it
Is this the year that Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC) finally turns things around? After a sizable rally in the first third of the year, INTC stock finished 2021 in a tepid fashion. 2022 has been much worse thus far. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com The world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturer has been struggling to right its
In this article BRK.A Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett. Andrew Harnik | AP Berkshire Hathaway‘s operating profits surged in the fourth quarter and for the full year as the conglomerate’s businesses continued to roar back to life from the pandemic economic slowdown. Chairman Warren Buffett increased his bet on that comeback, buying back