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11/03/2023

Is Options Trading Gambling? A Look at the Pros and Cons

Options trading is a form of investing that has been around for centuries. It can be thought of as a hybrid between investing and gambling. Some say that options trading is purely gambling…

27/10/2020

Like many Americans, the Internal Revenue Service is looking ahead to 2021, and on Monday the agency announced what changes to expect for individual retirement accounts and 401(k) contribution limits.
What savers can actually contribute to their accounts has remained unchanged for 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans and Thrift Savings Accounts, ...

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26/10/2020

Starbucks Corp.’s SBUX, -1.25% ability to adapt has been a key driver for its improved performance despite the dramatic COVID-19-related changes in consumer breakfast habits, according to Quo Vadis.Starbucks is scheduled to report its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday after the closing bell.
“e see the investment case turning on Starbucks’ ...

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26/10/2020

With not much left in its coronavirus arsenal, Spain this weekend put its 47 million citizens under a nationwide curfew, a move that experts hope will prove key to controlling an unrelenting virus.Scientists and others face a big worry that weary populations such as Spain’s, eight months into pandemic, could ...

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26/10/2020

Well, not exactly. But it might soon be possible to…er…shop your way to a good retirement.
Sort of.
A new venture from a community bank and a Silicon Valley technology company will soon let you finance your individual retirement account with online shopping rebates from 13,000 retailers, including a lot of big ...

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26/10/2020

Welcome to the final stretch.
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The home stretch of the U.S. presidential race is usually a positive one for U.S. stocks, but bulls might have to do some heavy-duty campaigning to dig out a win in the eight-day runup to Election Day.

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Sam Stovall, chief investment strategist history, highlighted the ...

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26/10/2020

AstraZeneca said on Monday that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine had produced an immune response in both older adults, the age group at highest risk from the disease, as well as younger adults, in the Phase 2 study.The potential vaccine, AZD1222, which is being developed in collaboration with the University of ...

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26/10/2020

This article was highlighted for PRO subscribers, Seeking Alpha’s service for professional investors. Find out how you can get the best content on Seeking Alpha here.
This is a brief article on the four main big U.S. banks and its recent results. Earnings season has come and gone for America’s biggest ...

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26/10/2020

Just when the market was pricing AT&T (T) stock as if it were to announce a dividend cut with its next earnings release as the stock briefly dipped below $27 which is equivalent to an almost 8% yield, AT&T delivered a shockingly positive quarter.

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26/10/2020

The numbers: Sales of new single-family homes fell in September, but the housing market remains poised to buck seasonal trends nonetheless.New home sales occurred at a seasonally-adjusted, annual rate of 959,000, the Census Bureau reported Monday. That represents a 3.5% drop from an downwardly-revised pace of 994,000 homes in August. ...

26/10/2020

Many people believe that black swan events are unforeseeable. Well, I would agree that the “event” itself may be unforeseeable, but the market declines that accompany them are not unforeseeable.
As an example, whereas many may have viewed the unforeseeable Coronavirus as being the black swan that caused the “surprise” market ...

26/10/2020

Investors are gearing up for the busiest week of third-quarter earnings season, as October ends with a flurry of corporate results. Apple AAPL, -0.61%, Google parent Alphabet GOOG, +1.58%, Facebook FB, +2.39%, and Amazon AMZN, +0.88% will all report earnings on Thursday, while Microsoft MSFT, +0.62% reports on Tuesday.
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26/10/2020

The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to grant a full approval to Gilead Sciences Inc.’s remdesivir is raising questions about the broader value of a drug that has been praised for being “first” but may only provide limited clinical benefits.Shares of Gilead GILD, +0.19% gained 4.1% in trading on Friday, ...

26/10/2020

This interview is part of a series of conversations MarketWatch is conducting with some of the leading voices in the U.S. on the COVID-19 pandemic.Even within one-party families, there is debate about how long it will take to get the U.S. out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, an oncologist, ...

26/10/2020

Enbridge (ENB) is a Canadian multinational energy company headquartered in Alberta. It is a major generation, transportation, and energy company with a market capitalization near $60 billion and a near-10% dividend yield. As we'll see throughout the article, the company's impressive asset base and continued cash flow potential make it ...

26/10/2020

I’m generally a buy-and-hold type investor, but I do, on occasion, sell my holdings when I see a dislocation in the risk vs. reward, especially when compared to another stock in which I see a favorable risk/reward. This is the case that I found with Ventas (VTR), which I had ...