Category: Investing
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SEC says most meme coins are not securities
In this article SOL.CM= DOGE.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A visual representation of dogecoin and other cryptocurrencies. Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images The Securities and Exchange Commission issued long sought after guidance Thursday evening saying it does not deem most meme coins securities under U.S. federal law. Meme coins “typically have limited or…
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Palantir drops for a second day as cult stock loses momentum
In this article PLTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Investors continued to dump Palantir shares on Thursday, escalating concerns that the latest hot pick among retail traders could be fizzling out. Shares of the mysterious technology and defense stock retreated more than 5% on Thursday, regaining some…
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More traders turn bullish in first quarter even as market shows signs of fatigue, Schwab survey says
Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange floor on Feb. 20, 2025. Spencer Platt | Getty Images An expensive stock market did not prevent traders from getting more bullish as investors increasingly bet that the bull run could keep chugging along, according to Charles Schwab’s new quarterly client survey. The bulls continue to outnumber…
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Activist ValueAct spots an overlooked opportunity at Liberty Live Group. How the move might pay off
Linka A Odom | Stone | Getty Images Company: Liberty Live Group (LLYVA) Business: Liberty Live Group is a tracking stock that represents Liberty Media Group’s ownership stake in Live Nation Entertainment. Live Nation operates as a live entertainment company worldwide. It operates through the following segments” Concerts, Ticketing, and Sponsorship & Advertising. The Concerts…
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Westinghouse sees path to building cheaper nuclear plants after costly past
Cooling towers and reactors 3 and 4 are seen at the nuclear-powered Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Georgia, U.S. Aug. 13, 2024. Megan Varner | Reuters Expanding two power plants in Georgia and South Carolina with big, new reactors was supposed to spark a “nuclear renaissance” in the U.S. after a generation-long absence of…
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Warren Buffett amasses more cash and sells more stock, but doesn’t explain why in annual letter
Warren Buffett walks the floor and meets with Berkshire Hathaway shareholders ahead of their annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3rd, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC The mystery over Warren Buffett’s surprisingly defensive stance deepened over the weekend. The 94-year-old CEO of Berkshire Hathaway sold more stocks in the latest quarter and grew…
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Cruise stocks tumble after Commerce Secretary Lutnick signals tax crackdown
In this article CCL RCL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Royal Caribbean cruise ship ‘Explorer of the Sea’. Getty Images Shares of cruise lines tumbled Thursday after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested the Trump administration would crack down on taxes paid by the companies. “You ever see a cruise ship with an American…
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GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen hikes his personal stake in Alibaba to $1 billion, WSJ says
In this article BABA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen. CNBC GameStop CEO and billionaire investor Ryan Cohen has increased his personal stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to roughly 7 million shares worth about $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal…
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Trump’s broadside against wind industry threatens projects that could power millions of homes
A view of the turbines at Orsted’s offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023. Tom Little | Reuters President Donald Trump promised to unleash U.S. energy dominance, but his sweeping executive order targeting wind power puts a pipeline of projects at risk that would generate enough electricity for millions of American homes. The…
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From tariffs to DOGE, what companies are saying about the impact of MAGA policies
In this article MLM GNRC TMUS EQR TSN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CEO of Meta and Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the…
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Top Wall Street analysts are optimistic about the potential of these 3 stocks
In this article MNDY PINS AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Dado Ruvic | Reuters Inflation worries, tariffs under the Trump administration and earnings season could continue to keep the stock market volatile and rattle investor sentiment. Investors looking for attractive stock picks should focus on the ability of a company to navigate ongoing…
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Activist Elliott has unfinished business at Phillips 66. How its plan to build value may unfold
In this article PSX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery Wilmington Plant stands on November 28, 2022 in Wilmington, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images Company: Phillips 66 (PSX) Business: Phillips 66 is an energy manufacturing and logistics company. It operates through the following segments: Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and…
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Defense stocks drop after Trump says Pentagon spending could be halved
U.S. President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Defense stocks dropped sharply Thursday afternoon after President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. could massively cut defense spending. Trump said Thursday at the White House the U.S. could cut defense spending in…
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Elon Musk ripped a company for storing government records in a mine. Now, DOGE may give Iron Mountain a boost
A man exits the Iron Mountain Inc. data storage facility in Boyers, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. The underground data center, located in a former limestone mine, stores 200 acres of physical data for many clients including the federal government. Stephanie Strasburg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk stood beside a seated…
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Steel and aluminum stocks surge on Trump plan to impose 25% tariffs on imports to U.S.
A water tower at the U.S. Steel Corp. Edgar Thomson Works steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 4, 2024. Justin Merriman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Steel and aluminum stocks surged Monday after President Donald Trump said he will impose 25% duties on all imports of the metals into the U.S. Cleveland-Cliffs rallied nearly…
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Ken Griffin says Trump’s ‘bombastic’ trade rhetoric is a mistake that’s eroding trust in the U.S.
Ken Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, speaks during The New York Times’ annual DealBook Summit in New York City, Dec. 4, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Citadel CEO Ken Griffin sent a stern warning against the negative impact from President Donald Trump‘s combative approach to U.S. trade policy. “From my vantage point, the…
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Sell McDonald’s on Monday’s gains, Main Street Research investor says
In this article SAP SCHW MCD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT McDonald’s and Charles Schwab have been outperforming the market this year, but now may be the time for investors to sell the stocks, according to James Demmert, chief investment officer of Main Street Research. Demmert appeared on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” on Monday to…
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Top Wall Street analysts pick these 3 stocks for attractive dividends
In this article VZ IBM EPR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The IBM logo is displayed on a smartphone in Poland. Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Talk around tariffs, the emergence of China’s DeepSeek and earnings of key companies have put the stock market on a roller-coaster ride. Investors seeking stable returns…
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Starboard pushes an open door at Becton Dickinson as company seeks to separate its biosciences unit
In this article BDX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Company: Becton Dickinson and Co (BDX) Business: Becton Dickinson develops, manufactures and sells medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products for health-care institutions, physicians, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical industry and the public…
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Trump coin leads tumble in meme cryptocurrencies as tariffs rock global markets
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT TrumpCoin cryptocurrency price on Binance website is displayed for illustration photo. Krakow, Poland on Januar 20th, 2025 (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Beata Zawrzel | Nurphoto | Getty Images Meme coins plummeted over the weekend as President Donald Trump signed long threatened tariffs…