IBERIABANK (IBKC) Rewards Shareholders With 5% Dividend Hike

IBERIABANK Corporation IBKC has raised its quarterly common stock dividend by about 5% to 43 cents per share. The dividend will be paid on Apr 26, to shareholders of record as of Mar 29, 2019. IBERIABANK's robust business model reflects the company's commitment toward returning value to shareholders with its strong cash-generation capabilities.

Why is California facing a jobs crisis?

California Business Roundtable President Robert Lapsley on the factors behind the state's jobs crisis.

Bitcoin And Ethereum Daily Price Forecast –

Crypto market is currently on the path for slow and steady upside price action despite a clear lack of fundamental support in the form of any event or high impact headlines. Meanwhile, bears continue to grow strong from various headlines which have so far failed to have any visible impact on the price action of major cryptos. Today, 8 of the top 10 cryptocurrencies in terms of market volume are seeing corrective price action but all pairs have retained hold over a significant part of the gains from upward price action earlier this week.

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  Crypto Exchange Aggregator Caspian to Offer Crypto Options and Futures Trading

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  Cryptocurrency Will Save Countries from Financial Crises, Says Chicago Mayor

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Powell Sees Strong Economic Fundamentals but Yield Curve Leaning Toward Recession

In the wake of the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates unchanged and to slash all projections of a rate hike this year comes a couple of completely different assessments of the moves. According to U.S.-based financial services giant S&P Global Ratings, the Fed is “not yet done” with rate hikes. All this suggests is be prepared for volatility in the Treasury markets with one camp indicating the possibility of at least one rate hike, and the other indicating lower rates.

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  New Fed forecast for 2019: Slower growth and zero rate hikes

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  This Indicator Suggests All Is Not Well for Oil

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BP (BP) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know

This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.29% loss on the day. Heading into today, shares of the oil and gas company had gained 4.93% over the past month, outpacing the Oils-Energy sector's gain of 1.29% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.14% in that time. BP's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $3.19 per share and revenue of $253.65 billion.

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  Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. (IIPR) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know

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  Kinder Morgan (KMI) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know

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7 Beaten-Up Stocks to Buy as They Reverse Course

All three major indices are up more than 10%, led by a 16% rally in the Nasdaq Composite, and it's still only March. For some of those struggling stocks, the pain will persist because the fundamentals are weak, and only getting weaker. Indeed, that's probably true for most stocks that have struggled amid the recent market rally.

Comcast has a new streaming box for cord cutters that you can get for $5 per month

Comcast will debut a streaming video box for broadband-only customers. The box and service, called Flex, will cost $5 per month and be available next week. Comcast CMCSA is making it easier for its broadband-only customers to access streaming video without an outside set-top box.

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  Comcast Unveils 'Flex,' a Streaming Service for Internet Customers

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  Comcast Debuts Limited Internet Streaming Service For $5 a Month

  Fortune

Trump Tax Reform Hits Home in Wealthy New York Suburbs

It was the lower property taxes. Like many of Boniakowski's clients at Redfin Corp.'s Hoboken office, these two are looking at their returns for the first time since President Donald Trump's tax changes took effect and, despite more than a year of lead time, experienced a mild freakout. The Tax Cut and Jobs Act promised to, well, cut taxes.

Watch 33-year old Bill Gates explain his hiring process and why he moved Microsoft to the Seattle area

In a 1989 NBC "Today Show" interview, Bill Gates explains why he chose not to locate his company in Silicon Valley. He also shares what he was looking for in job candidates. At the time, Microsoft had just over 4,000 employees.

3 Chip Stocks to Buy for the Next 3 Years

Chip stocks have been among the market's biggest winners over the past several years. Huge demand tailwinds from the data center, cloud computing, connected device and artificial intelligence (AI) markets have converged on a limited-supply base, creating a “high demand, low supply” dynamic in the chip market wherein chip prices are soaring. Such improvements have driven huge gains in chip stocks. Chip supply won't remain subdued forever — it is already ramping to meet demand, and there are some reports out there that chip prices may have already peaked.

Less Than 40% of People Know the Answers to These Basic 401(k) Questions. Do You?

Survey question: True or False: Nonworking (or low income-earning) spouses can contribute to a traditional IRA. Correct answer: True Answered correctly: 26% Nonworking spouses can contribute to both a traditional IRA and a Roth IRA as long as the married couple files a joint tax return and each has a separate IRA. The contribution limits for the nonworking spouse are the same ($6,000 for 2019 for those under 50).

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  How your IRA contributions will affect your taxes

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  Rice apologises for pro-IRA social media comments

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Trump says economy would have grown over 4% if not for the Fed: Morning Brief

Market participants are about to get a read on the pulse of a sector at the heart of economic slowdown concerns. Research firm IHS Markit releases its preliminary print of the U.S. manufacturing purchasing managers' index for March on Friday, with consensus economists expecting PMI to register at 53.5. IHS Markit's report comes as other indicators domestically and abroad have pointed to softening in goods-producing industries.

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  Can IHS Markit (INFO) Keep the Earnings Surprise Streak Alive?

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  Manufacturing PMI, existing home sales: What to expect in markets Friday

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3 Medical Marijuana Stocks to Buy

Often, when analysts or bloggers talk up the potential of marijuana stocks, the focus is on the consumer side of the industry. But some of the best stocks in the pot sector may be medical marijuana stocks. Indeed, it's on the medical side where growth likely is to be largest in the near term.

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  Has AZUL SA (AZUL) Outpaced Other Transportation Stocks This Year?

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  Is Zumiez (ZUMZ) Stock Outpacing Its Retail-Wholesale Peers This Year?

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There's Smoke, But Is There Still Fire for ACB Stock?

That is not an impossible climb for ACB stock, but the near- to medium-term issue is finding upside catalysts because plenty of good news is already baked into this marijuana stock. For example, ACB surged earlier this month on news activist investor Nelson Peltz is joining the company as an advisor. That sent ACB stock to a double-digit intraday gain and the shares are up more than 11% since then.

When Will The Dow Jones Or Nasdaq Show A Major Stock Market Top? Here's The Easy Way To Find Out

You've likely seen or heard numerous talking heads and stock market experts say the current bull market, now in Year 10, is extra-long in the tooth. William O'Neil, founder and longtime chairman of IBD and author of the growth stock investing classic "How to Make Money in Stocks,"  has frequently noted that the typical market rally lasts three to four years, while a sharp correction runs for about nine months, possibly a bit longer.

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  Bears Doze Ahead Of Fed, Boeing Up; This Dow Jones Stock Faces Critical Test

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  5 of the Best Dow Jones Stocks to Buy for Solid Dividends

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3 Bank Stocks Whacked Down by the Fed

With rates potentially at their peak for this cycle and future GDP growth projections getting slashed, investors jettisoned financial stocks from their portfolios throughout the afternoon. The Regional Bank ETF (NYSEARCA:KRE) was hit especially hard, falling 3.4% amid massive distribution. Relative weakness continues this morning with most banks in the red while the rest of the market is ripping.

7 Hot Stocks Under $4

Watch for a breakout from its five-month trading range, setting up a run at the 200-day moving average that would be worth a gain of 132% from here. The move comes despite a downgrade from analysts at BMO Capital Markets in January. The company, based in Switzerland, is an oilfield service company that supports the drilling, evaluation, completion, and production of oil and gas wells.

There Is a Bullish Case for General Electric Stock

For the owners of General Electric (NYSE:GE) stock, the news that the company released recently was both very disappointing and very uplifting. All in all, although the recovery of GE and GE stock price will take longer than I previously thought, both still look poised to recover strongly within a year or two. Source: Shutterstock Since the very disappointing news — including the company's forecast for negative industrial free cash flow this year and lower than expected earnings per share guidance – has been very well-covered by the media, let's start by looking at the less-noticed, good news. First and foremost, CEO Larry Culp actually sounded pretty optimistic about the issue that's caused so many investors to abandon General Electric stock in recent years: the company's huge debt load.

Twitter (TWTR) Gains But Lags Market: What You Should Know

Looking at the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates suggest analysts are expecting earnings of $0.84 per share and revenue of $3.48 billion. These totals would mark changes of -2.33% and +14.43%, respectively, from last year. Any recent changes to analyst estimates for TWTR should also be noted by investors.

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  Amazon (AMZN) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know

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  Lithium Americas Corp. (LAC) Stock Sinks As Market Gains: What You Should Know

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