- InvestorPlace•yesterday
30 Marijuana Stocks to Buy as the Future Turns Green
With the previous presidential administration’s frankness on the matter, marijuana has become more blasé. Naturally, marijuana stocks have also increased in popularity, where we have more choices today than was previously thought possible. For instance, some of the top marijuana stocks are levered toward medical cannabis.
- CNBC•yesterday
Amazon vs. Apple: Here's which stock would have made you richer if you invested $1,000 10 years ago
Apple hit that milestone in August, and then Amazon did in early September. The winner is Amazon. According to CNBC calculations, a $1,000 investment in Amazon in September 2008 would be worth more than $23,890 as of Friday morning, or more than 22 times as much, including price appreciation and dividends reinvested.
- InvestorPlace•2 days ago
Is Ford Stock Too Cheap to Ignore?
If Ford (NYSE:F) stock was a car, it would be…an Edsel. There’s something else: Ford must deal with the technological disruptions in the auto industry. Keep in mind that the company’s CEO, James Hackett, has been making bold moves.
- CNBC Videos•2 days ago
Gabelli says the US is 'finally' putting money into defen...
Traders Josh Brown, Jim Lebenthal, Stephanie Link and Jon Najarian are joined by Mario Gabelli, chairman and CEO of Gamco Investors, to discuss the record rally in the markets.
InvestorPlace•yesterdayIs iQiyi Really the Netflix of China, And Is It a Buy?
It was a name that we found early, allowing us to nab IQ stock in the low-$20s. Anyway, maybe investors are now wondering whether iQiyi stock is a buy at current levels. After its huge rise, IQ stock has come back to earth and has been basing in the $26 to $28 range.
Business Insider•10 hours agoA $10 billion marijuana producer just spun off its venture arm in the hopes it will become the 'Google Ventures of cannabis' (RIV)
Canopy Rivers, the venture-capital arm of Canopy Growth, made its debut on the Toronto Stock Exchange Thursday morning at $18.44 per share. The company, which makes minority investments in burgeoning marijuana companies, in an attempt to become the "Google Ventures of cannabis," found its way onto the exchange via a reverse takeover with a company formerly known as AIM2 Ventures.
- Barrons.com•yesterday
AT&T Shares Look Ripe for Buying
SECTORFOCUS BLOG AT&T rose on Friday, helped by an upgrade from (UBS). Where we were: AT&T has lagged this year, like other telecom stocks, although company-specific worries also weighed on the shares. Where we’re headed: UBS
- MarketWatch•yesterday
The new ‘Tilray’ marijuana stock is here — this is how to set up the trade
The 11 pointers I recently gave to investors to carefully make money in marijuana stocks have generated a lot of interest. In some ways, Denver-based New Age Beverages is the new Tilray. Tilray has been the most explosive marijuana stock.
- U.S.News & World Report•2 days ago
General Electric Company (GE) Stock Is Going From Bad to Worse
General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) confirmed this week that it has had a major failure in one of its turbines at the Colorado Bend power plant. J.P. Morgan analyst Stephen Tusa says it's unclear just how big of a deal the failure is at this point. Regardless, Tusa says GE can't afford more blows to its battered reputation, and the failure will negatively impact its power segment business in the near term.
- Barrons.com•yesterday
Strong Buys on Netflix, Nvidia
RESEARCH REPORTS These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the views or recommendations of
Reuters•2 days agoFor bold Chinese buyers of soybeans, bargain U.S. prices trump trade war
XIAN/BEIJING (Reuters) - At least two cargoes of U.S. soybeans are heading for China as some buyers are willing to risk taking up historically cheap U.S. beans even amid worries that Beijing may take further steps to deter imports amid mounting trade tensions with Washington. Grain traffic from the United States to China has nearly ground to a halt since Beijing hit $50 billion in U.S. imports, including soybeans, with hefty tariffs, in retaliation for a similar move by Washington. The buyers of the beans, which are used to make meal for animal feed and oil for cooking, are not known, and the cargoes may have been booked before the tariffs were introduced.
Morningstar•yesterdayHow to Create a Durable Estate Plan
Christine Benz offers ways to keep your financial plan intact as retirement draws close.
- InvestorPlace•2 days ago
This Is Why Canopy Growth Stock Is the Best Marijuana Play
Instead, I think there is one pot stock out there that is worth buying and holding amid the cannabis craze. CGC stock is different than its peers. Canopy also spends a fair amount on R&D, and has a venture arm that is further diversifying investor exposure to the cannabis market.
- InvestorPlace•yesterday
Dividend Hike Might Signal a Top in Microsoft Stock
It has truly been an impressive run for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT). Microsoft stock has almost quadrupled in the past six years, with the price of MSFT stock rising from under $30 to its current level around $114. Now that the price of Microsoft stock has cleared those levels – and then some – some of my original skepticism has returned.
- Zacks•yesterday
Alibaba (BABA) Dips More Than Broader Markets: What You Should Know
Investors will be hoping for strength from BABA as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be November 1, 2018. In that report, analysts expect BABA to post earnings of $1.25 per share. It is also important to note the recent changes to analyst estimates for BABA.
- Barrons.com•yesterday
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Keeps Hitting New Highs—and It Still Looks Underpriced
Warren Buffett’s conglomerate has ended the summer as a red-hot stock. While there hasn’t been any major news to account for the recent advance in Berkshire shares, it’s clear that investors like the more flexible policy on stock buybacks. Berkshire has bought “a little” stock under the new authorization, Buffett told CNBC on Aug. 30—his 88th birthday— but he didn’t provide any more specifics.
- InvestorPlace•2 days ago
Buffett Sees a Big Consumer Banking Bargain at Goldman Sachs
Naturally, Warren Buffett’s and his lieutenant stock picks are often at the top of most investors must see list. While it’s not Buffett’s first foray with owning Goldman, it is his biggest outright purchase of GS stock. The truth is, Goldman Sachs could be quickly becoming a great Buffett pick.
Business Insider•yesterdayIntel's chip problems will allow AMD to steal market share, Jefferies says (AMD, INTC, HP, DVMT)
The shortage in Intel's chip supply is likely to boost AMD's market share in the high-end commercial desktop and server market, Jefferies says. AMD shares are up more than 2% following the news. Fubon Research reported this week that Intel will undersupply the PC market with chips between the last quarter of 2018 and the second half of 2019 by 15%, according to Jefferies.
- TheStreet.com•yesterday
Micron Shares Slide as Analysts Slash Estimates
MU fell as much as 4.9% in Friday's trading and had been down some 7% in after-hours trading Thursday evening after the firm guided the current quarter's earnings to $2.88 to $3.02 per share vs. the $3.08 that analysts had been expecting. The drop in the share price comes as analysts are almost universally tempering their own earnings estimates for the company. Seventeen of the 18 analysts who published research on the company so far in September have cut their price targets, according to FactSet data.
- MarketWatch•14 hours ago
All pot stocks aren’t Tilray — and that’s a good thing, says CEO of rival Canopy Growth
Investors shouldn’t let pot stock Tilray Inc.’s (TLRY) wild trading week turn them off from the marijuana sector, rival cannabis concern Canopy Growth Corp. (CGC) CEO Bruce Linton said on CNBC Friday. The fledgling sector is much more stable than Tilray’s headlines would imply, Linton insists, after Nasdaq had to halt Tilray trading five times during Wednesday’s session. This means Tilray is not the sector proxy that Wall Street makes it out to be, Linton argued.
Business Insider•2 days ago'Cannabis euphoria' has caused a small drink-maker's stock to triple in less than a week (NBEV)
New Age Beverages' stock has tripled this week after announcing a CBD beverage amid a rally in pot stocks. The news came as rumours swirled around Coca-Cola's potential entry into the space. Weed stocks have been on fire, and the rally is bringing anyone that so much as mentions cannabis with it.
- MarketWatch•10 hours ago
Weekend roundup: Marijuana becomes bitcoin | How investing fads work | Short squeeze candidates
Move over bitcoin and ilk: Shares of Canadian marijuana companies went through the roof this week after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration approved Tilray’s plan to import a medical cannabis product. The ETFMG Alternative Harvest ETF (MJ) — which holds many Canadian marijuana stocks — was up 22% for one week through Thursday.
- Fortune•2 days ago
T-Mobile and Sprint Making Big Promises If They're Allowed to Merge
T-Mobile was planning to attack the cable TV industry even before it agreed to combine with wireless rival Sprint, but says it can expand the effort more broadly and more quickly if regulators approve the merger. Using the upcoming, faster 5G wireless technology, a combined T-Mobile and Sprint could offer an alternative home Internet service to cable by 2024 in 68% of the territory of Comcast cmcsa , the largest cable provider, and 64% of the area serviced by Charter Communications chtr , the number two cable player, according to T-Mobile chief operating officer Mike Sievert. “Our business planning has confirmed that there is a large market for New T-Mobile’s in-home broadband offering at the anticipated pricing and service levels,” Sievert wrote in a filing on Friday with the Federal Communications Commission, which must approve the merger.
- InvestorPlace•2 days ago
The Micron Stock Selloff Is Utterly Unreasonable — Buy MU Here
Yesterday, the stock market set yet another all-time high, and Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:MU) played a large role in the markets’ strength. MU beat both on the top and bottom lines emphatically, so the knee-jerk reaction from traders was to spike Micron stock.
- Zacks•2 days ago
Why Did McDonald's (MCD) & Starbucks (SBUX) Stock Jump Friday?
Shares of both McDonald's MCD and Starbucks SBUX surged Friday. MCD stock jumped on the back of a dividend hike, while SBUX climbed for less obvious reasons. McDonald's announced on Thursday that its board approved the firm’s 42nd consecutive annual dividend hike.
