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There's a reason credit card holders are often advised to hang onto their cards, even those that don't get a lot of use. Closing a credit card could actually damage your credit score in a couple of ways. First, one big factor that goes into that score is your credit utilization ratio, which measures the amount of your total credit limit you're using at once.
It's important to remember that as we watch the stock market crash and our personal net worth take a big hit. While that has certainly happened, it's important to note that the stock market isn't the economy.
This trio might be ice cold. But Wall Street says they now have up to 86% upside.
These passive income powerhouses, with yields ranging between 5.5% and 12%, can combat historically high inflation and make patient investors richer over time.
If a major recession is coming, the financial guru recommends some fast, concrete moves to protect your money.
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is the undisputed EV leader and trailblazer for the entire sector. The stock rose ahead of the company's execution, however, keeping many people from owning it from a valuation perspective. There was always the chance of failure, and even CEO Elon Musk said that his company was within about a month of bankruptcy when it was ramping up its Model 3 mass production in 2017.
Without investors starting to see a way through challenges and policy markets starting to help, any bear-market rallies aren’t likely to last. This would further damage confidence.
These innovative and time-tested companies are trading at a discount and begging to be bought by long-term investors.
The popularity of these investments is likely to continue with the U.S. Treasury announcing a few weeks ago that the initial annualized rate on new Series I savings bonds sold from May through October of this year is 9.62%. If I buy these Series I savings bonds, what’s the minimum amount of time I have to hold them?
On Friday morning, agricultural equipment giant Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) announced that it just grew its profits about twice as fast as it grew its sales. Reporting its financial results for its fiscal second quarter 2022 Friday, Deere said its net sales and revenue came in at $13.4 billion, up 11% year-over-year. In just the first two hours of trading Friday, Deere stock fell 11.5%.
U.S. stocks are in the midst of their longest selloff in decades. Many investors and analysts looking back at historic pullbacks believe that the current slump that has put the S&P 500 on the cusp of a bear market still has a way to go. The index is down 19% from its Jan. 3 record, flirting with the 20% decline that would end the bull market that began in March 2020.
Does the May share price for Pfizer Inc. ( NYSE:PFE ) reflect what it's really worth? Today, we will estimate the...
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Another week of big losses as Wall Street adjusts to a "hard" reality. Tesla broke decisively, but it wasn't alone.
The Boeing Co., which carries an economic heft in Ohio and the Dayton region, has secured a large order. The Chicago-based aerospace giant, which may be relocating elsewhere, inked a deal with UK-based International Airlines Group for a combined total of 50 737 planes, plus 100 options.
Economist Larry Summers was right about inflation last year — so we asked him what he sees coming next for the U.S. economy.
The Nasdaq Composite has descended 28% year to date, and the Cboe Volatility Index -- commonly referred to as Wall Street's fear gauge -- has soared nearly 80% in the same time frame, highlighting investors' uneasiness at the present moment. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), one of the most polarizing stocks on Wall Street, has joined the sell-off by shedding 41% of its value since the start of the year. While macro headwinds and Musk's dramatic potential takeover of Twitter surely haven't helped Tesla, the EV giant's business continues to make headway in a grand fashion.
The markets may be in free fall, but a few biotechnology companies had an exceptionally good day. Siga’s stock is up more than 40%; Emergent Biosolutions’s gained nearly 12%, and Tonix Pharmaceuticals, 15%. A few cases of monkeypox have been registered in Europe and North America, far from West and Central Africa where outbreaks typically emerge.
With crude prices currently in the triple digits, oil stocks are paying a gusher of dividends to their investors. Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) launched the industry's fixed plus variable dividend trend last year after closing its merger of equals with WPX Energy. It set its base dividend payment at $0.11 per share each quarter, a level it could sustain at lower oil prices.
The Dow Jones reversed higher while the S&P 500 battled out of bear market territory. Tesla stock dived amid reports about CEO Elon Musk.
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