Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) is spearheading the vaccination drive against the havoc-causing COVID-19. The nation’s largest retailer has expanded the number of locations where the vaccines are available in Georgia, from 10 to 60. Retail Chain Vaccination Drive Similarly, the number of Sam’s Club locations offering the vaccine has increased from two to six, including 14
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Coming off of another record high on Wednesday the Dow Jones Industrial Average looked on while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 fell. That was led by those stocks listed on the small market capitalization net Russell 2000. It’s not the end of road for the small capitalization stocks yet however. Financial research specialists at Leuthold
Growing cryptocurrency popularity is increasingly presenting challenges on the world stage. For the longest time, there have been concerns that cryptocurrencies are being used to fuel illegal activities such as money laundering and terrorism. However, it is only now that the same is being felt. Reports that North Korea is circumventing sanctions with the help
The Exchange Traded Fund frenzy does not show any signs of cooling off even with equities at all-time highs and amid fears of an imminent correction. With social media emerging as a powerful tool capable of influencing actions in the equity markets, ETFs targeting the social media frenzy could be the way forward. Investment firm
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) have affirmed it is the perfect time to tap the debt market and raise capital. The two tech giants have carried out a series of bond issuance, taking advantage of record-low interest rates to raise cheap capital to finance buybacks as well as working capital.
The stock market saw a mixed day for the first time in quite some time today. In fact, only one of the major New York markets saw an increase today and only by a small margin. The Dow Jones fell 0.03% to close at 31,375.83. The NASDAQ rose by 0.14% to close at 14,007.70 and
Based on overnight activity in the markets it’s going to be very difficult to have another record setting day on the stock market after futures fell and oil price growth sent equities rising yesterday. Even though momentum has slowed a little the market has been fairly impenetrable from outside forces on it’s climb to even
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is the latest mainstream power play to affirm Bitcoin is here to stay and could be the currency of the future. The tech giant has confirmed the purchase of $1.5 billion worth of the flagship cryptocurrency. According to regulatory filings, the EV giant says it bought the coin for more flexibility
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has shelved plans to partner with Hyundai and Kia motors in the development of autonomous electric cars. The confirmation comes barely a month after reports emerged; signaling that the two were close to finalizing a deal that would see the iPhone maker venture into the auto business. Apple Project Titan Initial reports
With another busy earnings week it appears that the stock market will begin with a good start. Even without earnings, the idea that a new stimulus package will help the United States economy has spurred enough optimism to push the markets forward. That was helped by statements by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that Joe Biden’s
Benchmarks for the stock exchanges started strong on Monday morning which is another notch to bookend the strongest week on the market since November as investors everywhere appear to be ready for an influx in spending as the stimulus package appears to be confirmed. In the morning as trading kicked off the Dow Jones
This was the best week since November for the stock market, even though there were a lot of negative reports going on as well. In fact, the jobs report showed that there was a smaller level of growth in January than what had been expected, but that still doesn’t seem to have affected the market
For the month of January the American economy saw wage growth of only 49,000 jobs. While this did decrease the unemployment rate the economy is struggling to make major progress after the coronavirus layoffs that started at the end of 2020. This report will add fuel to the Democratic push as the United States Senate
The stock market is on a hot streak lately with all three major New York markets showing an upward trend. The Dow Jones rose 1.08% to close at 31,055.85. The NASDAQ rose 1.23% to close at 13,777.74 and the S&P 500 rose 1.09% to close at 3,871.74. STOXX Europe also saw an increase today, coming
What is going on in the markets? Many people don’t really know yet and even more are unsure of what to project forward with market moves. Investors are going over a large swath of corporate earnings while also waiting for the weekly jobless claims data to see what their short term strategy should be.
Record low interest is the catalyst fuelling bond issuance among corporations. Companies are increasingly taking advantage of the reduced cost of borrowing to raise capital in the bond market, to finance various projects as well as pay underlying debt. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is the latest to tap the bond market. Apple $14 Billion Bond The
Exchange-Traded Funds were on a roll in 2020, attracting more than $500 billion in capital inflows. The stimulus-fuelled rally sparked demand for ETFs as investors sought to diversify their investments in the equity markets. Environmental, Social, and Governance focused ETFs emerged as one of the biggest winners in the ETFs landscape as investors focused on
The stock market closed on another high today, with all three major markets in New York seeing increases. The Dow Jones rose 1.57% to close at 30,687.48. The NASDAQ closed up 1.56% at 13,612.78 and the S&P 500 closed up 1.39% to finish at 3,826.31. STOXX Europe also closed up today by 1.29% at 405.92.
The founder of investing firm Muddy Waters out of San Francisco, Carson Block, believes that the sentiment for investing is reaching ludicrous levels, and that it could eventually fracture a fragile market. “We’re at this point where stock markets are just ludicrous and with that ludicrosity is fragility. It’s going to break sooner or later,
The markets are prepped to build on the bounce from Monday following the worst week for equity indexes in the United States since October. With a refocus on big earnings you’ll see reports from both Amazon and Google’s parent company Alphabet before the markets close on Tuesday. Two of the largest groups with interest
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) bid to strengthen its gaming unit with the acquisition of ZeniMax hangs in the balance. The European Union antitrust regulators are poised to meet to discuss the long term impact of the proposed $7.5 billion acquisition and its impact on competition. EU Antitrust Blockade Microsoft requested EU regulators to approve the $7.5
GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) stock imploded at the start of the week after shaking Wall Street, the past week, at the back of a 300 % plus rally. The stock fell by as much as 30% amid reports that nearly half of short positions on the stock had been eliminated. The implosion came amid a high
The stock market saw a good start to the week today with all three major New York stock markets showing an increase. The Dow Jones rose 0.75% to close at 30,211.91. The NASDAQ closed up 2.55% to finish at 13,403.39 and the S&P 500 closed up 1.61% to close at 3,773.86. STOXX Europe was also
Investors going at the stock market on their own are now in love with the stock market but this new infatuation is making veterans in the market nervous. Garrett DeSimone, current head of quantitative research at OptionMetrics made a statement that, “What we have seen is a focus on short-term, out-of-the-money call options because they
The European Medicines Agency has approved AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ:AZN) and the University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine. The move comes following a row that AstraZeneca might be breaking its commitment to deliver the vaccine to the EU. AstraZeneca Vaccine approved in the EU On Friday, the EMA said that after assessing the vaccines’ effectiveness and safety,
On Friday, Bitcoin price jumped over 20% to $38,566 after Elon Musk added #Bitcoin to his personal Twitter profile, thus fuelling speculation that he had acquired more BTC. Musk tweets driving stock sentiments A day before, the richest man in the world prompted CD Projekt shares to surge by 12% after stating that the latest
Growth of the United States Economy slowed way down during the fourth quarter with a level that would equate to a 4% annual pace from October through December with those months recording the highest levels of coronavirus cases yet cutting recovery efforts and pushing the broader economic recovery timetable to late in 2021. It was
This is a breaking story, but Robinhood trading platform users are reporting that popular stocks in the Reddit /Wallstreetbets group including GameStop ($GME) and AMC ($AMC) are being restricted from trading. Other platforms including TD Ameritrade and Schwab have already announced limits on trading these popular stocks. Woah something just happened on @RobinhoodApp where they
The stock market saw a steep drop today, with all three major New York markets seeing a decline. The Dow Jones fell 2.05% to close at 30,303.17. The NASDAQ fell 2.61% to close at 13,270.60 and the S&P 500 fell 2.57% to close at 3,750.77. This as the Dow Jones saw it’s largest loss since
Exchange-Traded Funds have for the better part for the past year been a bright spot in the vast equity markets. As investors sought to shrug off the effects of elevated volatility in the equity markets, most of them turned to ETFs. Fast forward, the once resilient segment of the equity market is starting to show
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