Since early 2009, the stock market and the U.S. economy have been slowly but surely recovering from the mortgage crisis. In fact, in recent years, the market has been expanding to new territory with relatively few bumps in the road along the way. Now the Dow Jones industrial average is knocking on the door of…
More than two years after a government crackdown on corruption sent Macau gaming stocks tumbling, The Chinese government has unveiled yet another new regulation on the Macau gaming industry that has hit gaming stocks hard. The latest new law cut the daily ATM withdrawal limit in Macau from 10,000 patacas to 5,000 patacas, or roughly…
There are several rules of thumb when it comes to picking out the best investments for retirees. Dividend stocks are popular investments for retirees because of the power of dividend compounding over time. In addition, dividend stocks are typically blue-chip companies with solid cash flows and long track records of strong performance.
This year has been a pretty good one for most stock investors. Unfortunately for stocks that have lagged the market in 2016, ‘tis the season for tax loss selling.
NewLink Genetics Corp NLNK 9.79% and licensing partner Merck & Co., Inc. MRK 0.03% appear to have made a major breakthrough in prevention of one of the deadliest diseases in the world. This week, The Lancet reported 100 percent efficacy in Merck’s final-stage trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine administered to more than 11,000 people…
In the past two days, President-elect Donald Trump has used some unsettling rhetoric related to global nuclear proliferation. On Thursday, Trump tweeted the following message to his followers:
Globalstar, Inc. GSAT 1.66% shares rose 5.5 percent on Friday following good news from the Federal Communication Commission. The company reports that the FCC has approved a revised Globalstar proposal to use satellite signal frequencies to distribute its mobile broadband services.
Globalstar, Inc. GSAT 1.66% shares are up 6.3 percent on Friday after the company reported that the Federal Communications Commission has adopted a Report and Order based on Globalstar’s recently-submitted revised proposal to use satellite signal frequencies to distribute its mobile broadband services. According to a company press release, the FCC’s newly-adopted rules will make…
With billions of dollars exchanging hands every day on Wall Street, trading stocks certainly can seem like an opportunity that’s too good to pass up. But, when it comes to the stock market, the old adage “it takes money to make money” rings very true. In order to sell a stock for a profit, you…
This year has been a great year for stock investors, but it has been an even better year for commodities investors. While the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY 0.15% is up 10.6 percent on the year, the PowerShares DB Com Indx Trckng Fund (ETF) DBC 0.19% has surged 16.2 percent on the year.