A widespread Takata Corporation airbag recall was issued after exploding airbags were reported as injuring and even killing at least four unsuspecting drivers, and the scope of the recall continues to grow. As of now, nearly 12 million automobiles from a wide range of manufacturers are included in the recall. As Takata and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…
I wrote an article about Apple yesterday for Benzinga. You’ll notice the last line of the article: Disclosure: Wayne Duggan holds shares of Apple and holds a short position in Amazon at this time. As of about an hour ago, that disclosure line would be about half as long.
Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is certainly one of the most popular and controversial stocks in the market. In the past, Apple’s growth rate was staggering, with products like the iPod, iPhone, and iPad taking the world by storm in the past decade. However, Apple’s impressive earnings have also made the stock a very appealing value at…
Saving as much as $20,000 per year might seem impossible, but by making some simple sacrifices and maintaining financial discipline, this goal is within reach for anyone. Here is a list of 10 lifestyle changes that save major cash.
One of the most intimidating aspects of Wall Street is the seemingly indecipherable jargon that bounces around among traders on a daily basis. Even experienced traders often have no idea where some of the crazy slang comes from. Here’s a list of 10 commonly-used slang phrases from the stock market world.
For any of you who have noticed how professional and concise my posts have been lately, don’t worry: I have not matured in any way. I have merely gotten a new job as a financial writer at Benzinga! So far, it has been a great experience, and I look forward to contributing a lot of…
It has been a rough month for shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Last week, a judge dismissed ten claims on behalf of Fannie and Freddie shareholders against the Federal Housing Finance Agency(FHFA). These claims asserted that the “net worth sweep” that funnels every cent that Fannie and Freddie earn into the government’s pocket…
An ongoing trial about the AIG bailout has been grabbing a lot of headlines this week with high-profile witnesses such as former Treasury Secretaries Timothy Geithner and Hank Paulson and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke. There was nothing more polarizing back in 2008 than the Treasury Department’s financial bailouts of failing American companies.…
In light of the recent turbulence in the stock market, I thought today I could take a quick look at few key technical levels to be watching in the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and some of the stocks I hold or have recently discussed. First, let’s take a look at Apple: Fort…
There’s an old Bob Dylan song about the Cold War that has the chorus “Let me die in my footsteps before I go down under the ground.” Back in those days, many Americans’ biggest fear was nuclear annihilation, and fearful families built underground fallout shelters and lived in a constant state of paranoia about an imminent…