The dramatic saga of Herbalife Ltd. HLF 0.15% added a vocal new character over the weekend as John Oliver, host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” weighed in on Herbalife and other multi-level marketing (MLM)companies.
With Election Day now just one day away, the question on every investor’s mind is which stocks will be on the move following the election and what direction will they be headed.
On Monday, Tesla Motors Inc TSLA 1.73% announced that new customers will no longer have unlimited free access to the company’s 4,600 nationwide Supercharger stations. Starting on January 1, Tesla buyers will have to pay “a small fee” for any annual Supercharger charging in excess of 400 kWh. According to Tesla, 400 kWh is equivalent…
This election season, companies like Microsoft Corporation MSFT 0.55%, General Electric Company GE 0.99% and Apple Inc.AAPL 0.59% have been criticized by both candidates for the massive cash hoards the companies have stashed overseas to avoid U.S. taxes. The companies claim U.S. corporate taxes are simply too high for them to justify bringing that cash…
Starting with the article about money managers below, I will now be contributing a handful of more in-depth articles to U.S. News & World Report. Obviously, U.S. News is a well-respected and well-read major media outlet, and being added as a contributor is one of the biggest achievements of my career.
The bursting of the housing bubble and the financial crisis that resulted in 2008 shook many Americans’ confidence in the financial community. Considering so many fund managers completely missed the subprime mortgage crisis, it’s reasonable to wonder if money managers even know what’s going on in the market.
Low capital cost and strong economic growth have created a perfect storm for stock mergers and acquisitions in recent years. The majority of the time, news of bought-out stocks will send share prices soaring immediately, but sometimes they’re not the best stocks to buy.
Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE:BHI) stock is surging following the company’s announcement of a merger with General Electric Company‘s (NYSE:GE) oil and gas segment. But owners of oil stocks have been hearing about a potential tsunami of buyout activity in the space ever since the price of crude oil bounced off of the $26 level back in February.
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is coming off a busy week. First, Apple’s quarterly earnings report Wednesday sent AAPL stock lower on Thursday. Later that day, the company hosted its special Mac event.
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. CMG 1.03% stock dipped briefly below $360 this week for the first time since 2013 after the company laid out its preliminary guidance for 2017. Chipotle lost a huge amount of business and market cap last year during a string of E. coli outbreaks and other food safety issues. However, the…