It’s time to discuss one of my dividend holdings. I added Norfolk Southern (NSC) during the first-quarter sell-off. The stock continued to sell off and caused me to think if it might be a mistake. Good thing the stock has recovered nicely as earnings got a massive boost from efficiencyRead More →
Hi, I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for five years to a 4-year-old and 2-year-old. I’m 32 and I don’t see a clear deadline for when I can return to work. My husband makes 150k a year and is contributing to his 401(k) at 3% with a 3% match. My questionRead More →
© Reuters. BOSTON (Reuters) – William Ackman’s hedge fund is boasting double-digit gains at a time many portfolios have sunk along with the economy during the coronavirus pandemic, after the billionaire investor plowed cash into a number of companies he already owned and dumped Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway among otherRead More →
Dear Catey, My wife and I are 58. She will retire at 62 and I at 67. Our annual retirement income at 67 will be approximately $95,000 from Social Security, pensions and investments. We would like to find an affordable, friendly place to rent during the winter months, that isRead More →
Economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis and civil unrest could cause many rental real estate properties to run up tax losses in 2020 and maybe beyond. This column covers the most important federal income tax questions and answers for rental property owners. Here goes. Nothing new here. You can deductRead More →
R.S.R. Dear R.S.R., I hear you — it’s frustrating to read about people who get to live large in retirement when your reality (and frankly, most Americans’ reality) is very different. The average Social Security retirement benefit in 2019 was $1,470 a month or $17,640 a year, according to theRead More →
Bloomberg has forecast bitcoin to reach its record high of $20,000, and possibly $28,000, this year. According to the company’s June Crypto Outlook report, “something has to really go wrong for bitcoin not to appreciate in value.” Bloomberg points to quantitative easing and the coronavirus pandemic as the fuel behindRead More →
Welcome to the record edition of Natural Gas Daily! Power burn is going to hit a new all-time high this year with the peak being ~3 Bcf/d higher than the previous high (also dependent on how warm the weather gets). At the current pace, we are likely to surpass ~45Read More →
India’s cryptocurrency market is set to gain significant market share this year, according to an industry report. The regulatory environment, the instability of the rupee, and remittances are key drivers that will send the Indian crypto industry soaring. Indian Crypto Sector Flourishing The Indian cryptocurrency market is poised to gainRead More →
According to the creator of the analytical bitcoin data web portal, Look Into Bitcoin, a chart often referred to as ‘Hodl Waves’ shows a bull run could be imminent. The web portal’s analyst Phillip Swift recently tweeted that 60% of all the bitcoin in circulation hasn’t moved in twelve months.Read More →
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Last year may have been one of Warren Buffett’s worst years ever. We won’t know for sure until Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, -0.24% BRK.B, -0.25%, of which Buffett is chairman and CEO, releases its earnings Feb. 22, at which point we will learn how much the company’sRead More →
skynesher/iStock Young couple using digital tablet with their financial advisor in the office. How are financial advisors investing their clients’ money? The most recent edition of the Advisor Insights Guide from BlackRock’s Portfolio Solutions team sheds some light. The guide, which covers the third quarter of 2019, aggregates information fromRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Renault Clio E-Tech Hybrid car is seen at Brussels Motor Show PARIS (Reuters) – French carmaker Renault (PA:) on Friday posted its first loss in 10 years and set a lower operating margin goal for 2020, a crunch year for its planned reboot alongside partnerRead More →
Annual gold demand dips to 4,355.7t Gold demand fell 1% in 2019 as a huge rise in investment flows into ETFs and similar products was matched by the price-driven slump in consumer demand. The net result was a marginal 1% decline in annual demand to 4,356t. Global reserves grew byRead More →
Tesla has been disrupting the automotive industry and taking Wall Street by storm since its 2010 IPO. Its latest milestone: a trajectory that will take the electric vehicle manufacturer to “comfortably” more than 500,000 vehicles sold this year. Tesla TSLA, +10.30% has turned plenty of heads along the way, butRead More →
Tesla Inc. stock rallied more than 6% late Wednesday after the Silicon Valley car maker reported quarterly earnings that topped Wall Street views and set a goal to “comfortably” sell more than 500,000 vehicles this year. Tesla TSLA, +2.49% said it earned $105 million, or 56 cents a share, inRead More →
Fears around China’s ability to contain a deadly coronavirus outbreak have given the U.S. junk-bond market its first major test of the year. Laredo Petroleum Inc. LPI, +2.21% and Range Resources Corp. RRC, +3.61% were two energy companies in January from a deluge of U.S. businesses that raced toRead More →
Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has been near the top of my watch list for a while now because of its recent weakness and my belief that it’s one of the few attractive values in the dividend growth market today. The company experienced a post-earnings dip on Thursday, pushing shares back below myRead More →
Stocks in Asia were able to hold their own in early Friday trading following a big down day Thursday that was triggered by jitters over the spread of a coronavirus strain that has killed at least 17 people. With markets in China closed ahead of the Lunar New Year startingRead More →
Growth stocks hammered value plays last year, as they have been doing since the U.S. recession ended. According to Citi, the MSCI all-cap world value index has underperformed the MSCI growth index by 25% since 2010, with 2019 showing the biggest gap in performance in 20 years. But there wasRead More →
Thesis Welcome to Orchid’s Platinum Weekly report, in which we discuss platinum prices through the lenses of the Aberdeen Standard Physical Platinum Shares ETF (NYSEARCA:PPLT). PPLT is in a robust uptrend, having rallied around 7% since the start of the year, in line with our constructive outlook for platinum. WeRead More →
© Reuters. Logo of Facebook is seen in Davos By Paul Sandle and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook (O:) will hire 1,000 people in London this year in roles such as product development and safety as it continues to grow its biggest engineering center outside the United States afterRead More →
Looking for a six-figure job that makes you happy in 2020, but is also increasing in demand? Front-end engineers had an average overall job satisfaction score of 3.9 on Glassdoor, making theirs the No. 1 profession for 2020 in terms of job satisfaction, salary and job openings, according to aRead More →
Brief Review Of 2019 My track record for my recommended positioning last year achieved somewhat mixed results (Kevin Wilson, 2019a). Based on the 13 separate calls I made on stocks, bonds, yields, the global economy, etc., one could have made some pretty fair money in 2019, but I was provenRead More →
By Caroline Valetkevitch and Noel Randewich NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – As major U.S. corporations prepare to close the books on a lackluster year of profit growth, they may need to shore up confidence that 2020 will show significant improvement to keep the stock market’s rally going. Wall Street surgedRead More →
