Shares slipped Tuesday in Asia after markets tumbled worldwide on worries about the pandemic’s economic pain. Market Extra:Why the Dow dived: Ginsburg replacement battle amplifies election jitters, uncertainty over stimulus Hong Kong’s Hang Seng HSI, -0.86% lost 0.3% to 23,894.72 and the Kospi 180721, -2.37% in South Korea sank 1.7% …
Read More »Deep Dive: It’s time for income-seeking investors to take a fresh look at these 28 utility stocks
Corrected to include Dominion Energy’s dividend-cut announcement in July. Utility stocks are being left behind as equity indexes have risen to records and bond yields have sunk to all-time lows. But if you are looking for income, you need to consider utility stocks. The S&P 500 Index has rebounded from …
Read More »New Zealand Visas for Investors and Entrepreneurs
Investors and entrepreneurs interested in developing business interests in New Zealand are encouraged to apply for visas. There are visa options created specifically for these individuals based on their capabilities and skills. Entrepreneur and investor visas are open to those under 66 years of age, they also allow your partner …
Read More »The Tell: Here are the value traps that Bank of America says investors should avoid
Beware! Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press The danger of investing in stocks with compelling valuations is that they’re often cheap for a reason. So-called value traps lie everywhere, and in a note to clients on Tuesday, Bank of America strategists led by Savita Subramanian sought to identify them, at least those …
Read More »Key Words: ‘A tale told by an idiot’ — CNBC’s Jim Cramer urges investors not to be fooled by new highs in the stock market
“ ‘The S&P’s new highs are a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing about the hardship of millions of people on food stamps, or the millions about to be fired from service jobs, or the homeless, or the people who are just huddled at …
Read More »Brett Arends’s ROI: Uh-oh: Investors predict ‘Dow 50,000’ — in just five years
The average U.S. investor must be even higher than the stock market. What else can explain the results of a new survey, which found that, among a sample of 1,500 people here in the U.S. who manage their portfolios, the average person expected the stock market to generate sky-high returns …
Read More »The Tell: A small subset of Vanguard investors moved entirely into cash when the market tumbled. Here’s how they did
The thought must’ve crossed many investors’ minds during the pandemic. Why not just get out of the markets entirely and switch into cash? Fund management giant Vanguard Group looked at the investors who did exactly that, in a study recently published. Now, the Vanguard crowd isn’t exactly that of Robinhood—between …
Read More »Deep Dive: 20 stocks that investors hate but Wall Street loves as the S&P 500 nears a record high
This has been an adventurous year for stocks, with almost a full rebound for the S&P 500 Index from the pandemic lows of late March. But the rally has not been as broad as you might think. Below is a list of 20 stocks that are still down at least …
Read More »Market Extra: Why August in a pandemic is a time for vigilance for stock market investors
The dog day’s of summer on Wall Street are upon us. The ancient Greeks would refer to the so-called “dog days” in late July and early August as the period in which the star Sirius — also known as Alpha Canis Majoris, or dog star–as the hottest part of summer, …
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