Gamestop (GME) released fourth-quarter results showing it missed on the top and bottom line, and the company may sell more shares to help fund its transformation. GME earned $1.34 per share on sales of $2.12 billion. The market was expecting EPS of $1.35 on sales of $2.21 billion. “The highly anticipated 4Q20 earnings report from GameStop […]
Growth or Income? Dividend Investing Is the Best of Both Worlds
With dividend investing, you can compound returns and earn income to pay bills. Read on to learn how dividends can help fund your retirement.
How Bond Rates, Electric Vehicles, Bitcoin, and Tulips Will Affect Your Dividends
I spend my day reading financial news, and usually I have my TV tuned to one of the business networks in the background. I have been in and around the financial world formore than 30 years. I wake every day and tell myself: “We live in very interesting times.” One of the things making them […]
NGVT Stock Price Pushing 52-Week Highs
Ingevity (NGVT) has been on the verge of making fresh 52-week highs as shares flirt with key resistance at the $80 level and the stock’s early January peak at $79.68. The company, which produces a variety of carbon materials and specialty chemicals, was spun out of WestRock (WRK) in 2016 at $25 a share. NGVT […]
Using Options To Protect The Downside In ARKK
Almost any trading or investment strategy can be improved with options. This may seem like a controversial statement, but it very much depends on how you define “improved.” While many would assume “improved” means the ability to produce higher returns, I believe it means the ability to generate more stable returns. In other words, options […]
APPS Stock Price Up On Announcing Agreement to Buy Fyber N.V.
Digital Turbine (APPS) has become of the most explosive stocks on the market. APPS, which provides media and mobile communication solutions for mobile operators, application developers, device original equipment manufacturers, has seen its stock run from a low of $10 to nearly $84 a share since November 2020. From here, APPS could see $100 a […]
Maximize Your Income With a Dividend Tracker
If you’re serious about earning dividend income, you should be using a dividend tracker. We’ll explain what you should be tracking and how.
Trade of the Week: BAC
On a day when the markets were down, banking stocks like Bank of America (BAC) generally had positive performances. BAC traded almost 2.5x the usual number of options with about two-thirds of the action in calls. This is generally a bullish sign for the stock (which was up 2% at the time). One very large […]
Business Development Companies Could Be Some of the Biggest Winners from Rate Hikes
With interest rates on the rise, there are worries that the value of high-yield investments will decline. For bonds and bond funds, that is definitely the case—bond prices go down when interest rates go up. Many investors know that truth; however, the rules that apply to one type of income investment are not universal across […]
Heeding the Warning Signs of Inflation
It was a picture-perfect afternoon in Fort Myers, Florida. Jo, Holly, my son Drew, a couple of his college baseball teammates and I decided to take our brand-new boat for a spin in the Gulf. I passed my Coast Guard course and was full of confidence. We barreled toward the markers at the entrance of […]