Month: January 2020

If you buy and hold a stock for many years, you’d hope to be making a profit. Better yet, you’d like to see the share… …read more […]

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE:PNC) shares fell 3.3% to US$153 in the week since its latest full-year… …read more […]

Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of Horizon Therapeutics Public Limited Company… …read more […]

While some investors are already well versed in financial metrics (hat tip), this article is for those who would like… …read more […]

Dividend paying stocks like CVS Health Corporation (NYSE:CVS) tend to be popular with investors, and for good reason… …read more […]

Investing can be a great way to make money. But there is more than one way to invest. There are a few different types of securities you can put your money into, each with their own risks and benefits. By understanding the securities you can invest in, you’ll have a better idea of where you want to put your money.
What Is a Security?
Securities are financial instruments that can be traded on financial exchanges. There are exchanges around the world such as Nasdaq, Euronext, and, maybe the most famous, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Securities can be broken down into three …read more […]

The big U.S. banks reported earnings for the fourth-quarter of 2019, seeing decent top-line growth as a result of a strong U.S. consumer. But the bottom line earnings were helped by share buybacks. …read more […]

This article is for investors who would like to improve their understanding of price to earnings ratios (P/E ratios… …read more […]

U.S. homebuilding soared to a 13-year high this past December. …read more […]

One of the best investments we can make is in our own knowledge and skill set. With that in mind, this article will… …read more […]

Today we are going to look at The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE:WMB) to see whether it might be an attractive… …read more […]

What is an Investment Fund?
An investment fund pools together capital from many investors. Each investor has partial ownership and the fund invests according to the fund’s objectives. Investment funds offer a wide range of investment opportunities. They can also benefit from diversification, lower transaction costs and management expertise. This can help mitigate some of the risk that individual investors take on.

Types of Investment Funds:

Open-End vs Closed-End Funds
Mutual Funds
ETFs
Hedge Funds
Index Funds

These fund types serve similar purposes, fundamentally. They allow you to invest in a diversified portfolio of assets that you might not otherwise be able to gather yourself. But it’s important …read more […]

Global pharmaceutical majors and generic drugmakers chopped by 53% on average prices of some of their off-patent products in the latest bidding round under China’s national bulk-buy program, government officials said late on Friday. Beijing has been pushing forward the program where drugmakers have to go through a bidding process and cut prices low enough to be considered over generic copies and be allowed to sell their products at public hospitals via large-volume government procurement. Some global firms such as AstraZeneca and Merck have already cautioned about intensifying price pressures on their mature brands in the world’s second …read more […]

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (CPH:CHR) shares fell 3.7% to ø497 in the week since its latest quarterly results. It was a… …read more […]