Month: September 2020

We’ve all heard of day trading. And the opposite of that is long-term investing. Nestled comfortably between these opposite investment strategies is swing trading. So what is swing trading? Well, it depends on who you ask… But one of the prime characteristics of swing trading is the holding time.

You see, day traders tend to close out their positions before the markets close. They can be in and out of a trade in mere minutes. This involves a lot of research. A good chunk of capital. An iron constitution. And a whole lot of time.
In long-term investing a lot of research …read more […]

You may be looking to invest in gold, but you may not be sure how to get started. One great option for you is the SPDR Gold Shares ETF (NYSEARCA: GLD). A great feature of this ETF is that it’s backed by physical gold bullion, while at the same time, you can trade it on the exchange like any other ETF or stock.
The main advantage of purchasing SPDR Gold Shares is that your investment will generally mimic the returns of physical gold, but you can do it without the various hassles of actually having to buy it directly.
Like any other …read more […]

The U.S. is inching closer to hitting 7 million coronavirus cases as Midwest states like Wisconsin, Montana and South Dakota see an uptick. This comes as big pharmaceutical companies race to find a vaccine. Yahoo Finance’s Anjalee Khemlani joins The First Trade with Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi to discuss that and what pharmaceutical companies are close to reaching final stages of coronavirus vaccine trials. …read more […]

After the summer bulls, markets corrected themselves – but more than that, the selling was highly concentrated in the tech sector. The tech-heavy NASDAQ is now leading the on the fall, having lost 11.5% since September 2.JPMorgan strategist Marko Kolanovic points out that much of the market is now well-positioned for a rebound. Kolanovic believes that stocks will head back up in the last quarter of the year.“Now we think the selloff is probably over. Positioning is low. We got a little bit of a purge, so we think actually market can move higher from here,” Kolanovic noted.Acting on Kolanovic’s …read more […]

Yahoo Finance’s Emily McCormick joins Yahoo Finance’s The First Trade with Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi to discuss U.S. Consumer Durable Goods Orders, Costco earnings and Palantir gearing up for its public debut. …read more […]

Readers hoping to buy Nutrien Ltd. (TSE:NTR) for its dividend will need to make their move shortly, as the stock is… …read more […]

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25, 2020 /CNW/ — GreenPower Motor Company Inc. …read more […]

Total (EPA: FP) has revealed that it will carry out its industrial redeployment at the Grandpuits refinery in France with no layoffs. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Apollo Global Management Inc. and Caesars Entertainment Inc. have approached U.K. gambling group William Hill Plc about a potential takeover.William Hill has received separate cash proposals from the two groups, it said in a statement Friday after Bloomberg News reported on the Apollo approach.Talks are ongoing and there is no certainty that a formal offer will be made, William Hill said. Shares of the bookmaker rose as much as 41% in London trading on Friday, hitting their highest level in more than two years and giving the company a market value of about 3.1 billion pounds ($3.9 billion).A …read more […]

LAVAL, QC and DEER PARK, Ill., Sept. …read more […]

DUBLIN, Sept. 25, 2020 /CNW/ — Endo International plc (NASDAQ: ENDP) today announced that its subsidiary, Par Sterile Products, LLC (Par Sterile) has entered into a non-exclusive agreement with Novavax, Inc. …read more […]

To acquire wealth, it is helpful to know what it is… and what it is not.
There are many sorts of wealth. This essay is about only one of them: financial wealth.
Financial wealth can easily be defined as net worth – the sum of one’s assets less the sum of one’s liabilities.
You’d think a concept so simple and straightforward would be easy to understand. But surprisingly few people do.
Years ago, at an investment conference, I asked the audience to volunteer definitions of financial wealth. About a half-dozen were proffered, none of which was net worth. The two most popular were …read more […]

Readers hoping to buy Cardinal Health, Inc. (NYSE:CAH) for its dividend will need to make their move shortly, as the… …read more […]

As you might know, Centogene N.V. (NASDAQ:CNTG) last week released its latest quarterly, and things did not turn out… …read more […]