Month: September 2020

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Mobile investing applications have become extremely popular. And they’re attracting more younger investors than ever before.

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Mobile investing presents a wide range of benefits. It’s quick, easy and available to everyone for minimal fees. And in some cases, it’s commission-free with no fees at all.
These apps are consistently topping the Apple and Android charts as investing grows in popularity amongst young people. The time of delivery …read more […]

(Bloomberg Opinion) — Ask enough gamers about their favorite console and this is what you’ll generally learn: Those who play Xbox tend to love it and stay loyal to that system, but PlayStation has the best games. Microsoft Corp., Xbox’s parent company, is betting $7.5 billion that it can change that perception.Microsoft agreed on Monday to acquire ZeniMax Media Inc., the owner of popular video-game publisher Bethesda Softworks, for $7.5 billion in cash. The deal has PlayStation fans worried that their favorite franchises — namely The Elder Scrolls, Fallout and Doom — could become Xbox exclusive. But the transaction is …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Doubts emerged Monday about Oracle Corp.’s deal to take over TikTok as President Donald Trump said he may still renege on his approval and the Chinese government signaled reluctance through state-owned media.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin remains confident that Trump will sign off on the transaction, but U.S. national security officials continue to raise concerns that the data of more than 100 million American users would remain in the hands of a Chinese firm, according to four people familiar with the matter.U.S. officials are bracing for Trump to reject the deal if it becomes obvious that it doesn’t meet …read more […]

Nikola is now a prove me company, argues one sell-side analyst. …read more […]

There’s no doubt that money can be made by owning shares of unprofitable businesses. By way of example, Humanigen… …read more […]

Yahoo Finance’s Adam Shapiro breaks down the stocks to watch Monday. …read more […]

Bob Dylan sang, “There’s too much confusion, I can’t get no relief,” and that is a good way to describe the condition of the markets right now.Investors must interpret a range of conflicting signals. Macroeconomic data is rising – unemployment is falling, consumer confidence and spending are up – and indications are, the economy is recovering quickly from the sharp recession we experienced earlier this year. That goes hand-in-hand with a perception that COVID-19 is beginning to face back, and there are signs that another lockdown may be coming. Will there be a national policy? Or will we see a …read more […]

Nikola founder Trevor Milton has announced he will step down as executive chairman amid fraud accusations. Yahoo Finance’s Julia La Roche shares the details. …read more […]

Major banks like HSBC and JPMorgan Chase reportedly moved trillions of dollars, identified as being potentially tied to money laundering. Yahoo Finance’s On The Move panel shares the details. …read more […]

TikTok and Oracle have reached a deal with the U.S. government. Yahoo Finance’s Akiko Fujita breaks down what to expect from the deal. …read more […]

Some have more dollars than sense, they say, so even companies that have no revenue, no profit, and a record of… …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Occidental Petroleum Corp. will pay about $200 million in dividends on preferred shares to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in cash rather than common stock, a sign of the shale driller’s growing confidence in its ability to manage its debt load.The $2,000-per-share payout on Occidental’s series A cumulative perpetual preferred stock will be paid on Oct. 15, the company said in a filing on Monday.Occidental had been making the payments with stock since April to conserve cash as it sought to fend off crude’s worst price-collapse in a generation after borrowing massively to buy Anadarko Petroleum Corp. last …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — While the threat of Japanification hangs over some of the world’s biggest markets, there’s little chance of it happening in the U.S., according to analysis by JPMorgan Chase & Co.Unlike the U.K. and euro area, America is still far away from the chronic forces that have characterized Japanese markets during the past several decades, the New York-based bank said in a note dated Sept. 18. The catalysts are the ultra-loose monetary policies, yet they’re affecting some markets less than others.The Federal Reserve’s ability to complete a hiking cycle after the great financial crisis built conviction that the U.S. …read more […]

Social media influencer Bria Jones joins Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi to discuss the latest on TikTok, her decision to leave the corporate world to be an influencer full-time, the potential of Walmart partnering with the platform and much more. …read more […]

John Normand, JP Morgan Head of Cross-Asset Fundamental Strategy, joins Yahoo Finance’s The First Trade with Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi to discuss how the 2020 election will impact the markets and more. …read more […]