Year: 2020

(Bloomberg) — Much of Lisa Su’s success as chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has come from banishing the ghosts of predecessors’ mistakes. Stretching to make a multibillion-dollar acquisition is the scariest chapter she must now rip from the chipmaker’s history book.AMD is in talks to acquire Xilinx Inc. in a deal that could be valued at as much as $30 billion. That would be AMD’s largest purchase ever, by a wide margin, and conjures memories of a similarly audacious transaction from 2006 that left the company mired in debt and flirting with bankruptcy.Wall Street is betting Su …read more […]

Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, UPenn Vice Provost of Global Initiatives, Former White House Health Policy Adviser, and author of ‘Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care?’, joined The Final Round to discuss President Trump receiving the Regeneron treatment for COVID-19, how his administration has been handling the virus, and his thoughts on states reopening for indoor dining and activities. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — It took Soraya Bagheri a day to learn that 450 shares of Moderna Inc. had been liquidated in her Robinhood account and that $10,000 in withdrawals were pending. But after alerting the online brokerage to what she believed was a theft in progress, she received a frustrating email.The firm wrote it would investigate and respond within “a few weeks.” Now her money is gone.Bagheri is among five Robinhood customers who recounted similar experiences to Bloomberg News, saying they’ve been left in limbo in recent weeks after someone sold their investments and withdrew funds. Because the wildly popular app …read more […]

Vaccine specialist and COVID-19 antagonist Moderna (MRNA) had a busy Thursday, issuing press releases and holding conference calls to discuss what it had said in the press releases already.Three major subjects for discussion were covered over the course of the day, and in a note updating investors on its opinion of Moderna, JPMorgan analyst Cory Kasimov discussed them all. Let’s begin with the most urgent question of the day: Coronavirus, and Moderna’s mRNA-1273 vaccine to prevent getting infected with it.Kasimov notes that Moderna unveiled “a few incremental data points” on its COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna is looking to get, and disclose …read more […]

Yahoo Finance’s Kristin Myers and Dan Howley discuss AMD’s possible $30B deal for Xilinx. …read more […]

Want to tune into Apple’s big iPhone event? Here’s how along with what to expect from the show. …read more […]

After Trump cracked down on Huawei and then TikTok, Tencent had already been thrown around as the potential next Chinese tech target. …read more […]

The prefix “intra” comes from Latin, meaning “within” or “on the inside of time.” So intraday trading means to buy and sell a stock or derivative in the same day.

Now, intraday trading is a lot different than traditional investing. Most investors tend to hold stocks and/or bonds for a long time. This is known as a buy and hold strategy. These investors don’t need to worry about volatility in the market. Intraday ups and downs in a stock’s price don’t really worry them much.
On the other hand, there are all sorts of short-term trading strategies that use rapid movements in …read more […]

Bill Nygren from Oakmark Funds recently released its Q3 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. You should check out Bill Nygren’s top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of this year. In the said letter, Bill Nygren highlighted a few stocks […] …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump said he wants an even bigger stimulus than what Democrats have offered so far, seeming to undercut his own negotiators, who had prepared a $1.8 trillion offer to make to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today.“I would like to see a bigger stimulus package, frankly, than either the Democrats or the Republicans are offering,” Trump said on Rush Limbaugh’s radio program, saying he’s going in the “exact opposite” direction from his earlier stances.Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin was heading into talks with Pelosi on Friday carrying a White House offer of $1.8 trillion for economic stimulus, according …read more […]

As millions of jobless and financially struggling Americans await a stimulus deal, the White House put out a new $1.8 trillion proposal on Friday. …read more […]

Many investors are still learning about the various metrics that can be useful when analysing a stock. This article is… …read more […]

In this review of The Vanguard Group, we’ll take a look at a company that is the undisputed heavyweight champion of buy-and-hold mutual funds. Their combination of low-cost investing and customer service is second to none.
That said, Vanguard isn’t for every different type of trader… in fact, it’s flat out not a good choice for active trading. Now, some might see this as a negative, but in truth, an active trader is just not the customer Vanguard is intending to service.
If you are looking for the best option for buy-and-hold mutual funds and ETFs in the marketplace, Vanguard should be …read more […]

The latest 13F reporting period has come and gone, and Insider Monkey have plowed through 823 13F filings that hedge funds and well-known value investors are required to file by the SEC. The 13F filings show the funds’ and investors’ portfolio positions as of June 30th, when the S&P 500 Index was trading around the […] …read more […]

If the stock market’s ups and downs this year have taught us any enduring lesson, it’s a repeat of an old stand-by: the importance of setting up a steady income stream, to keep the portfolio profitable no matter how the individual shares move. Dividends are a key part of any investment income strategy, giving investors a reliable income when it’s needed most.All dividends are not created equal, however. Investors should seek out companies with one of two advantage – or preferably both: a commitment to maintaining the dividend, and a high yield. The second is not hard to find, considering …read more […]