Year: 2020

NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP) stock is about to trade ex-dividend in four days. You will need to purchase shares before… …read more […]

Celebrations may be in order for Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ:QDEL) shareholders, with the analysts delivering a… …read more […]

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While of course no president has ever been infected by the coronavirus, nor has any been potentially this sick a month before the election, our nation has endured all manner of Presidential maladies—and worse—and survived, nay thrived. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Noble Energy Inc. shareholders approved the company’s acquisition by Chevron Corp., cementing one of the U.S. oil industry’s biggest transactions this year.The vote on Friday during a virtual shareholder meeting came despite opposition from Elliott Management Corp. The activist hedge fund was said to seek a break-up of the deal because it thought Chevron wasn’t paying enough. The biggest proxy-advisory firms disagreed and urged investors to support the tie-up.When Chevron agreed to buy Noble in an all-stock deal in July, the offer was valued at $5 billion and represented a premium of about 7.5% to the target company’s …read more […]

Investors on Wall Street can add another layer of uncertainty to a market already unnerved by last month’s sell-off, stalled fiscal stimulus and President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, which weighed on stocks on Friday. A higher capital gains tax that could accompany a win by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is also emerging as a potential counterweight to this year’s powerful rally in stocks. Biden has proposed https://br.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-biden-trump-proposed-taxes/fact-check-comparison-of-proposed-taxes-under-biden-and-trump-looks-at-highest-tax-bracket-only-idUSKBN2672GE taxing capital gains and dividends as ordinary income, which would increase the tax rate from 20% to 39.6% for individuals and couples earning over $1 million, the highest tax bracket. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — While Amazon.com Inc. and its FANG cohort have grabbed the headlines, some of the biggest stock-market winners in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic may be companies you’ve never heard of.Investors seeking stellar returns have been snapping up shares of small companies that range from e-commerce merchants to mobile-game makers. Shares of German retailers Westwing Group AG and Home24 SE and Sweden’s Lyko Group AB and Boozt AB have more than doubled this year, outpacing Amazon’s gain of about 70%. Away from retail, LoopUp Group Plc, which makes software for video conference calls, and game maker G5 Entertainment AB …read more […]

Noble Energy shareholders on Friday approved a deal to sell the oil and gas producer to Chevron Corp, making Chevron the No. 2 U.S. shale oil producer and giving it international natural gas reserves close to growing markets. The all-stock deal values Noble Energy at around $4.1 billion, excluding $8 billion in debt, and the vote cements the first big energy deal since the coronavirus crushed global fuel demand. The addition of Noble will boost Chevron’s U.S. shale oil holdings, making it the No. 2 producer behind EOG Resources, according to data from Rystad Energy. …read more […]

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This morning, despite a crumbling market at the open, War Room members cleaned up on a spread trade on Twilio (NYSE: TWLO) when the company blew away estimates.

Yesterday, Bryan urged members to get into a Twilio spread:
Open Trade TWLO:
Let’s move into a new call spread on TWLO – which is a name that could have room up to retest $280 and has remained strong in the midst of the back-and-forth market moves. Here’s the play:
TWLO Call Spread: Buy to Open the TWLO October 255 Calls (O:TWLO 20J255.00D16) for the best prices available, good for the day. Then, Sell …read more […]

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In the third week of October, companies will begin reporting third quarter results. We’ll find out which companies are set to soar and which are poised for a crash.
For long-term investors, earnings are always a good time to look at their stocks and analyze the companies’ performance over the last several quarters. Then, long-term investors can determine whether it makes sense to continue holding the stocks.
For shorter-term investors or traders, earnings can supercharge their returns. These reports can get the party started as stocks take off on better-than-expected results.
And this earnings season is especially critical. Between COVID-19, interest rate and …read more […]

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