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Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway reduces share count, suggesting possible buybacks

The reduction in the conglomerate’s outstanding shares was noted in a Wednesday filing concerning Buffett’s $2.9 billion donation of Berkshire stock to five nonprofits, part of his pledge to give away nearly all his fortune. If Berkshire repurchased those shares, it might have conducted roughly $4.9 billion to $5.9 billion of buybacks, depending on the price, over 2-1/2 months, analysts said.”It implies relatively strong buyback activity,” said James Shanahan, an Edward Jones & Co analyst with a “buy” rating on Berkshire. …read more […]

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S&P 500 Sends Bullish Technical Signal With Golden Cross

(Bloomberg) — The S&P 500 is sending a technical signal that has marked the end of every bear market in modern history.The benchmark’s 50-day moving average broke above the 200-day line on Thursday for the first time since the depths of the selloff in late March, forming a so-called golden cross. The price pattern is seen by some technical analysts as a positive omen as it frequently precedes sustained rallies.Golden crosses for the S&P 500 have corresponded with the end of every major bear market in the last 70 years, according to Sundial Capital Research.To be sure, using signals that …read more […]

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Should Value Investors Buy Barrick Gold (GOLD) Stock?

North Carolina-based asset management firm Massif Capital, LLC released its second-quarter investor letter this month – a copy of which is available for download here. The fund is currently being co-managed by Will Thomson and Chip Russell. In their recent letter to investors, Massif Capital announced that the core portfolio was up 18.3% in the […] …read more […]

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Apollo-Backed Blank-Check Company Surges 71% on Possible Fisker Deal

(Bloomberg) — The allure of electric vehicles is boosting shares of blank-check companies, the latest being Apollo Global Management-backed Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp.Spartan Energy became something of an overnight sensation Thursday after Reuters reported that it was leading a bidding war for carmaker Fisker Inc. Spartan’s stock has now gained as much as 71% in the course of two trading sessions, mirroring the meteoric rise of Nikola Corp., the semi-truck maker that listed on the Nasdaq following a blank-check company reverse merger.It’s unclear to what extent a case of mistaken identity could be coming into play. Fisker is veteran car …read more […]

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American Airlines threatens to cancel some Boeing 737 MAX orders – WSJ

American Airlines has struggled to secure financing for 17 jets it had expected Boeing to deliver this year due to the coronavirus crisis, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Boeing has been working to help line up financing for American’s 737 MAX jets, and under one possible scenario, the planemaker’s financing arm could purchase the aircraft and lease them to American, eventually selling the planes and the payment stream to leasing companies, according to the report. …read more […]

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3 “Strong Buy” Penny Stocks That Could See Outsized Gains

The market’s roller coaster week has some investor spooked, wondering if the recent bullish streak will hold. They can take heart from JPMorgan strategist Marko Kolanovic, who believes that the bull spirit isn’t gone, and that the S&P 500 will break out of the 250-point range it has been stuck in since early June. He doesn’t say that the massive gains of April and May will return, but Kolanovic does believe that the index will regain the all-time record levels it saw in mid-February.Kolanovic notes that equities are cheap for now, when compared to bonds, after the effects of the …read more […]

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BlueCity Holdings IPO: Chinese LGBTQ Platform Goes Public

The BlueCity Holdings IPO was filed in June 2020. After a wave of IPOs brought the IPO market back, BlueCity hopes to join in the success. Technology IPOs in the past year returned 59%. Now, investors are looking to invest in BlueCity stock.
But is BlueCity a good investment? Here’s what we know…
BlueCity Holdings IPO: The Business

Policeman Baoli Ma founded an LGBTQ online forum called Danlan.org in 2000. For the next 11 years, he promoted social awareness and connectivity in the LGBTQ community as well as HIV awareness and prevention. In 2011, Ma resigned from his career as a cop. He …read more […]