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Hedge Funds Interest In Plug Power, Inc. (PLUG) Keeps Rising

In this article we will check out the progression of hedge fund sentiment towards Plug Power, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLUG) and determine whether it is a good investment right now. We at Insider Monkey like to examine what billionaires and hedge funds think of a company before spending days of research on it. Given their 2 and […] …read more […]

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Hedge Funds Are Dumping Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK)

Before we spend countless hours researching a company, we like to analyze what insiders, hedge funds and billionaire investors think of the stock first. This is a necessary first step in our investment process because our research has shown that the elite investors’ consensus returns have been exceptional. In the following paragraphs, we find out […] …read more […]

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Saudi Aramco's Dividend Math Doesn't Add Up

(Bloomberg Opinion) — It’s the mother of all payouts.The $75 billion that Saudi Aramco doles out in dividends every year dwarfs what any other listed company gives to shareholders. It’s roughly equivalent to the payouts from Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Chevron Corp., BP Plc, Total SA, PetroChina Co., Eni SpA, Petroleo Brasiliero SA and China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. or Sinopec — put together.That makes Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser’s promise to continue that level of returns for the next five years an extraordinary vote of confidence in an oil market awash with uncertainties. Saudi Aramco will …read more […]

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How Kevin O'Leary Of 'Shark Tank' Is Investing In The 'Great Digital Pivot' Triggered By COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic compressed five years of digital transformation in the U.S. into five months, “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary said Saturday.What O’Leary calls “the great digital pivot” away from retail presents an opportunity for investors, he said. Retail sales have 50% gross margins, but direct-to-consumer sales have gross margins nearing 100%, O’Leary said at Benzinga’s Stocks & Options 101 Boot Camp, held virtually June 26-27.”I’ve been working hard on indexing this change and investing in it myself,” said O’Leary, the chairman of O’Shares ETF Investments.O’Leary On The Digital Pivot: Before the pandemic, a typical American business made 50% of …read more […]

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Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Apple, Facebook, Tesla And More

* Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. * This week’s bullish calls again included the iPhone maker and the king of e-commerce. * The electric vehicle leader and a social media colossus were among the bearish calls.The main U.S. indexes lost ground this past week, led by the 3.3% retreat in the Dow Jones industrials. It was a week in which the iPhone maker held its annual developers conference, the e-commerce leader made a big acquisition and America’s bestselling vehicle got a makeover.Business leaders were unhappy with recent immigration …read more […]

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Build Your Own Financial Aha! Moment

Editor’s Note: Today’s Wealthy Retirement shows that when it comes to finance, it pays to have a do-it-yourself attitude.
And when it comes to having breakthrough moments that could decide your financial future, it’s important to trust the experts…
Chief Income Strategist Marc Lichtenfeld makes that as easy as possible.
Marc was featured in the Wealth Breakthroughs documentary series, which follows some of the finance industry’s leading voices in order to share their aha! moments and help regular folks achieve a wealthy retirement.
He’ll hit the big screen on July 9. Click here to learn more.
– Rachel Gearhart, Associate Franchise Publisher

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Germany's beleaguered Wirecard to proceed with business after insolvency

Wirecard, the German scandal-hit payments company, said on Saturday it would proceed with business activities after filing for insolvency and expects a provisional administrator to be appointed by judicial authorities shortly. “Whether insolvency proceedings will be opened is still under review.” Wirecard collapsed on Thursday owing creditors almost $4 billion after disclosing a hole in its books that its auditor EY said was the result of a sophisticated global fraud. …read more […]

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Brazil signs agreement to produce AstraZeneca's experimental COVID-19 vaccine

Brazil announced on Saturday that it had signed a $127 million agreement to start producing locally an experimental vaccine developed by AstraZeneca that has shown promise to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The AstraZeneca vaccine is considered the world’s leading candidate and most advanced in terms of development to obtain licensure and become an official vaccine against the disease, according to the World Health Organization. Elcio Franco, Brazil’s No.2 public health official, said in a press conference that the country will initially produce some 30 million doses of the vaccine, half by December and half by January of next …read more […]