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Rates fall deeper into the “2s”, to the benefit of homebuyers and homeowners. …read more […]

The stock markets have been having a string of good days, as earnings season has been a bit less grim than expected. While aggregated revenues are down nearly 10% year-over-year, many companies have been clearing the lowered expectations bar. Writing from Wells Fargo on the current mood and prospects, equity strategist Chris Harvey describes the situation as a ‘melt up.’ He sees room for another 5% growth in the S&P 500 by year’s end.Harvey specifically noted that two policies put in place to support the economy against the corona virus shutdowns have had a boosting effect on the stock markets …read more […]

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

British based energy giant BP PLC (NYSE:BP) cut dividends by 50% to 31.50 cents/share for each American Depository Receipt ( minus any ADR fees). This was the first dividend cut for BP since 2010, when it had a costly oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP Follows Royal Dutch Shell And Cuts Dividends This is the second […] …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Dan Gilbert’s long-awaited initial public offering of Rocket Cos. may have been downsized on Wednesday, but it finally reveals the vast fortune he’s built in a city battered by the last financial crisis.The listing values his mortgage company at about $35 billion after it priced 100 million shares at $18 each on Wednesday. While below a marketed range of $20 to $22 for 150 million shares, the Detroit-based firm, which includes Quicken Loans, has a higher market value than Ford Motor Co.The IPO makes Gilbert, 58, one of the biggest beneficiaries of the era of ultra-low interest rates …read more […]

Patrick Spence, Sonos CEO, joins Yahoo Finance’s The First Trade with Alexis Christoforous and Brian Sozzi to discuss the company’s third-quarter earnings report, the spike in consumers listening at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, future outlook for 2020 and much more. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Streaming video is the media world’s new favorite playing field, and ViacomCBS Inc. wants investors to remember it’s in the game.The entertainment company rose in premarket trading after highlighting growth in its streaming business as a bright spot last quarter. Its two pay services, CBS All Access and Showtime, now have more than 16 million combined subscribers. ViacomCBS’s free service, Pluto TV, has more than 33 million users worldwide.The shares gained as much as 5.6% to $27.45 in New York trading Thursday. They were down 38% this year through Wednesday.In a call with analysts, ViacomCBS said it expects …read more […]

America’s 1 Cannabis Oil Brand is Now Available in 12 States WAKEFIELD, Mass., Aug. …read more […]

Today we’ll do a simple run through of a valuation method used to estimate the attractiveness of Beyond Meat, Inc… …read more […]

It is not uncommon to see companies perform well in the years after insiders buy shares. Unfortunately, there are also… …read more […]

Finding the perfect stock shouldn’t be a chore. After all, the information you need is out there, just waiting for you. The trick is knowing how to parse it, how to connect it, and how to interpret it. TipRanks offers a Smart Score that collects and collates datapoints on every stock from across the TipRanks database, bringing together 8 separate factors that are commonly used to assess the strength of an investment. Some of these are well known, such as the simple moving average or the return on equity, others are bit more esoteric, like the hedge fund activity or …read more […]