Trading Ideas

WeWork is grabbing all the headlines for its failed attempt to continue the illusion that it’s worth tens of billions of dollars. As it tried to make the transition from a private company to a public one, investors simply weren’t buying it.
But the problem isn’t just WeWork. This year has seen a number of high-flying startups come crashing down to earth after their overhyped IPOs. Uber, Lyft, Peloton and Slack have all lost value since they IPO’d.
What’s wrong with the IPO market?
The answer lies with the IPOs that did well. And, yes, some actually did exceedingly well…

Zoom has gone from …read more […]

The automaker has reached a tentative deal with the United Auto Workers, making a critical step that could help end the five-week strike. Yahoo Finance’s Dan Howley joins Akiko Fujita on The Ticker. …read more […]

Wind…
Most of us don’t give it a second thought.
But over the last decade, wind power has moved from science project to mainstream.
Wind is now the most formidable energy resource of the 21st century.
Denmark gets 41% of its electricity from it. Ireland harnesses 28% of its power from wind farms. Taken as a whole, the European Union generates 14% of its electricity from wind.
Here in the U.S., we’ve just started to tap into the massive potential of our wind resources. That’s why now is the time to invest.
Right now, just 6.6% of our power is generated from wind. But that percentage …read more […]

Nasa is “throwing five on it”. Five million dollars that is. A Politico report says NASA footed the bill for a mandatory review of workplace culture at Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The report claims the review was prompted by Musk’s alleged marijuana use. …read more […]

Like the majority of cannabis stocks, Canopy Growth (CGC) has taken a big hit in 2019, as sentiment in the industry continues to weaken, and being based in Canada, has the additional headwind associated with the slow rollout of retail outlets.Add to that its heavy exposure to Canadian recreational pot, the lack of a permanent CEO, and less than robust growth prospects at this time, and it’s clear that Canopy, once considered the standard of the cannabis sector, will struggle to break out of its downward spiral, and at least in the short term, is unlikely to have any meaningful …read more […]

The leading 2020 candidates have a variety of plans to shore up Social Security that (thanks to a variety of new benefits and no new taxes on the middle class) fall short of the elusive goal of complete solvency. …read more […]

Some of the world’s best investors stick to dividend portfolios. They know that a steady stream of income is a top wealth building strategy. And finding the best deals is vital. So today, we’re going to review another one of the best dividend stocks around. Let’s take a look at Bank Of America’s dividend history and safety…
Business Overview and Highlights
Bank Of America (NYSE: BAC) is a $279 billion business based out of Charlotte, NC. The company employs 204,000 people, and last year Bank Of America pulled in $111 billion in sales which works out to $542,000 per employee.
The company operates …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — General Motors Co. and the United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, paving the way for a decision Thursday on whether to continue a more than month-long strike.The accord, announced by the UAW on Wednesday, may bring an end to the union’s first national walkout against the carmaker in a dozen years. The stakes were rising for both sides as the strike entered a fifth week, costing GM billions, forcing workers to live on $275 a week and denting the economy in Michigan and the Midwest.“The number one priority of the national negotiation …read more […]

Oil prices rose on Wednesday on news that OPEC and its allies may be preparing to deepen their production cuts by the end of the year …read more […]

Johnson & Johnson has offered to pay $4 billion dollars to settle all claims accusing the company of fulling the opioid epidemic. This comes as three major drug distributors to pay $18 billion dollars to wipe out all opioid suits against those companies. Yahoo finance’s Anjalee Khemlani joined On The Move to discuss. …read more […]

General Motors Co and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative deal for a new four-year labor deal, moving the sides closer to ending the month-long strike that had drawn the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump and potential Democratic rivals in the 2020 presidential election. The deal is subject to approval by the union’s national GM council during its meeting on Thursday and then must still be ratified by the wider membership, the UAW said in a statement. “The number one priority of the national negotiation team has been to secure a strong and fair contract that …read more […]

One of the many ways to wealth that we often discuss is starting your own business, but how you run your business is also key.
Today, Mark Ford explains how meetings can become a time suck and what you can do about it.

After the election but before being inaugurated as the 45th U.S. president, Donald Trump managed to upset some folks when he stopped attending the traditional daily national security briefings.
When asked why he refused to participate in such an obviously important practice, he explained that 80% to 100% of each briefing repeated the information of prior reports.
“I’m a smart guy,” …read more […]

General Motors Co and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative deal for a new four-year labor deal, moving the sides closer to ending the month-long strike that had drawn the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump and potential Democratic rivals in the 2020 presidential election. The deal is subject to approval by the union’s national GM council during its meeting on Thursday and then must still be ratified by the wider membership, the UAW said in a statement. “The number one priority of the national negotiation team has been to secure a strong and fair …read more […]

Yahoo Finance’s Julie Hyman, Adam Shapiro, Scott Gamm, Julian Emanuel of BTIG and Charles Peabody – Portales Partners Bank President discuss the bank’s Q3 earningss. …read more […]

Today both Netflix reports third-quarter earnings after the bell. Netflix always heavily in focus, and Dan Morgan, vice president of Synovian Trust, told Yahoo Finance the streaming giant could become the “Mercedes Benz or Rolex” as the space gets more crowded. …read more […]