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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSecond-quarter results from two electric vehicle charging companies show that EV-related businesses are growing strongly. And the growth isn’t coming from Tesla. Solid sales growth from EVgo and Wallbox is nice to see, especially when the pace of EV sales in the U.S. has slowed. Americans bought about 1.2 million all-electric vehicles in 2023, up[More…]
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a prolonged period of high inflation and higher interest rates, Americans are just getting by. As of August, 60% of adults said they are living paycheck to paycheck, according to a new LendingClub report, unchanged from last year. Recent data is painting a mixed picture of where the economy stands. Inflation has shown some signs of cooling but the
Reading Time: 3 minutesInvestor emotions and sentiments drive markets, and sometimes reactions can be extreme. There can be phases of euphoria where valuations defy logic. Similarly, in a bear market, the downside translates into a deep valuation gap. The best way to make quick money is to use these extremes to initiate short and long positions. A strategy
Reading Time: 3 minutesSource: Deacons docs / Shutterstock.com The U.S. national debt just reached $33 trillion for the first time, heightening concerns about America’s fiscal health amid signs that the economy is slowing and with a government-wide shutdown looming on the horizon. According to projections by the U.S. Treasury Department, the national debt in the U.S. is on
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Reading Time: 5 minutesEvery so often, certain stocks get beaten down so badly, they end up trading in the low single digits. Some stocks never find their way back to higher prices, but others rebound and may allow investors to make significant profits on both appreciation and higher dividend yields.But deciding which low-priced stocks to buy as turnaround
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe J. M. Smucker Co. SJM announced plans to acquire Hostess Brands TWNK for $34.25 per share, implying a total enterprise value of $5.6 billion.Hostess, founded in 1930, has been through two Chapter 11 bankruptcies. The company was bought out of liquidation a decade ago by two investment companies and then returned to the public
Reading Time: 2 minutesCathie Wood-led Ark Invest made significant trades on Tuesday, including a noteworthy move involving Zoom Video Communications ZM and Nvidia Corporation NVDA.The Zoom trade took center stage, with Ark Invest purchasing $8.1 million worth of Zoom shares, based on Tuesday’s closing price of $65.83. Ark Invest purchased 122,831 shares of the company through ARK Innovation
Reading Time: 3 minutesSource: gvictoria / Shutterstock.com It’s been an excellent month for cannabis stocks and it’s not hard to see why. All evidence points to the fact that the federal government is considering rescheduling the recreational drug from Schedule I to Schedule III. These “schedules” refer to the government’s classification of a drug’s severity with Schedule I
Reading Time: 3 minutesBuying Leaps Calls as aStock substitute We’ve already warned you against starting off by purchasing out-of-the-money, short-term calls. Here’s a method of using calls that might work for the beginning option trader: buying long-term calls, or “LEAPS”. The goal here is to reap benefits similar to those you’d see if you owned the stock, while
