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Amazon’s (AMZN) big stock split could pave the way for entrance into the 30-member exclusive club known as the Dow Jones Industrial Average. “We expect that the stock split should increase the accessibility of shares to a broader array of potential investors, and note that the split should allow for potential inclusion of Amazon shares in the Dow Jones Industrial Average,” said Wells Fargo analyst Brian Fitzgerald. Shares of the e-commerce giant rose 5% in pre-market trading on Thursday on the… Source link

The question asked by Nina Strohminger to her students at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania was straightforward: What did they think the average American makes in annual wages? Some of the answers, however, were not what the professor of legal studies and business ethics could have expected from one of America’s most prestigious business schools, she said. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. “I asked… Source link

Retail investors haven’t lost confidence in the bull market in stocks (yet) despite a tough start to the year, according to new data from Bank of America’s strategy team of Savita Subramanian and Jill Carey Hall. “BofA Securities clients were small net buyers of U.S. equities the first week of 2022 ($0.5 billion), during which the S&P 500 fell 1.9%. Clients bought both ETFs and stocks. Retail and hedge funds clients led the buying last week while institutional clients began the year with… Source link

Walmart (WMT) is holding a supply-chain national hiring event later this week. The average wage for the retail giant’s supply chain associates is $20.37 per hour. The hiring event will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, November 3-4, in numerous states and locations. Job openings include equipment operators, repair technicians, freight handlers and order filler/lift drivers just to name a few. A worker is seen wearing a mask while organizing merchandise at a Walmart store, in North… Source link

Amid a major student loan debt crisis in the U.S., a new report by the Texas Public Policy Foundation found that some degrees cost tens of thousands of dollars more than others.  The report — which uses new data released by the Department of Education (ED)’s College Scorecard to examine typical college debt by credential and program — contributes to a burgeoning trend of transparency that’s aimed at scrutinizing the cost of tuition generally. The analysis “is really quite revolutionary… Source link

Bitcoin, the world’s oldest crypto, reached its highest point in almost three months on Saturday before paring back some of the weekend’s gains. Prices have since cooled and are down around 1.5% on a 24-hour basis after reaching a top of $45,300, their highest point since May 18. As of press time, bitcoin is changing hands for around $43,430. Datamish data shows bitcoin’s push to higher price highs (HH) and higher price lows (HL) was precipitated by a short squeeze which saw 126 BTC… Source link

Supply constraints and increased demand drove the average price of a new car to $41,044 in July, an all-time high, according to J.D. Power’s latest U.S. Automotive Forecast. “We can’t get to $41,000 without both a supply chain issue that we’re seeing from microchips, as well as increased consumer demand that is not being met with the supply available,” J.D. Power Vice President of Data & Analytics Tyson Jominy told Yahoo Finance.  The previous high, set in June, was $39,942. “Too few vehicles… Source link

TipRanks Buy These 2 New Stocks Before They Jump Over 80%, Says JPMorgan In the past week, investors have had to cope with multiple conflicting signals from the markets. The April jobs report, which was expected to show almost 1 million new positions for the month, showed only 266,000. The official unemployment number ticked upward slightly to 6.1%, and hourly wages also gained – by 0.7%. That last would seem to be a positive – except that, combined with the massive government stimulus… Source link

Facebook Share Twitter Share In a recent edition of the Republican business section  an article appeared concerning the decision by Verizon to divest it’s Yahoo and AOL holdings, “Verizon to see off media brands Yahoo, AOL,” May 4, page A8. The Board of Directors of Verizon approved a $3 million bonus to the current head of Yahoo to assure that he remain in place for six months. Think of the absurdity of that number which works out be about $3 thousand per hour for a 40 hour week during… Source link

It took Amazon 13 years to deliver a 10,000% return to investors. It has now taken Dogecoin five months. The cryptocurrency (DOGE-USD) hit a new all-time high of $0.60 on Tuesday, pushing Dogecoin’s market cap north of $70 billion to become the fourth-most valued coin, according to Yahoo Finance’s data partner CoinMarketCap. That’s now larger than the market cap of Moderna, one of the companies shipping COVID-19 vaccines to save the world from the pandemic. That means a $1,000 bet placed on… Source link