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In the Yahoo Fantasy Football Forecast, Matt Harmon and Scott Pianowski break down the hype around Houston Texans RB Dameon Pierce, and debate where fantasy managers should draft him this season. Video Transcript [AUDIO LOGO] MATT HARMON: The other running back who’s been kind of the talk of the preseason was Dameon Pierce. And he didn’t play in the Texans’ second preseason game. And according to Aaron Wilson, who’s covered this team for a long time, the Texans are looking for someone to step… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. won approval from US regulators to buy as much as 50% of Occidental Petroleum Corp. after spending months snapping up its shares. Occidental’s stock had its biggest gain in five months. Most Read from Bloomberg The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said in a filing published Friday that Berkshire’s proposed stock purchases are “consistent with the public interest.” Berkshire applied for the authorization on July 11, FERC… Source link

A Google Pixel 7 vs Pixel 6 A could be a very helpful comparison for those looking for a well-priced Android phone. As the details stand right now, the two phones will have a lot in common, but how will they differ? The Google Pixel 6a is already available, giving users the Pixel experience for the cheapest-possible price and showing up its competitors with an excellent photography experience as the best cheap phone.  The Google Pixel 7 will be Google’s new standard flagship phone for this… Source link

If Walmart’s second quarter sales trends in electronics are any indication, Best Buy could announce a dud of a quarter and outlook in a few short weeks. In Walmart’s earnings release on Tuesday, the world’s largest retailer cited “softness” in electronics at its Walmart U.S. division. And at Sam’s Club U.S., sales fell by a high-single digit percentage in the tech, office, and entertainment category. Walmart CFO John David Rainey struck a cautiously optimistic tone on the state of the U.S…. Source link

Gas prices in the U.S. fell below $4 dollar per gallon for the first time since March, leaving Americans with more money to satisfy fast food cravings. “Never short the American appetite,” Citi Research U.S. Restaurant and Leisure Analyst Jon Tower, told Yahoo Finance (video above), adding that certain restaurant brands are now in a sweet spot to serve up returns for investors. Tower’s top picks include: YUM! Brands (YUM), Domino’s (DPZ) and Wingstop (WING). At the peak of higher gas prices in… Source link

The last few years saw the markets go crazy. Between the COVID lockdowns and market crash, the rebound recovery, last year’s sustained bull run, and this year’s devastating first half that saw the bull turn into a bear. But in all of that, there have been stocks that have outperformed the market. These winning stocks have attracted attention from Jim Cramer, the well-known host of CNBC’s ‘Mad Money’ program. Among other things, Cramer has been following stocks which won big during… Source link

Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) recent HBO Max retreat may signal good things to come for competitor Netflix (NFLX) — at least according to one media analyst. “[WBD] needs to be very focused on driving free cash flow and deleveraging,” Lightshed Partners’ Rich Greenfield told Yahoo Finance Live in a new interview, referencing the company’s reported $3.42 billion loss in the second quarter. “To them, that means embracing theaters and making sure they make as much money on every film,” the… Source link

A recession? Don’t tell that to the stock market. The major averages ended positive for the week. That came after the best month for the S&P 500 (^GSPC) since November 2020. Granted, the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) is still 20% down year-to-date, and the S&P 500 is 13% in the red. But the recent rally in the markets has some investors wondering if we’re watching a turning point, and if it’s safe to buy. In continuation of our series “What to do in a bear market,” Yahoo Finance asked the… Source link

Is the bear market over? This is the question that everyone wants to know. After a near-historic decline over the first half of the year, the stock market has been on a roll over the past month, with the S&P 500 rising nearly 9%, while the Nasdaq is up 14%. JPMorgan chief global markets strategist Marko Kolanovic has an upbeat message for those concerned about the sustainability of the rally. “Risk markets are rallying despite some disappointing data releases, indicating bad news was already… Source link

Dividend stocks are the Swiss army knives of the stock market. When dividend stocks go up, you make money. When they don’t go up — you still make money (from the dividend). Heck, even when a dividend stock goes down in price, it’s not all bad news, because the dividend yield (the absolute dividend amount, divided by the stock price) gets richer the more the stock falls in price. Knowing all this, wouldn’t you like to own find great dividend stocks? Of course you would! Using the  Source link