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Investing in growth and value stocks: Yahoo U

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Insiders Are Snapping Up President John Kennedy famously said, once, “A rising tide lifts all boats,” and this is true in the stock markets, too. We’re in the midst, now, of just such a rising tide – at least for the short term. The main indexes, the Dow, the S&P, and the NASDAQ, are all up between 9% and 12.5% this month, and the trends are positive. The recent election, making clear the prospect of a divided government unlikely to pass radical… Source link

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Stress in China’s Credit Market Spills Over to Financial Stocks

TipRanks Raymond James: These 3 Stocks Are Poised to Surge by Over 80% We’re a little over one week past the Presidential election, and the market reaction shows that that investors are pleased. While the election margins were razor thin, the will of the voters came through: they rejected Donald Trump, and his brash, in-your-face style, but they also rejected the Democratic Party on policy; the Dems lost seats in the House, will likely not take control of the Senate, and also lost ground at… Source link

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Stocks Slip After U.S. Losses; Treasuries Gain: Markets Wrap

TipRanks Raymond James: These 3 Stocks Are Poised to Surge by Over 80% We’re a little over one week past the Presidential election, and the market reaction shows that that investors are pleased. While the election margins were razor thin, the will of the voters came through: they rejected Donald Trump, and his brash, in-your-face style, but they also rejected the Democratic Party on policy; the Dems lost seats in the House, will likely not take control of the Senate, and also lost ground at… Source link

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Stocks climb as tech shares recover some losses

Stocks rose Wednesday as tech shares looked to make up some of their declines from earlier this week. The Dow added more than 100 points, or 0.4%. The Nasdaq outperformed, adding 0.9% and steadying after the index dropped more than 1% in each of the previous two sessions. Traders this week have so far embraced many of the stocks hardest-hit by the pandemic, including the airline, cruise line, lodging, restaurant and brick-and-mortar companies some analysts have called the “epicenter… Source link

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Pfizer vaccine news sends AMC, travel and entertainment stocks on a tear on recovery hopes

AMC (AMC) and other entertainment stocks surged on Monday in the wake of Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech (BNTX) announcing positive news about their leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which demonstrated a high level of efficacy in testing. Even as the U.S. topped 10 million coronavirus cases, markets — which for months have been pricing in hopes of an end to the crisis — skyrocketed on the news. The Dow (^DJI) and S&P 500 (^GSPC) both opened at record highs, tempering those gains slightly by… Source link

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Stocks Surge to All-Time High on Vaccine Progress: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) — Stocks are extending a global rally on the clearest sign of progress yet in developing a vaccine to stem the Covid-19 pandemic. Futures on the S&P 500 jumped 3% after news that the vaccine being developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE prevented more than 90% of infections in a study of tens of thousands of volunteers. Contracts on the Russell 2000 Index of small-cap stocks surged 7%. Pfizer’s Covid Vaccine Prevents 90% of Infections in Large Study The vaccine announcement… Source link

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Unanswered election questions, and why forecasters expect stocks to go up: Morning Brief

Monday, November 9, 2020 Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe While uncertainty persists, there have been no market-shaking surprises Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, the AP projected Saturday. And so we can now refer to the former Vice President as President-elect. For investors, this removes some uncertainty. However, two important questions remain unanswered: 1) what will the outcome of President Trump’s contesting… Source link

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BlackRock Likes Growth Stocks on Divided U.S. Government

InvestorPlace 7 High-Yield Dividend Companies to Invest in During the Pandemic It’s been a volatile year for investors in general. And nowhere has that been more true than in high yield dividend stocks. In March and April, there was a massive number of companies that slashed or entirely suspended their dividends. This year has been a period of devastation for income-focused investors, particularly in sectors like real estate investment trusts (REITs). And while things have gotten better… Source link

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Why your favorite tech stocks may disappoint after the election

TipRanks 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With at Least 5% Dividend Yield Americans went to the polls today under the shadow of a resurging pandemic, with a substantial increase in cases nationwide and the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 reaching record highs in a growing number of states. Meanwhile, it’s still unclear what a second stimulus package from the federal government may look like and how long it will be until that arrives.To add fuel to this, there are several European… Source link

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Stocks steady after Wednesday’s selloff

Stocks were slightly higher Thursday after the three major indices endured a deep rout a day earlier. Investors digested a record surge in third-quarter GDP after a historic slump earlier this year, and another weekly report on jobless claims that came in better-than-expected. A slew of corporate earnings results also loom. The S&P 500 Dow each rose, after the latter index closed lower by 943 points, or 3.4%, on Wednesday for its worst single-session drop since June. The Nasdaq outperformed… Source link

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