Meta Platforms (META) has repurchased shares totaling around $14.7 billion so far in 2022. The social media titan, best known for Facebook, bought $5.08 billion of its stock this past quarter — but what does it all mean? Is now the time to buy, or has META become a value trap?
A conservative utility stock that is fast-growing sounds like an anomaly. A clean energy stock with a reliable dividend seems like a unicorn. But NextEra Energy (NEE) ticks all those boxes. NextEra is a unique electric power and energy infrastructure company that continues to report impressive financial strength.
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When Bank of America’s Chief Investment Strategist turned bullish last month amid a plethora of dire sentiment readings, few paid close attention.
Then the markets rose by 20% off their lows.
So, what is Wall Street’s most accurate analyst saying now?
In a word: SELL.
According to Hartnett,
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Roku’s most recent financial report disappointed investors. Slowing streaming growth and lower ad spending, paired with economic uncertainty, have caused Roku’s stock to plummet.
Shares are down over 66% year to date and more than 80% compared to the highs reached last year. The stock is so battered that many are staying away.
Following the company’s second-quarter report, Amazon (AMZN) stock surged, but not because of its e-commerce business.
Amazon’s growth rate slowed, and the company took a loss in e-commerce. However, its cloud services business, Amazon Web Services (AWS), reported a 36% jump in operating income.
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When you think of 91 year old Warren Buffett’s stock picks, old stodgy companies with wide moats that spit off massive amounts of cash come to mind. From railways to insurance, the laundry list of market-beating companies Buffett owns through his holding company Berkshire Hathaway is the stuff of legend.
But one sector Buffett has famously avoided up until the last few years is technology,
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Although it’s essential to protect your investments, it’s equally important to remember that bear markets don’t last forever. While some began panic-selling, others have treated the downturn as an opportunity to buy assets at a discount. When the tide turns,
The Nasdaq Composite entered a bear market in Q1. One investor treating the pullback as a buying opportunity is billionaire Israel Englander of Millennium Management. He added to his shares of The Trade Desk, an industry leader gaining momentum in the programmatic advertising space.
Although analysts have been cutting price targets for growth stocks,
