Buffett’s Billion Dollar Bet Is a Halloween Treat
It’s not every day that Warren Buffett bets big on a bank outside the United States, but his latest move suggests he sees something special in one international fintech company.
The stock, relatively unknown compared to Buffett’s flagship investments like Coca-Cola or Apple, serves millions across Latin America and is elbowing into our out, depending on how you look at it, » Read more about: Buffett’s Billion Dollar Bet Is a Halloween Treat »
Read MoreMarket Commentary: Billionaire Buys Gold, Explains Why
In the pantheon of investors, Stanley Druckenmiller is revered as one of the best. When he managed money he had a track record over 30 years of 30% plus returns annually net of fees. Truly a spectacular record.
Read MoreMarket Commentary: 1 Wildly Undervalued Growth Stock
In 2019, Etsy share price hovered around the $50-60 range. Then the pandemic came in full force and Etsy got swept up with “lockdown era” stocks like Zoom. In a virtual heartbeat, Etsy was trading up at $294 per share by November, 2021.
Read MoreMarket Commentary: 1 Extraordinary Firm Soaring Right Now
It’s bad out there the news media will tell you. Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. First Republic Bank collapsed. First Horizon shares crashed. Bank PacWest cratered. US Bancorp tumbled.
Read MoreTrump vs Harris: Who Is Better for The Stock Market?
With an election close at hand, Americans will soon be asked to make a choice between two starkly different candidates and political parties. Though the outcome of the election will affect everything from America’s foreign policy to questions over the balance between state and federal power, the economy is a prominent highlight for both parties and many voters.
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Billionaire Bets on Fast Growth Unit In Boring Stock
If you only look at consumer trends within the United States, it might seem odd that Philip Morris’s stock has done so well. Aren’t people giving up cigarettes?
For the most part, they are, but the company has planned for the effects of smoking cessation programs. The share price speaks to Philip Morris’s success.
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Spotlight: Turn $15k Into $1,000 Every Year
When we first spotlighted Verizon, it had a yield that approached 8% but after its recent move higher, it still offers a handsome yield of over 6.4%.
That’s more than enough to turn a $15,000 investment into an annual payout of $1,000+, assuming the dividend stays in place, but will it?
Here’s what you need to know about Verizon and its potential to pay a steady income stream for the foreseeable future.
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US Federal Reserve independence is ‘exceptionally important’
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond former president Jeffrey Lacker says the US Federal Reserve being independent from government is “exceptionally important”.
Mr Lacker said history has “proven that case”.
“The times in which the Fed’s gone off the rails in the last century or two have been times in which the administration,
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