Wild West Standoff Set To Hit Stock Market
A wild west standoff is taking place right now in the housing market. Take southeast Florida as a prime example of the divide between buyers and sellers. In upscale Boca Raton, the median price of homes sold in many communities sits far below the listing prices of homes on sale.
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3 High Yield Dividend Stocks To Hold Forever
Dividend investing is attractive because it offers an income stream but it also has a downside during market sell-offs: dividend payouts often don’t compensate for share price declines.
In response to the recent market turbulence, some investors are hunting for dividend stocks to limit portfolio volatility but the key is to find the right types of income-generating stocks.
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Is a Massive Recession Coming?
Recession concerns have been kept at bay by a handful of economic sectors, including pharmaceuticals, food, and big-box retail. These economic areas are grouped into the S&P Consumer Staples Index. Until recently, the Consumer Staples Index was one of just three sectors in the S&P 500 that hadn’t suffered in 2022. Now that Target and Walmart have released warnings about earning expectations,
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Beware If You Own This Stock
Some stocks were darlings in 2020-21, only to become pariahs in 2022. Look no further than Peloton to see an example of how high a company can fly and how low it can fall. Others have solid business models but now seem to be chasing near impossible year-over-year comps. Best Buy falls into this latter category,
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S&P 500 Near 5,000, Now What?
If ever the saying that the market can go remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent applied, now would be that time, especially for the bears.
With the S&P 500 within touching distance of 4,900 by the close of last week, it’s now within spitting distance of 5,000, a figure that seemed so far out of reach just a year or so ago when it was close to 3,500,
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Market Commentary: Billionaires Loading Up On 1 Stock-Split Stock
A former hedge fund analyst commented that Nvidia was “either a fraud or 100% a short” yet billionaires continue to pile into this chip maker, why? We dived down the rabbit hole to find out.
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If You Could Only Buy 1 Stock, This Would Be It
Putting all your eggs in one basket is usually a bad idea, unless that basket is heavily diversified. Yet most companies fail the diversification test. Google is still largely a bet on advertising. Uber is mostly a bet on ridesharing and food delivery. And Netflix is a bet on streaming content. If even the titans of technology fail the diversification test,
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49-Year-Old Makes $5,180 a Month in Dividends With 'Helps Me Sleep at Night' Portfolio – Top 10 Stocks You Can't Miss
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Investors invest in dividends to increase wealth and balance out their growth portfolios to hedge against risks. Dividend stocks have proved their mettle during market downturns and volatility in the past.