In afternoon trading on Thursday, Materials stocks are the best performing sector, higher by 4.4%. Within the sector, Albemarle Corp. (Symbol: ALB) and LyondellBasell Industries NV (Symbol: LYB) are two of the day's stand-outs, showing a gain of 11.3% and 7.6%, respectively.
Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned dollars to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money. Today
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Marriott International, Inc. (Symbol: MAR), where a total of 11,173 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.1 million underlying shares. That amounts
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Adobe Inc (Symbol: ADBE), where a total volume of 15,939 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 1.6
In trading on Thursday, shares of CommScope Holding Co Inc (Symbol: COMM) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $9.90, changing hands as high as $10.31 per share. CommScope Holding Co Inc shares are currently trading up about 4.9% on the day. The chart below shows the
If governments struggle to deliver adequate support for pandemic-hit economies during this second wave, even greater burden will fall back on central banks, and financial markets will have to price quickly for more monetary-policy contortions.
In the past week, Latin American carrier Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes GOL reported a loss for third-quarter 2020 as passenger revenues were way below the year-ago levels despite the recent improvement in travel demand. Again, due to the coronavirus-induced disruptions that dimi
Allstate Corporation’s ALL third-quarter 2020 earnings of $2.94 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 66.1% and also increased 3.5% year over year, led by improved premiums.
MercadoLibre, Inc. MELI reported third-quarter 2020 earnings of 28 cents per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 8 cents. Further, the bottom line came against the loss of 97 cents per share in the year-ago quarter.Revenues surged 85% on a year-over-year basis (148.5%
NRG Energy, Inc.’s NRG third-quarter 2020 earnings of $1.02 per share from continuing operations beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.01 by 1%. Nevertheless, the bottom line declined 29.7% from the year-ago quarter’s figure.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. REGN reported better-than-expected results for the third quarter of 2020, beating both earnings and sales estimates. Evidently, shares of the company are up in pre-market trading.
Growth investors focus on stocks that are seeing above-average financial growth, as this feature helps these securities garner the market's attention and deliver solid returns. But finding a growth stock that can live up to its true potential can be a tough task.
Growth investors focus on stocks that are seeing above-average financial growth, as this feature helps these securities garner the market's attention and deliver solid returns. However, it isn't easy to find a great growth stock.
Growth investors focus on stocks that are seeing above-average financial growth, as this feature helps these securities garner the market's attention and deliver solid returns. But finding a growth stock that can live up to its true potential can be a tough task.
In trading on Thursday, the Invesco Solar ETF is outperforming other ETFs, up about 10.9% on the day. Components of that ETF showing particular strength include shares of Jinkosolar Holding, up about 25.9% and shares of Sunpower, up about 17.2% on the day.
In trading on Thursday, precious metals shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 8.8%. Leading the group were shares of Endeavour Silver, up about 15.8% and shares of Mcewen Mining up about 12.6% on the day.
A company's own top management tend to have the best inside view into the business, so when company officers make major buys, investors are wise to take notice. Presumably the only reason an insider would take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock of their company in
In trading on Thursday, shares of Cimpress PLC (Symbol: CMPR) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $83.81, changing hands as high as $86.00 per share. Cimpress PLC shares are currently trading up about 3.1% on the day. The chart below shows the one year performance o