In this episode of Industry Focus: Wildcard, Emily Flippen is joined by Motley Fool advisor and gaming aficionado, Aaron Bush, to talk about gaming in China and the companies leading the way. Some of the largest and fastest-growing gaming companies in the world are Chinese. Our
The S&P 500 index rally is largely reflective of investor optimism and improving U.S. economic fundamentals. The broader S&P 500 has so far gained 50.1% since it touched the lows in March (as of Aug 13). According to the Dow Jones Market Data, it also witnessed the best
Consumer stocks were ending moderately lower on Friday, with the SPDR Consumer Staples Select Sector ETF falling 0.2% while the SPDR Consumer Discretionary Select Sector ETF also was off nearly 0.3%.
What happened
Shares of Ebang International Holdings (NASDAQ: EBON) surged on Friday after the maker of bitcoin-mining machines and chip designer announced plans to launch a new cryptocurrency trading platform. As of 2:20 p.m. EDT today, Ebang's stock was up a stunning 40%.
Looking at the sectors faring worst as of midday Friday, shares of Utilities companies are underperforming other sectors, showing a 0.5% loss. Within the sector, Sempra Energy (Symbol: SRE) and AES Corp. (Symbol: AES) are two large stocks that are lagging, showing a loss of 2
Looking at the sectors faring best as of midday Friday, shares of Energy companies are outperforming other sectors, higher by 1.3%. Within that group, Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. (Symbol: COG) and ONEOK Inc (Symbol: OKE) are two large stocks leading the way, showing a gain of 3
In trading on Friday, shares of US Bancorp's Series K Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (Symbol: USB.PRP) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $1.375), with shares changing hands as low as $27.32 on the day. This compares to
In trading on Friday, shares of TC Energy Corp's Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series 3 (TSX: TRP-PRB.TO) were yielding above the 5% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.4235), with shares changing hands as low as $8.35 on the day. As of la
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Whirlpool Corp (Symbol: WHR), where a total of 11,908 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 143.
Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which
Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which
Legendary investor Warren Buffett advises to be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful. One way we can try to measure the level of fear in a given stock is through a technical analysis indicator called the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which
In trading on Friday, shares of PURE Storage Inc (Symbol: PSTG) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $16.36, changing hands as low as $16.06 per share. PURE Storage Inc shares are currently trading down about 2.8% on the day. The chart below shows the one year perfo
Investors in Sprouts Farmers Market Inc (Symbol: SFM) saw new options become available today, for the October 16th expiration. At Stock Options Channel, our YieldBoost formula has looked up and down the SFM options chain for the new October 16th contracts and identified one
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (Symbol: EEM) where we have detected an approximate $239.3 million dollar outflow -- that's a 1.0% decrease week
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Invesco QQQ (Symbol: QQQ) where we have detected an approximate $136.2 million dollar outflow -- that's a 0.1% decrease week over week (from 469,40
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF (Symbol: QUAL) where we have detected an approximate $187.3 million dollar outflow -- that's a 1.0% decrea
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR— S&P— Regional Banking ETF (Symbol: KRE) where we have detected an approximate $88.2 million dollar inflow -- that's a 7.2% increase w
One of the strange realities of life is the fact that you can live much more cheaply when you're rich than you can when you're poor. When you have money, a lot of the costs people without money face either go away entirely or become substantially cheaper and easier to manage.
Friday morning began quietly on Wall Street, with a general lack of news allowing major market benchmarks to stay close to where they began the day. Some market participants pointed to disappointing economic data on retail sales as a sign of negative consumer sentiment, but they