South Korea's LG Corp shareholders on Friday approved the company's plan to spin off five affiliates, which LG said would allow it to focus on existing core businesses such as electronics, chemicals and telecommunications services.
U.S. stocks rose in a late-day rally on Thursday as investors bought stocks likely to do well in the recovery and picked up beaten-down Apple and Tesla shares in anticipation that the U.S. economy grows at its fastest pace in decades this year.
Looking at options trading activity among components of the Russell 3000 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Apple Inc (Symbol: AAPL), where a total volume of 1.1 million contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximate
The technology-heavy Nasdaq led Wall Street lower on Thursday as a rotation out of richly valued stocks into underpriced sectors added to pressure from quarter-end rebalancing by institutional investors.
Could These Top EV Stocks Pose A New Threat To Tesla?Electric Vehicle (EV) stocks are gaining much popularity recently as traditional automakers are preparing their transition to EV. The initiative is necessary not only due to pressure and incentives from governments but also due
The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Patient Investor model based on the published strategy of Warren Buffett. This strategy seeks out firms with long-term, predictable profitability and low debt that trade at reasonable valuations.APPLE INC (AAPL) is a large-cap grow
In early trading on Thursday, shares of Cisco Systems topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 2.3%. Year to date, Cisco Systems registers a 13.5% gain.
The NASDAQ 100 Pre-Market Indicator is down -87.2 to 12,711.68. The total Pre-Market volume is currently 42,879,101 shares traded.The following are the most active stocks for the pre-market session: Immutep Limited (IMMP) is +0.79 at $3.42, with 6,661,725 shares traded. As repor
The next generation in cellular wireless technology, called 5G, is already available on many telecom networks -- and it's got some huge advantages over 4G. The speeds for 5G can be up 100 times faster than 4G, it has lower latency (meaning it travels faster between towers and dev
U.S. stock futures rose on Thursday ahead of data that is likely to show a drop in weekly jobless claims, while the technology-heavy Nasdaq looked set to rebound after a 2% drop in the previous session.
The recent news about Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) may be the beginning of a bright future.Intel's CEO on Tuesday announced a significant expansion in Arizona by releasing two new fabrication factories. The new factories will manufacture chips for Intel, and they will also take orders fr
The economy is in the early stages of recovering from the effects of the pandemic, but the market is already near all-time highs (as measured by the S&P 500 index). Many high-flying tech stocks have pulled back in recent weeks after a superb run in 2020, but still carry incre
British technology firm IQE Plc on Thursday posted a smaller operating loss for 2020 and said sales at the start of the current year were quite robust, driven by demand for 5G mobile handsets.
What's better than a $2 dividend payout? A $4 dividend payout!Of course, it's more helpful to think in terms of dividend yields, which compare a company's payout to its recent share price. A $50 stock paying an annual dividend of $2 (typically in quarterly installments of $0.50)
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Fresh off its worst session in three weeks, the Dow gave back modest gains in the last minute to finish lower. "Reopening" stocks led the initial charge, though the blue-chip index and S&P 500 pivoted sharply from their session highs in late-afternoon trading, to both
The S&P 500 closed lower on Wednesday as optimism about the economic recovery by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was unable to halt a decline in technology shares for a second straight day.