If you invested $10,000 in Microsoft stock 10 years ago, your position would now be worth more than $160,000 after factoring in dividend reinvestment across the stretch. If you put $10,000 in Netflix stock at the beginning of 2012 and held over the next decade, those shares would
The reopening economy hasn't been kind to Fiverr International's (NYSE: FVRR) stock, even if its business has remained largely unaffected. Because Wall Street is skeptical about how this old-guard gig economy stock will fare if people return to the workforce en masse, the stock h
Are you still on the hunt for some core long-term holdings to start the new year? Names you can have every confidence in no matter what might happen to the broad market? If so, keep reading. Below are my top-five foundational picks for almost any portfolio as 2021 transitions int
TORONTO (Reuters Breakingviews) - Every year, Breakingviews’ hive mind puts together predictions and prescriptions for the future. As the pandemic taught those engaged in fortune telling, it’s a mug’s game. But t
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the ProShares Ultra S&P500 (Symbol: SSO) where we have detected an approximate $133.2 million dollar inflow -- that's a 2.6% increase week over week
Investing in the stock market can be a risky endeavor. Diversification -- buying several stocks with limited correlation to each other -- reduces some of the risk. Therefore, purchasing a group of stocks and holding them for the long term is typically the most prudent investment
Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB), the company formerly known as Facebook, is often pilloried by regulators, privacy advocates, and other tech companies thanks to its business practices and market dominance.Yet Meta has continued to expand as it's weathered all those controversies. Its
By just about any measure, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has a massive content budget. It planned to spend $17 billion in cash this year, or about $14 billion on a profit-and-loss basis (which amortizes content costs over their useful life). And that massive content budget has been inst
Disney (NYSE: DIS) stock is down 14% in 2021. As the company battles pandemic-fueled disruptions, investors may ponder if Disney's business will ever be the same. Disney has some exciting catalysts going into 2022, and now may be a good time to buy the dip.
With 2021 in the rearview mirror, it's time to look forward. The new year will bring new challenges and probably some older challenges, like supply-chain disruptions caused by the pandemic. Opportunity may present itself as the world progresses in its battle against COVID-19.
The reopening of Walt Disney's (NYSE: DIS) theme parks and growth from its three streaming services (Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+) wasn't enough to push the stock higher in 2021. The stock price is currently down 14.5% year to date, trailing the 27% return of the S&P 500 index.
Paris Hilton commands as much as $1 million a night working as a celebrity DJ, entertaining partiers at clubs in China, Dubai and on the Spanish vacation island of Ibiza.
AT&T (NYSE: T) was once considered a stable blue-chip stock, but it's lost about 40% of its value over the past five years. The telecom giant's steep decline can be attributed to its debt-fueled acquisitions of DirecTV and Time Warner, the slow death of its linear pay TV busi
Stock market followers will recognize the acronym FAANG, although name changes make it somewhat dated. Facebook recently changed its name to Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: FB). The other companies are Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), and Alphabet (NAS
Among the underlying components of the S&P 500 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Alphabet Inc (Symbol: GOOG), where a total of 12,229 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 1.2 million underlying shares. That amounts to about 100.9%
The internet is one of the greatest innovations in human history. This is an undeniable truth. The global system of interconnected computers has significantly improved how we communicate, learn, and entertain ourselves.