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Is This the 1 Secret to Costco's Success?
To say that Costco (NASDAQ: COST) has worked out to be a wonderful investment would be pretty accurate. Including dividends, if you invested $10,000 in the business five years ago, you'd be sitting
MarketBeat Week in Review – 1/15 - 1/19
Will they or won't they? The "they" is the Federal Reserve, and the question is what the Fed will say about the direction of interest rates when they meet later this month. Investors are starting to
MarketBeat Week in Review – 1/8 - 1/12
Stocks drifted lower to end the week, with investors cooling on equities after a mixed outlook on inflation. The December Consumer Price Index (CPI) reading showed the pace of inflation was rising
MarketBeat Week in Review – 1/1 - 1/5
Stocks finished the week looking for direction after a hotter-than-expected Jobs report. The 216,000 jobs created may dampen expectations for a rate cut in the next quarter or two.
However
Why Micron and AMD are the best semiconductors for 2024
Perhaps no other industry dominated the stock market in 2023 like that of semiconductors. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and the seemingly endless applications for it, the demand
MarketBeat Week in Review: 12/25 - 12/29
As the shortened trading week ended, the much-anticipated Santa Claus rally took the S&P 500 up about 0.75%. The takeaway from 2023 will be that many investors expected a recession that never
Cruise lines navigate from worst to first in 2023 surge
Perhaps no other industry better exemplifies the “worst to first” phenomenon than cruise lines.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL) and Carnival Corp. & plc (NYSE: CCL) are among 2023’s top
MarketBeat Week in Review – 12/18 - 12/22
The torrid stock market rally cooled down a little bit heading into the extended holiday weekend. Geopolitical concerns are impacting oil prices and global shipping costs. And that is overshadowing
Semiconductor stocks soar on federal funding, hope for rate cuts
Semiconductor stocks, already in rally mode, got a boost after the White House began releasing funding for chipmaking under the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.
In the past five sessions
MarketBeat Week in Review: 12/11 - 12/15
This week, the rally in equities that started in November kicked into high gear. First, the market got benign results from the CPI and PPI. Then, the Federal Reserve held rates steady, indicating it
MarketBeat Week in Review – 12/4 - 12/8
Stocks shrugged off a "warmish" jobs report and were in the green as the markets closed for the week. As usual, the details matter. With about 25% of the 199,000 jobs created being government jobs
MarketBeat Week in Review – 11/27 - 12/1
Stocks are trying to hold onto their recent gains. On Thursday, the Dow had a 500-point surge that pushed the index to its high for the year. The bullish sentiment came, in part, from an in-line
MarketBeat Week in Review – 11/20 - 11/24
Stocks continued to rally in a short trading week. For now, investors are shrugging off a retail outlook that is cautious to bleak. Or are they? The breadth of this market rally continues to be
MarketBeat Week in Review – 11/13 - 11/17
Stocks are looking to extend their November rally. This would make it three straight weeks of positive gains for the major exchanges. Positive news in the housing sector offset the disappointing
Left for dead, Tower Semiconductor is a phoenix rising
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (NASDAQ: TSEM) is a well-positioned player in the global semiconductor market. Its analog-focused semiconductor manufacturing technology is in demand by industries across
MarketBeat Week in Review – 11/6 - 11/10
Stocks closed the week with a strong rally that erased all the losses that hit the market after Fed chair Jerome Powell reiterated the Fed's stance that more interest rate hikes may be needed to
MarketBeat Week in Review – 10/30 - 11/3
Equities rallied to close the week. If the S&P 500 finishes positive on Friday, it will mark the first time the index has closed in the green on all five trading days since November 2021.
In this
5 Dow stocks to track during the market correction
The Dow Jones Industrial Average of blue chip stocks is trading higher for the week, but is still in correction territory, having posted losses in each of the past three months.
However, it’s a
Is domestic travel back on track? Check out these companies
The United States economy has achieved something most bears never expected: gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 4.9% during the past quarter, whereas economists only expected a 4.7% jump.
MarketBeat Week in Review – 10/23 - 10/27
And now we wait for the Fed. A robust GDP number on Thursday and an in-line PCE reading on Friday weren't enough to keep the bears at bay. Even strong earnings reports from some of the big tech
MarketBeat Week in Review – 10/16 - 10/20
All the major indexes moved lower in early Friday trading, making it a near certainty that stocks would post their worst week in a month. There are several reasons to justify the bearish sentiment
Can These 3 Semiconductor Stocks Outpace Nvidia's Growth?
Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been the S&P 500’s big winner this year on the strength of its AI chips, but other chip stocks are also going along for the ride.
While stocks like Broadcom Inc.
Dollar Tree Won’t Be Trading At a Discount For Much Longer
Despite hitting all-time highs last year as one of the best stocks to own during a recession, Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ: DLTR) has been on the defensive since the summer. Until this past August
MarketBeat Week in Review – 10/9 - 10/13
Stocks remained under pressure this week as the PPI and CPI both showed that the rate of inflation has stopped slowing. And with oil prices likely to remain at elevated levels, the economy may slow
What BlackRock's Earnings Tell You About The Stock Market Tide
The masters of the universe, otherwise known as the institutions that call upon investor capital (individual citizens or even entire governments), can often act as a proxy for what the global