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Real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been stellar performers so far in 2021. The real estate sector's roughly 30% total return (price plus dividends) through the end of August easily beats the 21%-plus return for the S&P 500 Index.
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Excitement over meme stocks has been effective in helping to send biotech penny stocks on wild moves higher. But as that trend continues to fade, names in this category are going to lean more on company-specific catalysts to move the needle. Those catalysts will include progress and updates reg
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Related Energy Downturn Finally Bites Refiners Energy Excellence: It Could Be The Refiners ETF
If the conventional wisdom is that refiners equities are usually less bad than other energy stocks when oil prices decline, then it can be argued the nearly 4 percent year-to-date being sported by the Market Vectors Oil Refiners ETF (NYSE: CRAK) is fairly impressive.
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The cannabis industry is booming, with $6.7 billion in sales in North America for 2016. And sales are only going to increase, with analysts projecting $20 billion in sales by 2020.
That’s nearly a 200% increase in just four years.
That’s why each week, we provide Money Morning readers with the top marijuana stocks to watch.
But before getting into the top cannabis stocks on our watch list, we wanted to make sure our readers were aware of the risks of investing in pot stocks.
The first issue is marijuana is still illegal under federal law.
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July 11, 2017: Markets opened nearly flat Tuesday as investors wait to hear what Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen has to say tomorrow to the House Financial Services Committee. Tech and energy stocks were Tuesday’s leading sectors; financials and telecom the weakest. WTI crude oil for August delivery settled at $45.04 a barrel, up 1.4% on the day. August gold added 1% on the day to settle at $1,214.70. Equities were headed for a narrowly mixed close shortly before the bell as the DJIA traded up 0.06% for the day, the S&P 500 traded down 0.05%, and the Nasdaq Composite traded up 0.28%.
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Mid cap electronic manufacturing services (EMS) stock Flextronics International Ltd (NASDAQ: FLEX) reported Q1 2017 earnings after the market closed on Thursday with results missing Wall Street expectations and shares falling in afterhours/premarket trading. Net sales grew 2% to $6.0 billion and GAAP net income was approximately $125 million versus net income of $106 million. The CEO commented:
“Our Sketch-to-Scale strategy remains firmly on track as reflected in our first quarter results which were within guidance ranges. While fiscal 2018 is an investment year, we continue to....More>>>
Jagged Peak Energy (NYSE:JAG) had its target price increased by equities researchers at Credit Suisse Group from $15.00 to $16.00 in a report released on Friday. The brokerage presently has a “neutral” rating on the mining company’s stock. Credit Suisse Group’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 10.34% from the stock’s previous close.
A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on JAG. ValuEngine raised shares of Jagged Peak Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday,....More>>>
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act raised the federal estate tax exemption considerably. Before the tax reform law, it was $5.49 million per person for 2017. It's up to $11.7 million for 2021 ($23.4 million for a married couple). So, now, even fewer taxpayers have to worry
Gritstone bio, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRTS)'s stock price shot up 11% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $10.64 and last traded at $10.60. 16,736 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 99% from the average session volume of 1,641,213 shares. The stock had
After the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, ride-share facilitator Uber (NYSE:UBER) took a major financial hit. UBER stock got slammed – yet, folks who held on for the bumpy ride were rewarded eventually.
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The stock market kept rising on Tuesday, with modest gains adding to Monday's rally. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) joined the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) at record levels, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI) had to settle for the smallest gain of the major indexe
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Real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been stellar performers so far in 2021. The real estate sector's roughly 30% total return (price plus dividends) through the end of August easily beats the 21%-plus return for the S&P 500 Index.
Better still: S
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