Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, right, speaks to Microsoft co-founder and director at Berkshire Hathaway, Bill Gates, as they appear to speak on the Fox Business Network with Liz Claman, in Omaha, Neb., Monday, May 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Just one day after the House of Representatives voted 217-213 to repeal and replace Obamacare, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett came out swinging against the plan and suggested that Congress – and businesses – are focusing on the wrong issues.
At Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting, Buffett suggesting that the rising costs of healthcare, and not taxes, are the top barrier to growth for American businesses. Rather than championing for corporate tax cuts, Buffett posited that corporations would do better to examine the rising costs of healthcare in the country. “Medical costs are the tapeworm of American economic competitiveness ,” he declared.
Hot Medical Stocks To Own For 2019: JinkoSolar Holding Company Limited(JKS)
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- [By Motley Fool Staff]
JinkoSolar Holding Company (NYSE:JKS) Q1 2018 Earnings Conference CallJun. 26, 2018 8:00 a.m. ET
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- [By Travis Hoium]
Solar stocks took a beating Monday after China cut its national incentives to install solar projects. Shares of solar panel manufacturers Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ:CSIQ) fell as much as 14.5%, JinkoSolar Holding Co. (NYSE:JKS) dropped as much as 17%, and Daqo New Energy Corp (NYSE:DQ) fell as much as 31.3% while inverter manufacturer Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) fell up to 13.5%. By early afternoon, most major stocks in the solar industry were down double digits.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE:JKS)’s share price dropped 5.6% during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $11.92 and last traded at $12.16. Approximately 987,700 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 50% from the average daily volume of 659,992 shares. The stock had previously closed at $12.88.
Hot Medical Stocks To Own For 2019: Nu Skin Enterprises Inc.(NUS)
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- [By Shane Hupp]
Shares of Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:NUS) reached a new 52-week high and low during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $81.72 and last traded at $81.25, with a volume of 3382 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $80.34.
- [By Shane Hupp]
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
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- [By Stephan Byrd]
Federated Investors Inc. PA raised its holdings in Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:NUS) by 20.7% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 125,726 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 21,522 shares during the quarter. Federated Investors Inc. PA’s holdings in Nu Skin Enterprises were worth $9,267,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Hot Medical Stocks To Own For 2019: PennantPark Investment Corporation(PNNT)
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- [By Shane Hupp]
Garrison Capital (NASDAQ: GARS) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
- [By Ethan Ryder]
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
Live Ventures (NASDAQ: LIVE) and PennantPark Investment (NASDAQ:PNNT) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Hot Medical Stocks To Own For 2019: The Michaels Companies, Inc.(MIK)
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- [By Shane Hupp]
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The Michaels Companies (Nasdaq: MIK) owns six brands in the retail arts & crafts space, including the top specialty retailer in North America and the #1 wholesale distributor by market share. The arts & crafts segment should hold up well in any kind of consumer weakness as people look to save money by staying in and spending on inexpensive crafts.
- [By Jim Crumly]
As for individual stocks, Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) made a huge jump after announcing a fee increase for sellers, and The Michaels Companies (NASDAQ:MIK) fell on weak guidance.
- [By Demitrios Kalogeropoulos]
The week ahead will likely bring more volatility, particularly for shareholders ofDave & Buster’s(NASDAQ:PLAY), H&R Block(NYSE:HRB), and Michaels(NASDAQ:MIK)as each of these companies is set to announce quarterly earnings results over the next few days. Let’s look at a few key trends to watch for in the reports.
Hot Medical Stocks To Own For 2019: Tejon Ranch Co(TRC)
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- [By Ethan Ryder]
Terracoin (CURRENCY:TRC) traded down 14.6% against the dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 23:00 PM ET on May 17th. In the last week, Terracoin has traded 20.7% higher against the dollar. Terracoin has a market cap of $4.06 million and $4,377.00 worth of Terracoin was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Terracoin coin can now be bought for about $0.18 or 0.00002218 BTC on popular exchanges including CoinExchange, Trade Satoshi, C-CEX and Cryptopia.
Hot Medical Stocks To Own For 2019: Mechel OAO(MTL)
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- [By Max Byerly]
News headlines about Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant (NYSE:MTL) have trended somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Chelyabinsk Metallurgical Plant earned a news impact score of 0.10 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news articles about the basic materials company an impact score of 46.5001512376479 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the near term.
- [By Max Byerly]
Mullen Group Ltd (TSE:MTL) reached a new 52-week high on Friday . The company traded as high as C$15.38 and last traded at C$15.38, with a volume of 248494 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$14.72.
- [By Joseph Griffin]
Mullen Group Ltd (TSE:MTL) declared a monthly dividend on Wednesday, June 20th, Zacks reports. Shareholders of record on Saturday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of 0.05 per share on Monday, July 16th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 28th.