Stocks | September 3

With Labor Day here, the summer coming to an end, and just a month left until the curtain closes on the third quarter, it’s a good time to reflect on the performance of the retail sector. The SPDR S&P Retail ETF

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Stocks | September 3

The recent earnings season has peaked, but there are still some interesting reports coming out. Last week, the tech industry brought us two such pieces, as Dell and Marvell, a computer company and a semiconductor maker, reported their Q2 results. The

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Investing, Stocks | September 2

You can tell how powerful tech is simply by looking at the trade war the U.S. is in with China. While all sorts of goods are on the tariff lists, most tech, and specially consumer tech, has been left off the

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Stocks | September 2

Looking for penny stocks to buy? Whenever there’s a major climate event like Hurricane Dorian or Hurricane Irma a few years back, investors look to certain stocks. Albeit many penny stocks don’t necessarily depend on broader market events. Despite this, it

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Stocks | September 2

For much of the past century marijuana has been a “Schedule 1 drug.” It was put alongside dangerous drugs like heroin.The business of growing, processing, and selling marijuana was conducted in the shadows, illegally.But as you probably know, the laws are

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Stocks | September 2

Utility stocks and funds are in a fortuitous position right now. Investors tend to seek them out when recession fears creep (like they are right now), and they also tend to perform well when interest rates decline.Several countries have shown signs

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Investing, Stocks | August 30

With August’s trading winding down, we’re heading into a month that’s known to be problematic. The average September return for the S&P 500 is a loss of 0.62%, and it’s down more often than it is up. And this year, we’re

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Stocks | August 29

Last week, President Donald Trump ordered United States companies to move their China-based operations elsewhere. The news sent the S&P 500 down by more than 2.5% in a single day of trading. The decline provided investors with some cheap stocks to

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Stocks | August 29

US-China trade tensions are playing havoc with the market right now. “Our year-end S&P 500 price target of 3100 represents a 9 percent return from the current level,” wrote Goldman Sachs' chief US equity strategist David Kostin recently. “However, US-China trade

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Stocks | August 29

Stocks are volatile these days – between trade wars and President Trump’s twitter habit, it seems there’s always something to push the markets around. Last Friday’s trading saw a sharp drop of 2.5% in the S&P 500, Monday gained some back,

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