When Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN | AMZN Price Prediction) posts strong results, investors believe it is running on all cylinders. Based on the recent earnings report, it isn’t. Many people think Amazon…
Rue21 is out of business. It had 540 stores and 4,900 employees. It said the primary reason was the spread of e-commerce across the industry. Further, it said that the trend in…
Investors love dividend stocks because they provide dependable income and a great opportunity for solid total return. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends, and distributions realized over time. In other words,…
The SPDY S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) provides investors and easy way to invest in the broad market and before expenses, performance corresponds to the price and yields of the S&P…
AI is as complicated as the neural networks the systems try to replicate. It can be divided into hardware, software, services, and many approaches or schools of thought. Generative predictive text, such…
What a difference a week makes. The bulls took control today as the magnificent seven tech stocks rallied and all three of the major indices ended in the green amid an eventful…
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in early April 2024 that the Consumer Price Index rose 3.5%. This means inflation has now exceeded the Federal Reserve’s 2% inflation target for 37 consecutive…
On the cover of the Friday, April 12, 2024 edition of The Wall Street Journal, the headline read: “Cost of Owning a Home Soars”. The article cited one family whose home insurance…
A recent analysis reveals that Amazon Prime membership in March was sharply higher than a year ago, good news for the the e-commerce giant.
Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction) stock has sold off slightly lately. However, it is up 78% year to date and over the past year by 233% to $880. One…
Contrary to political accusations that retailers are “gouging customers”, the cost of goods has jumped due to the devaluation of the dollar from oversupply and government overspending. The real world effects of…
Investors love dividend stocks because they provide dependable income and a great opportunity for solid total return. Total return includes interest, capital gains, dividends, and distributions realized over time. In other words,…
The Covid-19 Pandemic and subsequent global lockdowns impacted billions of people, and its repercussions are still being felt. Within the financial industry, the S&P 500 took a hit from 3,337.75 in February,…
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) shares are up 27% in the past year, compared to the S&P 500’s jump of 19%. But should America’s biggest retailer be compared to the index? Probably not.…
Just about 30% of the S&P 500 total market capitalization is made up of “The Magnificent 7”: Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction), Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), META Platforms…
