As the stock market braces for headwinds from geopolitical uncertainty and inflationary pressures, investors could be turning towards defensive sectors. As such, utility stocks could be one to consider as they are usually better equipped to weather market volatility. This is because utility stocks consist of companies that provide essentials such as water, electricity, and gas. On top of that,…
We are now seeing that major economies (US/UK/Japan) are not immune from global deleveraging and inflation. As investors seek safety in the US Dollar, this may eventually trigger a broader and deeper selloff in U.S. stocks and market volatility will begin to pick up as the VIXY moves up. As the USD continues to strengthen, corporate profits for US multinationals…
Analysts recommend these dividend-paying growth stocks. Most high-growth companies reinvest every spare dime into expanding their businesses. However, one of the first things companies do when growth finally starts to level off is to begin returning excess cash to shareholders via dividend payments. Fortunately, there are a handful of companies that generate impressive growth numbers and also pay dividends. Many…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7% on Wednesday, posting a second straight day’s gain. However, the S&P 500 ended flat, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slipped 1.2%, as the content giant Netflix Inc. (NFLX) declined some 35% in price in intraday trading on concerns over the company’s loss of subscribers. In addition, the Russia-Ukraine war has created a worldwide crisis…
Investors have been processing high inflation reports, rising interest rates, surging energy, commodity, and real estate prices. So, what is the market saying about which markets investors have favored the last couple of years vs where are they putting their money right now? A way to determine this is to simply plot the indices and then see how they stack…
EVgo Inc (NASDAQ:EVGO) has been one of the biggest stock market winners in 2022, rising by 25% in the first quarter alone. EVgo stock has been outpacing its peers and the broader stock market. The outlook for EVgo stock is solid, with Wall Street analysts providing an average 12-month share-price target of $14.20 and a high estimate of $22.00. This points…
Coronavirus vaccine stocks may not be the hottest stocks in the stock market today. However, the companies behind them continue to play crucial roles in the fight against Covid-19 now. By and large, this is the case as new variants continue to emerge that are boasting greater infectivity. Despite all of this, coronavirus stocks have mostly cooled off since their…
Investors seeking a balanced combination of portfolio stability, monthly income, and share price appreciation generally turn to dividend stocks. These are shares of large-cap, blue-chip companies in “boring” areas, such as the financial, energy, materials, industrials and consumer staples sectors. With only so much innovation to be done at this point in the corporate life cycle, these companies opt to return…
The Ukraine-Russia war, the Fed’s plans for more aggressive interest rate hikes later this year to combat inflation, and deepening supply chain disruptions continue to dampen investors’ sentiment. According to the New York Fed’s survey in March, consumers could witness inflation hitting 6.6% over the next year. However, April is historically the best month of the year for the S&P 500, making it…
Recent rallies in the major indexes have had a hard time hanging onto their gains lately. ETFs like XOP (S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production), XME (S&P Metals & Mining), and XLU (Utilities) have been experiencing capital inflows. At the same time, other ETFs such as DIA (30-Industrials), SPY (500-Large Caps), IWM (2000-Small Caps), IYT (Transports), and QQQ (100-Nasdaq…