If you want to beat the market, you should seriously consider dividend investing. According to research from Hartford Funds, 78% of the S&P 500’s total return from 1970 to 2019 can be attributed to reinvested dividends and the magic of compounding. While the growth-oriented tech sector might not be a familiar place for some dividend investors, many technology stocks break […]
Continue Reading ...A number of textbook “bearish engulfing” reversal patterns have appeared in the stock charts of large-capitalization technology companies to suggest the momentum in the tech sector may have swung from bulls to bears. There are other technical warning signals that warn investors to beware buying on a dip, at least in the short term. For […]
Continue Reading ...You may think the time is right to move into cybersecurity stocks, if you’re reading this IBD investing primer. Amid the rapid global spread of the coronavirus called Covid-19, many companies instructed employees to work from home. Also, many businesses are setting up virtual private networks, or VPNs. Some are buying laptops with pre-installed security […]
Continue Reading ...The novel coronavirus outbreak has been hurting businesses across the globe, as the steps taken to contain the virus have brought economic activity to a near halt. So it wasn’t surprising to see Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ:SWKS) succumb to the impact of COVID-19 when it released its fiscal second-quarter results. The chipmaker’s third-quarter outlook fell short of Wall Street’s […]
Continue Reading ...It’s been a volatile start to the year for the financial markets, but the Nasdaq Composite (QQQ) has helped to pull the major averages out from under the rubble, with some stocks providing clues that they might be the new market leaders. While the large-cap leaders are quite obvious, with Amazon (AMZN) and Netflix (NFLX) blasting to new highs in Q1, […]
Continue Reading ...On Thursday, April 30, NAND flash and hard disk storage specialist Western Digital (NASDAQ:WDC) reported its March quarter earnings, with an unwelcome surprise for shareholders — a suspension of the company’s $0.50 quarterly dividend. Even in the face of COVID-19, the cut was a bit of a surprise, given the company’s mixed results that included a beat on revenue, […]
Continue Reading ...If you paid for anything online recently, you’ve undoubtedly engaged the services of a fintech company. While some companies such as PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) are fairly well-known, others operate more behind the scenes or are just starting to make their mark in public. Financial technology services, or fintech, have been a growing investment category as many financial services related […]
Continue Reading ...Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Costco (NASDAQ:COST) have become two of the most influential retailers today. Amazon’s growth has stoked fear across the retail sector. Yet despite that success, Costco has prospered amid the Amazon onslaught, continuing to increase both net sales and membership each year over the last five years. However, these companies have succeeded by taking two completely different paths. Amazon […]
Continue Reading ...Stocks jumped in early trading Thursday as investors bet on the U.S. economy reopening soon and as oil prices rebounded. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 350 points higher, or more than 1%. The S&P 500 gained 1.6% while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.5%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq also turned positive for 2020, making it the first of the three major […]
Continue Reading ...The COVID-19 crisis has made it tough for companies with low cash reserves, negative cash flows, and high debt levels to survive. Meanwhile, companies that have plenty of cash and little debt should weather the storm and rebound after the crisis ends. Today, I’ll highlight five tech companies that have more than enough cash to […]
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