Shutterstock Do you have a reliable way to generate monthly cash flow from the dividend stocks you own today? If not, why not? Many “first-level” investors hope that their stocks will go higher so that they can sell them for cash flow. But, if you follow rich people, you’ll notice that they never actually sell
Month: June 2018
Potential home buyers pulled back from a pricey and competitive housing market in May, signing fewer contracts to buy existing homes. A monthly index of so-called pending home sales from the National Association of Realtors fell 0.5 percent compared with April and was 2.2 percent lower than May of 2017. The expectation was for a
Emerging markets are feeling the heat. China is in a bear market, Brazil is closing in on one, and the EEM emerging markets ETF could close out its worst quarter in nearly three years on Friday. Brace for more pain, says one technical analyst. “There’s really a time to own EEM and it’s time not
Today has not been the best day for cryptocurrencies everywhere. With Bitcoin declining below the critical $6K level, it marks the furthest drop in the coin since November. Declining as much as 4.2 percent on Friday, it is currently trading around the $5,900 mark; this is whopping 59 percent decline from its highs at the beginning of this
Can a Bitcoin Airdrop help the people of Venezuela? The country is considered one of the world’s most oppressive monetary states. Unfair practices implemented by its government to maintain control of its people has resulted in the following; “severe shortages of medicines, medical supplies, and food have intensified since 2014, and weak government responses have undermined Venezuelans’
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Looking for a value play in the telecom field? One decent contender is Verizon. Why? It has continued to be a pure play, largely eschewing the fancy media content strategies of rival AT&T, which just got the judicial go-ahead to buy Time Warner for a princely $85 billion. The second largest US
Shutterstock I had noticed a certain reverence in the demeanor of the mostly male guests on the Wall Street Week of the 1970s whenever Warren Buffett was mentioned, host Louis Rukeyser included. When the discussion moved to Buffett and the talk moved to “value stocks” you could detect a change of vibe almost as apparent
The price of XRP slid below $0.43 on Friday, hitting a new low for 2018. The world’s third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization fell to $0.424 at 13:00 UTC, surpassing the prior low of $0.438 seen just five days ago on the Bitfinex exchange. XRP has not recorded a daily close below $0.42 since December 12th,
U.S. stock investors aren’t the only ones suffering from anxiety over the Trump administration’s trade policies. China’s Shanghai composite is tracking for its worst year in seven after falling 8 percent in June, amid escalating trade tensions and Beijing’s efforts to reduce reliance on high debt levels. A relentless six-week selling streak has sent the
The National Hurricane Center named the first storm of this hurricane season before the season officially begun. Last month, Alberto was declared a storm a few days prior to the commencement of the June 1 season. A very active storm season is highly expected, so it’s important to know about the benefits and importance of
BATON ROUGE, La. — In August 2016, a massive rain storm stalled over Louisiana, dumping nearly 30 inches of rain across the Baton Rouge area. Rivers and creeks overflowed into each other within hours, flooding neighborhoods. More than 100,000 homes were inundated, some destroyed. The water caused nearly $4 billion in residential property damage alone,
P.F. Chang’s is looking for a new owner. Centerbridge Partners and the board of managers of Wok Parent revealed Friday they have retained Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Barclays to explore a possible sale of the Chinese food chain. “Given the positive performance of P.F. Chang’s Bistro and having received multiple unsolicited indications of
Binance Uganda: The world’s most active cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, Binance, just announced that it would be opening its first exchange in Uganda. Official Launch of #Binance Uganda Fiat-Crypto Exchangehttps://t.co/Od3NsL3rtm pic.twitter.com/3wCOdT5q62 — Binance (@binance) June 28, 2018 According to the statement made on the company’s website, Binance told its users that it would be
Speaking on CNBC yesterday, Fundstrat’s Robert Slyumer has given his opinion on the BTC charts. He believes that the current Bitcoin downtrend can only be reversed if the coin creates a short-term break, through the $6,300 mark. The Bitcoin analyst studied the Bitcoin 15-day moving average charts from May and said: “It really is a no-man’s
Shutterstock Preferred securities took a beating in the 2008-2009 Great Recession. Once-bitten, twice-shy income investors may begin to shun the asset class once they conclude that the next economic contraction is imminent. History suggests that those who do so could be making a costly error. In the table below, the shaded segment furthest to the
A monitor displays General Electric Co. (GE) signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, March 12, 2018. GE has more than $100 bn notes outstanding. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg Faced with regulatory constraints and stricter guidelines, bank lending to businesses declined since the financial crisis. The
Bitcoin (BTC) could post new 2018 lows over the weekend, having found acceptance below key price support. Despite signs of a possible corrective rally seen earlier yesterday, the leading cryptocurrency closed below $6,000 for the first time since November 12, signaling a downside break of a major support (February low). While the bears had briefly
Confused yet? Stocks have been a mess this week. The S&P 500 is up only 1.6 percent so far this year, its worst first half showing since 2015. Sectors that were market leaders through most of the quarter — small caps, FAANG stocks, semiconductors — have weakened as the quarter is closing. While trade issues
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Nike stock increased by more than 8 percent in extended-hours trading. The popular shoe and athletic wear company posted stronger than expected earnings in its fourth quarter report. Nike earned 69 cents per share compared with analyst expectations of 64 cents per share. The Beaverton, Oregon
Wright Brothers Real Estate Derek Jeter’s lakeside castle is listed for $14.75 million. Derek Jeter broke lots of Major League Baseball records during his two decades of wearing the pinstriped uniform of the New York Yankees. Almost four years after retiring, the All-Star shortstop is going for a real estate record. Jeter, currently in the
19 Hours Ago Applications for mortgages to purchase a home led the decline, falling 6 percent for the week. More new listings are coming on the market this summer, but buyers are bumping up against high prices and multiple offers. Cash buyers often have the upper hand, as sellers would rather not deal with appraisals
Call it a love-hate relationship. Investors have bet heavily this year that a number of stocks would fall, but in some cases, the exact opposite has happened, fueling some very large gains in those very same stocks. Advanced Micro Devices, Rent-a-Center, Shake Shack and Restoration Hardware — all stocks with high short interest – have
Bithumb hack: Last week, the world’s 11th largest cryptocurrency exchange by its 24-hour trade volume, Bithumb, announced that it had been hacked. The initial reports suggested that close to 35 million Korean won ($31 million USD) had been taken from its platform. Several cryptocurrencies were stolen, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and Bitcoin Cash
Investor money is hemorrhaging out of global stock funds at a pace not seen since just after the financial crisis exploded. Global equity funds have seen outflows of $12.4 billion in June, a level not seen since October 2008, according to market research firm TrimTabs. Lehman Brothers collapsed in September of that year, triggering the
Shutterstock Looking at the underlying holdings of the ETFs in our coverage universe at ETF Channel, we have compared the trading price of each holding against the average analyst 12-month forward target price, and computed the weighted average implied analyst target price for the ETF itself. For the iShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETF, we
Photographer: Jeff Zelevansky/Bloomberg News The Madison Square Garden Company has always been a tantalizing stock for those who believe in the ever-growing value of high-end sports and entertainment. The company, controlled by the Dolan family and CEO James Dolan, owns Manhattan’s iconic Madison Square Garden and two of the sports world’s most valuable franchises, the
Netflix’s global subscription expansion as well as gradual pricing increases put the company’s stock on track for even more upside over the next year, according to Macquarie Research. The firm raised its price target on the online video streamer’s shares to $430 from $336, reiterating its outperform rating and citing uplift in subscriptions to higher
A relief rally in stocks will arrive in October but President Donald Trump isn’t finished with his trade demands, according to an investment bank specializing in emerging market assets. The threat of U.S.-led protectionism has sent capital flowing out of riskier emerging market (EM) assets. The MSCI index of developing-nation stocks on the cusp of
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price charts remain biased to the bears, but market positioning on a major exchange suggests a sustained break below $6,000 may remain elusive in short-term. At press time, the leading cryptocurrency is trading at $6,100 on Bitfinex, largely unchanged on a 24-hour basis, and technically speaking, BTC remains on the defensive as discussed
It’s no secret that building large-scale, fully decentralized applications is a challenge, but it turns out the hurdles have to do with more than just scaling. Decentralized application or “dapp” developers frequently hit roadblocks, since ethereum – the go-to platform so far in dapps’ short history – can process only around 25 transactions per second, and
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