Google-parent Alphabet and online shopping titan Amazon probably will never be members of the Dow Jones industrial average, even though they represent what has become the most dominant sector of the economy. Questions arose Wednesday about the Dow’s composition, a day after the index’s managers said they were pulling General Electric and adding Walgreens Boots
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Chinese acquisitions and investments in the U.S. fell 92 percent to just $1.8 billion in the first five months of this year, consulting and research firm Rhodium Group said Tuesday. Counting divestitures, net Chinese deal flow to the U.S. during that time was a negative $7.8 billion, the report said. The decline follows a sharp
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 WisdomTree U.S. LargeCap Dividend Fund ETF, we
Cryptocurrency fundraising has brought in billions of dollars this year, mostly from retail investors. The process known as an initial coin offering exposes those investors to serious risks, according to the CEO of Nasdaq. “To make it no rules at all, when companies can just willy-nilly take people’s money and offer no information at all,
After more than a hundred years as a component in the Dow Jones industrial average, General Electric will be replaced by drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance next week. But GE investors may take solace in the recent history of stock price out performance from the companies booted from the Dow. On Tuesday David Blitzer, managing
6 Hours Ago In 2017 about 31 percent of young adults were living back in their mom and dad’s house. That’s down slightly from more than 32 percent in 2016. If you are among those parents who plan to let your adult children stay with you, there are ways to help put them on the
U.S. home sales unexpectedly fell in May as an acute shortage of properties on the market pushed house prices to a record high. The National Association of Realtors said on Wednesday that existing home sales slipped 0.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.43 million units last month. It was the second straight
The U.S. trade dispute with China, in a roundabout way, could determine how successful the U.S. will be in sanctioning Iran’s oil this time around — and that uncertainty is also playing out at OPEC. In the tit-for-tat tariff war with the U.S., China said last week it would put tariffs on U.S. oil imports.
Vacation home sales on the tiny, toney island of Nantucket, a beach resort off the coast of Massachusetts, are seeing new life, and their prices are off the charts. If the first quarter is any indication, the dollar volume of sales will likely exceed $1 billion this year. Already, $268 million worth of homes sold
Oracle surprised analysts on Tuesday when it provided less insight than usual into its growing cloud business in its quarterly earnings statement, and now some analysts are raising concerns. Cloud represents a growth opportunity for Oracle, which gets much of its revenue by selling software that’s meant to run in companies’ data centers. The situation
Shutterstock These exchange-traded funds own bonds with maturities averaging less than 3 years. If you want to limit your risk without erasing your yield, a portfolio of bonds maturing over the next three years is a way to do it. The cost winner here, iShares 1-3 Year Credit Bond (CSJ), has a duration of not
Shutterstock These exchange-traded funds own municipal bonds, with coupons mostly exempt from federal taxation. Until a few years ago ETFs were a poor choice for investors seeking tax-exempt income. Their expense ratios ate up too large a chunk of your coupons. That changed in 2015, when cost-conscious Vanguard added a muni-bond offering to its ETF
Shutterstock These exchange-traded funds own bonds with maturities averaging between 3 and 9 years. If you want a portfolio that mirrors the whole bond market—defined to exclude junk, foreign, tax-exempt and inflation-protected bonds—ETFs from four vendors will serve you well. The total-bond-market offerings from State Street, Schwab, BlackRock and Vanguard, in the third through sixth
Shutterstock Earlier this week, we received a letter from a local realtor. She has clients who are hoping to buy our home or one in our area so that they can live near the rest of their family (yes, there are grandkids involved). I’m not going to lie: I thought about selling. We’re homeowners again,
Shutterstock These exchange-traded funds own bonds from abroad, mostly those issued by governments. There is a case to be made for diversifying your bond portfolio globally, albeit not as strong a case as for diversifying a stock portfolio. Be prepared for meager returns. The largest fund in this category, Vanguard Total International (BNDX), tracks an
Deutsche Bank upgraded Citigroup shares to buy from hold, noting the stock could get a boost from beaten-down levels given upcoming stress test results and a better business environment. Citi shares are down 17 percent from their 52-week high hit in late January, underperforming Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase by 9 percent over
Nearly six months after parting ways with its auditor, Tether has finally produced a third-party report proclaiming that its cryptocurrency is fully backed by U.S. dollars – with some big caveats. The state of Tether’s reserves has been the subject of controversy for months, with online critics claiming the company has been issuing more tokens
The Dow is on its longest losing streak in more than a year as the U.S. and China try to top each other’s tariff threats in an escalating trade conflict. But David Spika, president of GuideStone Capital Management, says a far larger risk looming over markets could trigger a “day of reckoning.” “Fears of a
Starbucks’ growth trends will not turnaround anytime soon after the company’s sales guidance reduction, according to Morgan Stanley. The firm lowered its rating to equal-weight from overweight for Starbucks shares, citing the deteriorating sales growth in China and the U.S. On Tuesday Starbucks lowered its global third-quarter same store sales growth forecast to 1 percent
Is someone advising President Donald Trump that this may be a good time to push for tariffs and the threat of a trade war? On the surface, it doesn’t seem to make much sense for the stock market. The two quarters we are in now (second and third) leading to the November midterm elections are
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Winnebago – The recreational vehicle maker earned $1.02 per share for its latest quarter, beating estimates by 11 cents, with revenue well above estimates as well. The company said new products are performing well and that it is also successfully managing its costs. General Electric –
Interest rate volatility has dissuaded borrowers for months, but some returned to the mortgage market last week. Mortgage application volume increased 5.1 percent from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association‘s seasonally adjusted survey. The gain was driven by applications to refinance a home loan, which rose 6 percent for the week but
Bitcoin (BTC) suffered a minor dip last night after it was revealed that hackers had again breached a major cryptocurrency exchange, but the charts still favor a corrective rally to $7,000. The cryptocurrency fell from $6,740 to $6,560 after Bithumb – the sixth largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by trading volume – confirmed that
U.K.-based cryptocurrency futures trading platform Crypto Facilities is launching a litecoin (LTC) derivative product. According to an announcement on Wednesday, the new U.S. dollar-denominated service will go live on Friday, June 22, and will allow investors to long or short futures contracts that have litecoin as the underlying collateral, with weekly, monthly and quarterly maturities. Timo
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Walgreens Boots Alliance stock increased as much as 4.5 percent in extended hours trading, before giving up some of its gains. The pharmaceutical store chain is set to join the Dow Jones industrial average prior to trading on June 26, replacing long time Dow member General
Day 6 of the Crypto World cup has arrived and one of the biggest crypto bears out there comes with it – Warren Buffett! Does crypto reign supreme today or was Warren able to slash his claws and bring it down? Check out all that and more at the Crypto World Cup! If you don’t
IBM partners with Mediaocean: IBM’s technology arm, IBM iX, and the advertising software company Mediaocean have partnered to create a blockchain solution and consortium for the advertising industry. IBM Partners with Mediaocean: Blockchain Solution The solution will be using the IBM blockchain and will “[aim] to provide transparency and build trust and accountability in the advertising
Even with its many price fluctuations, there’s been a lot of Ripple hype. What causes Ripple hype? Cory Johnson gives his two cents and we give ours. Latest Ripple News | XRP Price Analysis In 2017, XRP increased in value by roughly 32,000%. So far in 2018, XRP has dropped by 75%. However, the fascination
Blockchain startup Circle has released new details about how it will select cryptocurrencies for its trading and investment platforms. On Tuesday, the firm published its Asset Framework, providing a rough outline of what aspects are evaluated when assets are added to the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange, as well as its Circle Invest and Circle Trade product lines. These
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 WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund ETF,