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“Only 2 Stocks Outperform Every Fall, Offering Rare Moneymakers”

“Just two stocks in the S&P 500, consumer staples firm Lamb Weston (LW) and financial MarketAxess Holdings (MKTX), topped the index in each of the past three fall seasons, says an Investor’s Business Daily analysis of data from S&P Global Market Intelligence and MarketSmith…… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Stocks may fall 15% by year-end, warns Morgan Stanley. Here are some portfolio moves investors might consider.”

“…“The issue is that the markets are priced for perfection and vulnerable, especially since there hasn’t been a correction greater than 10% since the March 2020 low,” said Lisa Shalett, chief investment officer of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, in a… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Bluebird’s stock falls 21% as it says it will focus on U.S. market for gene therapies, citing ‘European payers'”

“Shares of Bluebird Bio Inc. were down 21.6% in premarket trading on Monday after the company announced several setbacks to its business as part of its second-quarter earnings announcement. Bluebird plans to wind down its gene therapy operations in Europe,… Continue Reading…

Business

“Nintendo unveils new video game console that launches this fall as chip shortages continue to plague supply”

“Nintendo on Tuesday announced a new version of its popular Switch game console. The new model has a larger and more colorful screen and will be available on Oct. 8 for $349.99. That price is a premium over the $299.99 for the… Continue Reading…

Investing, Stocks

“Buy these stocks as S&P 500 heads for 11% correction and bitcoin risks fall to $12,000, say strategists.”

“Our call of the day, from strategists Barry B. Bannister and Thomas R. Carroll at the equity trading desk of investment bank Stifel, is that the S&P 500 is heading for an 11% pullback while bitcoin could fall to $12,000… A… Continue Reading…

Cryptocurrencies, Predictions, Opinions, & Comments

“Dogecoin falls 15% to below 40 cents on Elon Musk’s crypto about-face”

“The price of dogecoin fell sharply Thursday morning, sliding below 40 cents per coin, after Tesla CEO and crypto booster Elon Musk announced that the automaker was suspending the use of bitcoin in payments over environmental concerns. Musk, whose car company holds billions… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Job openings rise, layoffs fall as pandemic economy mends”

“Hiring actually began to pick up in February, according to last Friday’s jobs report, which showed that employers added 379,000 jobs, the most since October, while the unemployment rate fell to 6.2%, from 6.3%. While the economy still has 9.5… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Dow touches record to start 2021, then falls more than 400 points “

“Stocks fell on Monday, the first trading day of 2021, following a wild but highly profitable year for investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded 412 points lower, or 1.4%. The S&P 500 dipped 1.1%, and the Nasdaq Composite slid… Continue Reading…

Business

“Visa profit falls 23% as payment volumes plunge”

“The payments processor said total spending decreased 10% on a constant dollar basis, and the number of processed transactions tumbled 13% from a year earlier. Cross-border volume slid 47% as the continuing global pandemic continued to hurt travel demand…” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/visa-profit-falls-23-payment-202056696.html… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

“Manhattan rental market plunges, leaving 15,000 empty apartments in August”

“There were more than 15,000 empty rental apartments in Manhattan in August, up from 5,600 a year ago, according to a report from Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel. The inventory of empty units is the largest ever recorded since data… Continue Reading…