August 20, 2020
“PSEG (PEG) is currently shelling out a dividend of $0.49 per share, with a dividend yield of 3.59%. This compares to the Utility – Electric Power industry’s yield of 3.44% and the S&P 500’s yield of 1.63%. In terms of dividend… Continue Reading…
July 13, 2020
“Powered by ultra-low interest rates, corporate borrowing was already at an-all time high before the pandemic. Now, as cash-strapped companies frantically try to shore up their balance sheets, debts are expected to get even bigger. What’s happening: Corporate debt is poised to soar… Continue Reading…
May 27, 2020
“Something strange happened in the U.S. stock market on Tuesday… Rather, the most unusual part of the latest rally is that bank shares clearly led the advance. As of last week, Bloomberg’s 18-company S&P 500 Banks Index was down more than 40% in… Continue Reading…
May 26, 2020
“Stocks jumped Tuesday, and the S&P 500 traded above 3,000 for the first time since March 5, as hopes for an effective coronavirus vaccine combined with optimism over updates around states’ reopenings and better than expected new economic data. Each… Continue Reading…
May 20, 2020
“The layoffs came swiftly last week. At Vice Media, 155 people lost their jobs. Quartz laid off 80. Condé Nast, publisher of glossy magazines like Vogue, cut 100 people. And as BuzzFeed furloughed staffers at its overseas divisions, its U.S.-based… Continue Reading…
April 16, 2020
“It is not “stimulus” if there’s nothing to stimulate. With almost all states having ordered citizens to stay home and most businesses to shutter, the coronavirus “stimulus” bill passed by Congress and signed by President Trump on March 27 is really a “bridge” bill — a… Continue Reading…
April 7, 2020
“10:38 a.m. ET: Stocks pare some gains Stocks eased up after surging at market open. Each of the three major indices, however, was still up at least 1%. Gains in the S&P 500 were led by the Energy sector, up… Continue Reading…
March 19, 2020
“A rush for cash shook the financial system Wednesday, as companies and investors hunkered down for a prolonged economic stall, taking the recent market turmoil into a new, more troubling liquidation phase. Investors sold nearly everything they could in the… Continue Reading…
March 9, 2020
“9:49 a.m. ET: Stocks resume trading, S&P, Dow plunge anew The S&P 500 and Dow extended losses after reopening following a 15 minute halt for trading. The broader market index slid about 7.2%, or more than 200 points, while the… Continue Reading…
January 28, 2020
“The National Association for Business Economics said in a survey released Monday that 67% of respondents expect America’s gross domestic product — the most complete measure of the nation’s economy — to grow by 1.1% to 2% this year. A… Continue Reading…
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