Key Takeaways The highest-grossing movie franchise of all time is the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The top two highest-grossing franchises, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars, are both owned by Disney. Four of the five highest-grossing franchises are based on either a series of comic books or a series of novels. Just like sports franchises,
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What a difference a year or two can make! For much of 2020 and 2021, the Street couldn’t get enough of electric vehicle stocks. Today, it practically loathes them. As with many things in life, the truth lies somewhere in the middle. In the case of EV stocks, some are great, some are good, some
Social Security fraud statistics can be difficult to pin down. Some are grouped inside a larger category that the Social Security Administration (SSA) calls “improper payments,” which includes everything from innocent mistakes to willful fraud. The SSA estimates that it made about $7.9 billion worth of improper payments during the 2019 fiscal year. Social Security-related
Source: Jackie Niam / Shutterstock [Editor’s note: “Find Bear Market Shelter and Mega Upside With ‘Divergence’ Stocks” was previously published in May 2022. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] This year has been defined by bear market turmoil. The reality is that the entire global financial market is built
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulators voted unanimously to accept an agreement Thursday that ordered Credit Karma to pay $3 million to consumers for misleading them with promises of credit card “pre-approvals” despite knowing those guarantees weren’t real. The order mandates that the company cease from making such claims in the future and requires extra record
Preston Pysh talks with finance and macro expert, Sven Henrich. They talk about the current operating environment, Bitcoin, Europe, Energy, and much more. One quick caveat: We apologize for the tiny glitches along the way. Please bear with us because the substance of the conversation with Sven is fantastic. The subtitles for this episode are
I want to share with you the advantages and disadvantages of being a day trader. If you want to trade stocks and looking to become a day trader, it’s important to understand what you’re getting yourself into and the advantages and the disadvantages. So in case you want to change and become a swing trader,
Hello and welcome to Zacks Investing For Beginners. This episode explores some of the best ways to start buying and picking stocks…
There are some attractive EV battery stocks under $10 that can be valued creators within the electric vehicle sector. Even with some near-term challenges, the segment remains one of the hottest investment themes. This is likely to hold true through the decade as governments make a big push toward green mobility. The EV battery market will
Rates on 30-year mortgages bolted dramatically higher Thursday. The flagship average is now a full third of a point above the 6% threshold, as well as within just a few points of the highest level seen since 2008. National averages of the lowest rates offered by more than 200 of the country’s top lenders, with
People walk near a Kohl’s department store entranceway on June 07, 2022 in Doral, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Kohl’s — Shares of the retailer jumped 7.8% after a Reuters report that private equity firm Oak Street Real Estate Capital has made an offer to
Though any hopes of a quick recovery may be dashed, investors may want to recharge with forever stocks to buy. While many companies – including robust ones with fundamentally sound businesses – have struggled recently, certain organizations are built for the long haul. Therefore, if you’re a patient investor with a long-term horizon, the below
The U.S. economy added 315,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in August 2022, but the unemployment rate rose to 3.7% from 3.5% in July. Notable job gains were observed in professional and business services, healthcare, and retail trade. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had forecast job growth of 300,000 in August, with the unemployment rate remaining at 3.5%.
The shift to safer bets amid high inflation and other macro challenges significantly pulled down several growth stocks this year. Most of these growth stocks were trading at sky-high valuations after gaining immensely from pandemic-induced tailwinds. Just when several analysts felt that growth stocks had bottomed out and were poised to rebound, Federal Reserve Chair
Although the current market situation isn’t the most encouraging, forward-thinking investors could use this time to strategize entry into no-brainer small-cap stocks to buy. Though no hard definition of small capitalization exists, typically, analysts reference this category to include companies with a market value between $300 million to $2 billion. For the purposes of this
When the global COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, the U.S. Department of Education made the bold move to pause payments on eligible federal student loans while fixing interest rates at 0%. In the meantime, all collections activity on federal student loans was brought to a halt, which proved crucial as millions of Americans lost
Source: eamesBot / Shutterstock August is in the books, and boy, was it a bad month for investors. Both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones shed about 4% last month, while the Nasdaq dropped around 4.5%. Oil fell about 5%. Bonds dropped 7%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) crashed 15%. It was an ugly month. But what if
No matter your opinion on President Biden’s student debt relief plan, for SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) stock, it’s hard to deny that this announcement has only provided temporary relief. After surging on the news, shares in the fintech firm have given back their gains. Returning to around $6 per share, you may think SoFi has bottomed
Parsons (NYSE:PSN) stock offers broad exposure to a number of high-conviction niche tech markets. There are a number of possible angles that should appeal to Parsons’ investors, from satellite solutions to missile defense, and possibly even quantum computing. Since Parsons has firm financials and multiple government contracts, PSN stock has tremendous potential to move higher
Travelers who utilize travel search engines and fare aggregators such as Kayak may well wonder, since Kayak’s services are free to consumers, how such companies make money. Companies like Booking Holdings (BKNG)—formerly known as Priceline, which acquired Kayak in 2013—bring in billions of dollars in annual revenue. Kayak earns money through advertisements, when it refers