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Why Markets Could Rally Ahead of November's Elections
2024 Sep 04, 12:36pm | 1008There's no question that the stock market has lost its momentum over the last 10 days or so. However, this isn't a bad sign at all. In fact, it's normal and healthy. After a rally of over 10% in the S&P 500 in less than three weeks, it should be no surprise that the...
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NVIDIA Will Keep Crashing Until This Happens
2024 Sep 03, 2:24pm | 292As I'm writing this, NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) stock is down more than 8% for the day, trading at about $109 and change. The thing is, I'm not seeing a lot of put buying. In other words, this drop isn't caused by bearish traders betting on NVIDIA tanking. Rather, what we’re seeing here is bullish...
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Three Stocks to Play an AI Energy Breakthrough
2024 Sep 02, 11:42am | 637Artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities are doubling roughly every nine months as tech companies and governments around the world invest hundreds of billions of dollars into a sector that's already minted 600,000 new millionaires, according to Fortune. But the $15.7 trillion AI revolution has a...
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The Stocks To Buy Now That Nvidia's Winning Streak Is Over
2024 Aug 29, 3:27pm | 823Editor's Note: You're getting a sneak-peek of a Benzinga Research exclusive: weekly briefings from our research team, in which we make sense of the market's latest moves and break down any potential catalysts or risks ahead. In this week's market recap, we cover the market's new all-time high ahead...
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The Future Of Energy Is Oil, Gas – And This One Stock
2024 Aug 29, 10:44am | 926Oil and gas get a bad rap. Politicians rail against them and suggest that all profits from the beginning of time be clawed back and donated to homes for the aged and indicted term limit victims. Activists suggest that all oil and gas should be left in the ground and industry executives executed by...
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Three High-Yield "Dividend Champions" to Buy Today
2024 Aug 26, 12:52pm | 1035Most people don't think of a 2.5% dividend yield as life-changing. And it's not… at least at first. But if such a stock can grow its quarterly payouts by 10% or so each year… eventually you'll be receiving an incredible income stream. Over time, these income streams can become so hefty, Warren...
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Will Kamala Crush Kroger?
2024 Aug 26, 11:59am | 978Kamala Harris Takes On Grocery Stores In a speech last week, Vice President Kamala Harris proposed cracking down on price gouging (or as she called it, “price gauging”) by grocery store chains to fight food inflation. OMG. Kamala said "Price Gauging" instead of "Price...
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Investing in Commodities: Opportunities and Challenges in an Inflationary Environment
2024 Aug 26, 11:59am | 831Despite high inflationary pressures in 2024, commodities have shown considerable resilience and emerged as a promising hedging option. The overall market expects interest rates to go down later this year, while assets like silver, gold, and oil are in the strong positions. Silver, in particular,...
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3 Great High-Yield Stocks Courtesy Of The Most Important Financial Event Of 1990
2024 Aug 23, 12:48pm | 929One of the most critical events in the history of finance happened back in 1990. It was the culmination of a transformative two-decade journey that forever changed the way companies are financed. This era also ushered in a golden age of takeovers, fundamentally altering the dynamics of shareholder-...
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A "Win-Both-Ways" NVIDIA Trade Ahead of Friday's Fed Meeting
2024 Aug 22, 2:48pm | 671Jackson Hole and the FOMC meeting ahead has the market a wee unnerved as I'm writing this, but it could present some excellent opportunities for long trades in some of our big performers. And as we creep closer to the earnings trade for NVIDIA (NVDA) there's no time like today to set that trade up...
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Walmart's Earnings Surprise Just Created This Great Trade Opportunity
2024 Aug 20, 1:07pm | 752Walmart (WMT) posted earnings last Thursday, beating expectations on Earnings per Share ($.67 vs $.64 expected) and sales ($169.33B vs $168.56B) which lifted the stock about +8%. Since then, its consolidated between the $72.50 and $74 levels. While I think there might be a mild pullback in WMT, my...
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The Florida Keys: Cannabis Legalization Brings The Sunshine State Into Focus
2024 Aug 17, 11:17am | 2337By Todd Harrison via Cannabis Confidential (August 16) As the election approaches, a new series of polls shows widespread majority support for cannabis legalization, federal rescheduling and banking access among likely voters in three key presidential battleground states: Michigan, Pennsylvania and...
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"Steal" These Two Stock Ideas From The Best Investors In The World
2024 Aug 16, 2:05pm | 1052By the time this is in your inbox, the quarterly 13F deadlines will have gone. The headlines will probably still be with us: "What did Warren buy?" "What did Ackman do?" "Is Cathie Wood buying or selling?" "Who sold NVIDIA?" "Are the Tiger Cubs back?" "What is Icahn doing?" "What are the stocks...
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Two Best Trade Setups Heading Into This Friday's August Op-Ex
2024 Aug 13, 1:26pm | 1014This Friday is the August op-ex (monthly option expiry) and it's the time of the month when we see a lot of positional changes due to large percentages of options coming off the board (i.e. expiring). Since the big de-leveraging last week on the market open, SPY has bounced and recaptured a key...
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Three Catalysts that Could Send Cryptos Soaring by Year-End
2024 Aug 12, 1:05pm | 736Bitcoin and the crypto sector in general have retreated over the last few weeks, with Bitcoin falling more than 10% since the end of July. But cryptos have always been volatile—and considering the mainstream media has declared Bitcoin "dead" over 500 times since it became a household name, every...