Ingles Markets (NASDAQ:IMKT.A) has had a great run on the share market with its stock up by a significant 29% over the last three months. Given the company's impressive performance, we decided to study its financial indicators more closely as a company's financial health over the long-term usually dictates market outcomes.
It's only natural that many investors, especially those who are new to the game, prefer to buy shares in 'sexy' stocks with a good story, even if those businesses lose money. Unfortunately, high risk investments often have little probability of ever paying off, and many investors pay a price to learn their lesson.
Mobile communications are a modern staple. Throughout the pandemic, telecom stocks have displayed utility-like stability as hundreds of millions of consumers around the globe rely on their mobile phone provider for voice, text, and internet connectivity. They typically aren't the
Warren Buffett loves dividends. That's true even though his own Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) has never initiated a dividend program.Some of the stocks Berkshire owns don't offer dividends, but many of them do. And a handful of them pay juicy yields that would be
Top video game producer Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) will report its first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, May 4, after the market closes. After soaring in 2020, the stock price hasn't budged, currently down 1.4% year to date at the time of this writing. Investors are likely w
Banking is often seen as a cyclical sector, performing better when interest rates are rising and worse when they fall. Banks also tend to struggle during recessions because they are heavily linked to the economy. That said, banks can also be incredibly profitable, which is why gr
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Rush Enterprises, Inc. ( NASDAQ:RUSH.B) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next 4 days. This means that investors who purchase shares on or after the 7th of May will not receive the dividend, which will be paid on the 10th of June.
It's a surprising statistic, but in the average year, more than 80% of the United States' actively managed mutual funds underperform the broad market. It's a surprise simply because these funds are managed by trained (and well-paid) financial professionals.The funny thing is, whi
Clover Health Investments, Corp. (NASDAQ: CLOV)Lifshitz Law Firm, P.C. announces an investigation into CLOV in connection with (a) its receipt of a Civil Investigative Demand from the Department of Justice; (b) whether CLOV adequately disclosed that its sales are driven by a major related party deal; (c) whether CLOV's subsidiary, SEEK Insurance, adequately disclosed its relationship with CLOV; and (d) whether CLOV's software was in fact rudimentary.
For most of 2020, the mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) sector followed the arc of a turnaround story. These stocks were beaten up badly in the early days of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and many became insolvent. Some even became favorites of the Robinhood crowd, w
Social Security wasn't exactly a hot topic during the 2020 presidential race. COVID-19, rampant unemployment, and election theatrics dominated headlines. But for the roughly 1 in 6 Americans who receive benefits, Social Security is very much top of mind. President Joe Biden's pla
Two years ago, NASA put out a call for America's biggest space companies to build it a "Human Landing System" to return American astronauts to the moon.
Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors, especially when markets are near all-time highs. Once again, some insiders took advantage of recent public share offerings to add or bolster stakes. Again, biotechnology companies are well represented on this list.
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AGIO) is possibly approaching a major achievement in its business, so we would like to shine some light on the company. Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the discovery and development of medicines in the field of cellular metabolism and adjacent areas of biology.
Anyone interested in Knowles Corporation (NYSE:KN) should probably be aware that the Independent Director, Cheryl Shavers, recently divested US$169k worth of shares in the company, at an average price of US$21.09 each. The eyebrow raising move amounted to a reduction of 23% i
BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) is the largest asset management firm in the country, with $9 trillion in assets under management. It's also the largest manager of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), through iShares. The ongoing surge in popularity of ETFs has helped propel BlackRock's growth ove
Even when a business is losing money, it's possible for shareholders to make money if they buy a good business at the right price. For example, although Amazon.com made losses for many years after listing, if you had bought and held the shares since 1999, you would have made a
Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), which is widely regarded as the South Korean Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), went public less than a month ago, and investors are already clamoring for a piece of it. The initial target range for Coupang shares was between $27 to $30, but they currently trade at more
April may have ended with a whimper today as investors catch their breath after a prosperous deluge of Big Tech quarterly reports this week, but the month as a whole was fantastic with the market feeling pretty confident that we're on the road to recovery. The S&P slippe