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The Motley Fool Motley Fool / Sep 30, 2020

( FuelCell Energy NASDAQ:FCEL) is having a rough morning on Wall Street so far. Shares were trading down by 15.6% as of 10:20 a.m. EDT after the company first announced a follow-on offering of 31 million shares of common stock on Tuesday, and then expanded the size of that offering and set a $2.10 sales price for the shares early Wednesday.

The Motley Fool Motley Fool / Sep 30, 2020

Shares of Chinese electric-vehicle maker ( NIO NYSE:NIO) jumped on Tuesday after a key Wall Street analyst said that the company could become the "next iconic auto brand," at least in China. Is he right? Let's take a look Deutsche Bank analyst Edison Yu originally initiated coverage of NIO on Sept.

The Motley Fool The Motley Fool / Sep 30, 2020

A severe downturn in shopping mall traffic isn't deterring ( Simon Property Group NYSE:SPG) from maintaining its dividend. On Tuesday, the company -- which is the top mall real estate investment trust (REIT) in the U.S. -- said its board of directors has declared a common stock distribution of $1.30 per share.

The Motley Fool Motley Fool / Sep 30, 2020

If you're investing in dividend stocks, it's important to understand how and when a dividend is paid. In most cases, stock dividends are paid four times per year, or quarterly. There are exceptions, as each company's board of directors determines when and if it will pay a dividend, but the vast majority of companies that pay a dividend do so quarterly.

The Motley Fool Motley Fool / Sep 30, 2020

Without knowing anything more about a company than that its forward-looking price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio stands at 33.0 in anticipation of 10% earnings growth next year, most people probably wouldn't be interested in buying the stock. Not many investors can say they haven't paid more for weaker earnings growth at some point in their lives.

The Motley Fool Motley Fool / Sep 30, 2020

One of the more ( high-profile public listings of 2020 will be that of Palantir Technologies, a data analysis company founded by PayPal NASDAQ:PYPL) alumni Peter Thiel, Nathan Gettings, and Joe Lonsdale. A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday revealed that the company expects to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wednesday, using the ticker "PLTR."