The Great Chinese Stock Rally of 2024 seemed as if it had run its course by Thursday afternoon. Nevertheless, the big pops in prices of equities across that economy still left them in positive territory when compared to their levels at last Friday’s market close. Investors piled into every conceivable sector, so we could have…
Shares of oil and gas majors ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and Conoco Phillips (NYSE: COP), as well as defense contractor Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), rallied on Tuesday, up 2.8%, 4.2%, and 3.5%, respectively, as of 1:17 p.m. ET, even as the broader indices were down between 1% and 2% at that time. Fortunately for their shareholders,…
China, Alibaba getty The interest rate cuts, and further economic stimulus announced last week by Chinese authorities, continue to boost the stocks representing interests in that nation. It’s actually been more of a rally than that seen in U. S. stocks after the Fed’s rate cut declared earlier this month. These New York Stock Exchange…
The stock market has posted strong performance in 2024, with the S&P 500 index climbing roughly 20% across that stretch. On the other hand, not every company included in the benchmark index has been a big winner this year. Following recent pullbacks, some promising S&P 500 companies have been pushed down to attractive valuations. And…
European Automakers Don’t Have A Response To China’s EV Offensive It’s been almost two years that China’s biggest EV maker and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) rival, BYD (OTC: BYDDY) entered the EU and the UK. While BYD marches on, traditional automakers like Ford Motor (NYSE: F), General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Volkswagen are struggling to…
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett is a legend in the investing world. Since taking over the top role at Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, Buffett has delivered nearly 20% compound annual returns. In other words, if you’d invested $100 in the conglomerate back when Buffett took over and didn’t touch it, that investment…
If you are an income investor looking at the S&P 500‘s miserly 1.3% dividend yield and feeling glum, don’t despair. You can find attractive higher-yielding stocks if you look hard enough. The list today includes W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) and its 5.5% yield and Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS) and its 6% yield. Although…