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Companies face uncertainties all the time. But when a big new fear comes out, prices drop first, and take time to recover. That can cause dividend companies to see their yields soar. Investors who take advantage of that opportunity can buy high yields. With a high dividend yield, investors get paid to wait for shares to recover. And if the company is operationally sound, the dividend can even grow during a time when the market has some sort of fear. Right now, ...
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Jeffrey Brown, a director at
Upbound Group (UPBD), recently added 877 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 1 percent, and came to a total cost of $27,000. The director was the most recent buyer of shares with a 1,143 share pickup in April. That buy represented a 1 percent increase, and also came to about $27,000. Going back further this year, only one company vice president sold a small percentage of their shares. Overall, company insiders own 11.6 percent of shares. The ...
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Payment management company
BILL Holdings (BILL) is up about 14 percent so far this year. However, one trader sees a pullback in the months ahead. That’s based on the November $120 puts. With 122 days until expiration, 22,046 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 101, for a 218-fold rise in volume on the trade. The buyer of the puts paid $14.60 to make the bearish bet. Shares recently went for about $125, so they would need to drop $5, or ...
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In a bull market, investors want what’s going up. But fast-moving stocks can also quickly move down in a bear market. However, companies that have built strong brands tend to mostly just go up over time, even if the gains are more slow-and-steady. That’s why investors should consider strong brands as part of their portfolios. Especially when companies with strong brands are able to beat on earnings and raise estimates in uncertain times. For instance,
PepsiCo (PEP) is best known for its beverages ...
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Dustin Moskovitz, President and CEO at
Asana (ASAN), recently bought 160,000 shares. The buy came to a total price of $3.475 million, and increased his stake by less than 1 percent. This is the fourth purchase of 160,000 share lots in the past four weeks. And he has been a buyer of shares on 30 occasions going back to late 2021, without being a seller of shares. Overall, company insiders own 39.9 percent of shares. The work management platform software company has roughly ...
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Megabank
JPMorgan Chase (JPM) is up about 10 percent so far this year, as regional banks have plunged into turmoil. One trader sees shares moving even higher in the coming days. That’s based on the July 28 $157.50 calls. With 10 days until expiration, 22,806 contracts traded compared to a prior open interest of 104, for a staggering 219-fold jump in volume on the trade. The buyer of the calls paid $0.59 to make the bullish bet. Shares recently traded near a ...
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Companies regularly announce all sorts of partnerships . Most are fairly humdrum affairs, and are hardly worth the ink spilled in a press release. But a big partnership that has the potential to create billions of dollars in value is rarer. When that happens, it may be prudent to look at that partnership, and determine which company is the better buy now. Sometimes, it may even be both. That could be the case with the deal inked between
Domino’s (DPZ) and
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David Daniel, a director at
Domo (DOMO), recently bought 26,400 shares. The buy increased his holdings by 19 percent, and came to a total cost of $357,580. This is the director’s third buy of the year, followed by a buy in May and April. The company CFO picked up 5,000 shares, paying about $70,000 back in April, and the company’s CEO bought 429,810 shares in March.  There has been one small insider sale in the past month. Overall, company insiders own 7.1 ...
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