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A rise in Covid shutdowns internationally, combined with concerns over vaccine safety, may point to a prolonging of a full economic reopening. In any event, the past few weeks have caused a pullback in a number of recently high-flying names. One of those areas is energy. While the sector is still up strongly for the year, the sector as a whole peaked in mid-March and has come back down. It’s starting to look like a solid entry point for long-term investors. For ...
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Nvidia (NVDA) has done it again. The graphics processing giant just took the thunder from a number of competitors by releasing the specs on its first line of data-center chips. That will open up an entirely new market for the company, and one with massive potential in a world driven by a need to quickly process big data. The company also noted that it would likely exceed its revenue forecast, as the firm has been a beneficiary from the recent semiconductor ...
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Heavily-regulated industries tend to be mature, offering little in the way of growth, but most earnings can be given to shareholders as income. While power generation and telecoms tend to be fairly stable, the next step up the growth chain is that of waste management stocks. Not as regulated as these other industries, they tend to operate as a monopoly or duality in a municipality. That provides safety of cash flows, which in turn can translate into steadily growing profits and gradually ...
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One of the past few trends of the past few years has come from streaming. A number of media companies have considerably expanded their offerings in the past few years. While the media companies themselves are likely to benefit, companies providing streaming hardware and software in general can profit from the ongoing rise of streaming even without having to benefit from a specific media company’s growth. One such play isRoku (ROKU). They provide a platform device that allows for streaming services, as ...
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Semiconductors continue to look like a bright spot in the tech space following a drop in a number of tech heavy names so far this year. In particular, companies offering new products now to meet demand for the latest and next-generation tech can likely fare well. One surprising play?Intel (INTC). Often written off as a has-been in the chip space thanks to its focus on computers, the company just launched its latest line in server chips, and early results are promising. Intel ...
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Wall Street loves hearing the words “recurring revenue.” That business model means receiving smaller sums from a customer, but on a regular, typically monthly, basis. Companies that move towards that model tend to be rewarded with upgrades. One big name tech giant has been lagging the market lately. But it’s been focusing on increasing its recurring revenue by developing a suite of services rather than focus on creating new hardware to sell to customers. That company is none other thanApple (AAPL). Investors ...
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Stock buybacks have had mixed results. But companies that are able to buy back shares at this point in the economic recovery are likely companies that are doing something right. Case in point?Corning (GLW). The high-end glass supply company, responsible for products such as smartphone screens, is looking to buy back a 35 million share block held by Samsung Display. The block represents about 4 percent of outstanding shares. Shares of Corning moved higher over 3 percent on the news and hit ...
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Investing is often about reverting to the mean. After one asset soars higher, another is likely out of favor. That will generally change as traders book profits in one area and look for a new trend underway. A quiet trend has been going on with gold. Prices fell under $1,700 in early March, and have started to show some strength again. As investors look to alternatives to gold such as Bitcoin, the metal has gotten oversold, but is starting to move ...
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