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504, 2024

Is Microsoft Poised to Pop on its AI Investments? 3 Things to Consider Before Investing in MSFT

By |April 5th, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Much of the conversation surrounding the AI revolution focuses on names like Nvidia, AMD, Palantir, and other stocks that have captured the limelight by capitalizing on this emerging technology.  However, there is reason to believe Microsoft (MSFT) could prove to be the real winner of the “AI arms race” in the long run. No, it's not a pure-play AI [...]

404, 2024

Levi Strauss Jumps 15% on Solid Earnings, Upbeat Guidance: Why You Should Buy LEVI Today

By |April 4th, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Levi Strauss & Co. (LEVI) is up around 15% on the day so far after delivering a solid quarterly performance coupled with an optimistic outlook for the remainder of the year. The jeans maker saw a jump in sales as it narrowed focus on its direct-to-consumer segment. The company’s fiscal first quarter saw revenue of $1.56 billion, which fell [...]

304, 2024

Tesla Drags Down the Start of Quarter 2 Due to Disappointing Deliveries; Will the Stock Rebound?

By |April 3rd, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

The beginning of quarter 2 feels like April Fools keeps going with the markets under pressure due to the Fed’s hesitancy to cut rates, global strife continuing, and Tesla’s (TSLA) poor deliveries dragging the market down. Although delayed rate cuts are disappointing, seeing one of the magnificent 7 continue to plummet hurts like more bad news on top of [...]

304, 2024

Bob Iger’s Return to Disney is Under Threat by Trian Proxy Vote: 3 Things Investors Need to Be Aware of

By |April 3rd, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , |

The return of Bob Iger to the Disney throne was highly anticipated, and for the most part, well-received. DIS is up more than 22% in the past year and recent earnings reports have suggested that Iger is steering the ship in the right direction. The stock is up more than 33% through 2024. However, one activist investor group has [...]

204, 2024

Humana Heads 15% Lower on Concern of Rising Medicare Rates: Should You Sell HUM?

By |April 2nd, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Yesterday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shared their plans for federal payments to Medicare Advantage plans, and Humana (HUM) has taken a hit on the news. The stock is down 15% so far Tuesday morning. CMS first disclosed these plans back in January. At the time, Humana warned that should the outlined proposal pass, it would [...]

104, 2024

UPS Wins Over U.S. Postal Service as Air Cargo Provider, Replacing FedEx: Is it Time to Buy UPS?

By |April 1st, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , |

United Parcel Service, or UPS (UPS), will officially replace FedEx as the United States Postal Service’s primary air cargo provider. This comes after FedEx and USPS failed to agree on new contract terms, which were set to expire later this year on September 29th. FedEx wanted to negotiate a better deal, and ultimately, ended up walking away. The two [...]

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