Month: February 2020

Returns, of course, are the name of the game. Investors get into stocks as a way to grow wealth, and are quick to exit any instrument that doesn’t deliver. The key is learning how to recognize the stocks that are going to gain, and then staying in for the long haul.Of the two, long-term investing is probably the more difficult. It’s tempting to dump a stock at a downturn, or sell off underperforming assets. But every stock market winner has seen periods of loss; those blips are common. Winning investors will remember Warren Buffett’s advice, “If you aren’t thinking about …read more […]

Royal Dutch Shell plc (AMS:RDSA) shares fell 8.3% to €23.75 in the week since its latest annual results. Revenues of… …read more […]

China’s central bank said it will inject 1.2 trillion yuan ($173.8 billion) worth of liquidity into the markets via reverse repo operations on Monday, as the country prepares to reopen its stock markets amid a new coronavirus outbreak. China’s authorities have pledged to use various monetary policy tools to ensure liquidity remains reasonably ample and to support firms affected by the virus epidemic, which has so far claimed 305 lives, all but one in China. The People’s Bank of China made the announcement in a statement published on its website on Sunday, adding the total liquidity in the …read more […]

A busy week ahead on the economic calendar may have little influence should the spread of the coronavirus continue… …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — A 44-year-old man died on Saturday as a result of coronavirus in the Philippines, the World Health Organization says. The Wuhan resident who traveled to the Philippines is the first known person to have died outside China from the virus.The death toll in China exceeded 300 and infections accelerated, as more countries restrict travel to and from the country amid rising fears of contagion.The Philippines is the latest to prevent travelers from China from entering as governments sought to keep those exposed to the potentially lethal virus from their shores. Airlines in Asia, Europe and the Middle East …read more […]

Mortgage rates were on the slide as risk aversion gripped the global financial markets. There could be further declines to come… …read more […]

HSBC Holdings, Walgreens, DuPont de Nemours and Gilead Sciences present buying opportunities Continue reading… …read more […]

Insiders load up on Delta Air Lines, Huntington Bancshares, Freeport-McMoRan and Discover Financial Services Continue reading… …read more […]

A third person has died following a blast this week at a Chesapeake Energy Corp well site in Burleson County, Texas, according to a local media report. Brian Maldonado, 25, of San Diego, Texas, succumbed on Saturday morning to injuries he suffered during Wednesday’s blast, the Alice Echo News Journal reported, citing family and friends. Attempts by Reuters to reach Maldonado’s relatives were not immediately successful. …read more […]

Investment guru Jim Cramer slammed oil major stocks this week, saying that institutional investors want nothing to do with oil and gas because of concerns about climate change …read more […]

Oil and gas bankruptcies are piling up, and with crude prices likely to remain lower for longer, 2020 is already shaping up to be another tough year for producers …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — OPEC and its allies considered how to respond to a plunge in oil prices, with Russia signaling for the first time it was open to Saudi Arabia’s push for an emergency meeting.Potential dates being discussed are Feb. 8-9 and Feb. 14-15, though for now the next regular meeting on March 5-6 remains on the schedule, a delegate said.For days, the kingdom has been pressing to bring forward a meeting of the coalition, as the threat to demand from Asia’s coronavirus pushes prices to a six-month low. Russia has been rebuffing the requests and even on Friday said more …read more […]

Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. Bullish calls included a software giant and an ongoing turnaround story. Bearish calls included telecom and electric vehicle leaders. …read more […]