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Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) is trading lower by 3% in Thursday’s premarket after missing fourth-quarter 2020 profit estimates by $0.23 per share, earning just $0.80 per share. Revenue rose 44.9% year over year to $10.7 billion, greater than the $10.38-billion consensus estimates. Gross margin fell to 24.1% from 27.7% in the third quarter, while deliveries surged

A person works out at Planet Fitness as they re-open at 25 percent capacity in Boston’s Dorchester on Feb. 1, 2021. Jessica Rinaldi | Boston Globe | Getty Images As Washington squabbles over stimulus, the bond market is already counting on lots of fiscal spending and an economic bounce back. In an extreme case, inflation

Both collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) and collateralized bond obligations (CBOs) are similar in that investors receive payments from a pool of underlying assets. The difference between these securities lies in the type of assets that provide cash flow to investors. Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) What Is a Collateralized Mortgage Obligation? A CMO is a type of

Dow component Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is trading at an all-time high near $238 in Wednesday’s premarket, after beating fiscal second-quarter 2021 top- and bottom-line estimates by wide margins and raising third-quarter guidance. Mr. Softee posted a profit of $2.03 per share during the quarter, beating expectations by $0.62, while revenue grew 16.7% year over year to

An epic battle is unfolding on Wall Street, with a cast of characters clashing over the fate of GameStop, a struggling chain of video game retail stores. The conflict has sent GameStop on a stomach-churning ride with amateur investors taking on the financial establishment in the mindset of the Occupy Wall Street movement launched a

Silver miner exchange-traded funds (ETFs) provide exposure to companies that produce silver, which is valued as both an industrial metal and a precious metal. These companies are engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and production of silver and other metals such as lead, copper, or gold. Silver is often produced as a byproduct from mining

Silver commodity futures have been the subject of enormous speculation since the beginning of February 2021 and have been incredibly volatile as a result. This means that investing in them or ETFs that hold them is substantially riskier than usual. The returns of these 3 ETFs may differ from the returns listed below due to

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic said Monday that he’s not worried about the U.S. economy overheating, though he does think growth could happen faster than many expect. In an estimate well ahead of most of his colleagues, Bostic, a voting member of the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee, recently drew attention for saying that

Online brokers and robo-advisors let you open a variety of accounts, but for people taking advantage of the tax benefits of an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), a few other features come in handy.  The best IRA accounts are either traditional stock brokers or robo-advisors that have excellent retirement planning tools and reporting. We looked for

Visa Inc. (V) is one of the dominant digital payments brands globally, providing services in more than 200 countries and territories to individual consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and governments. The company provides a broad range of services, which include authorization, clearing, and settlement services for financial institutions and merchants. Additionally, while Visa does not issue

Johnson & Johnson products on a shelf in a store in New York. Lucas Jackson | Reuters It was a busy week for Wall Street. Heavyweights like Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Boeing and Tesla, among others, stepped up to report their earnings for the most recent quarter. However, some analysts and strategists were more focused on

Robinhood, the mobile-only online brokerage that disrupted the financial technology industry by charging commission-free trades, was launched in December 2014 with a waitlist of more than 500,000. Company founders Vladimir Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, Stanford physics graduates, believed that Robinhood would motivate a new generation of would-be investors with their mobile platform. Robinhood’s mission was

If you have a traditional 401(k), you will have to pay taxes when you take a 401(k) distribution. That 401(k) money is subject to ordinary income tax. The amount you pay is based on your tax bracket, and if you’re younger than 59½, add a 10% early withdrawal penalty in most cases. That could put your tax

An employee works inside an Office Depot Inc. Susana Gonzalez | Bloomberg | Getty Images Company: ODP Corp. (ODP) ODP Corp. is a provider of business services, products and digital workplace technology solutions to small and medium businesses. The company has a fully integrated business-to-business distribution platform of approximately 1,300 stores and online presence. The

If you’ve lost job-related health insurance in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, you need to take action quickly. A number of options have time-limited deadlines, ranging from 30 to 60 days from the loss of coverage, so it’s important to promptly secure the documents, such as proof of job and health insurance loss, that

A college education is a top priority for many people, but the ever-increasing cost is putting it beyond many families’ financial reach. If you don’t have the savings to cover your or your children’s college education, you may need to check out your loan options. Key Takeaways You can obtain a student loan through the

The Robinhood website home screen on a smartphone. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Restrictions on Robinhood traders are still tight and getting tighter throughout the day on Friday, now only allowing GameStop holders to buy a single additional share. The stock trading app has also expanded its list of restricted stocks from 13

Elon Musk has been hailed as a genius. He’s also been dubbed a “modern-day Tony Stark.” And, at this point, few would deny that he’s a talented entrepreneur. However, some amount of his notoriety is the result of his antics, especially his performances on the social media platform Twitter. In 2018, on April Fool’s Day,

Visionary entrepreneur Elon Musk is the co-founder of PayPal (PYPL) and Tesla Motors (TSLA) as well as the founder of SpaceX. His astounding success has given rise to comparisons of Musk and Steve Jobs, Howard Hughes, Henry Ford, and Bill Gates. Amid an often difficult childhood, Musk developed a relentless work ethic (he is known to work

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said Robinhood’s move to stop trading in certain speculative names was in the best interest of the company and its millions of users. “In order to protect the firm and protect our customers we had to limit buying in these stocks,” Tenev told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin Thursday evening. “Robinhood is

Your paycheck and pay stubs contain a variety of information about your income and the amounts your employer deducts from it, such as for taxes and insurance coverage. One item you may notice is group term life insurance, or GTL for short. If you see GTL or a similar reference to group term life on

Finding relief for student loan debt becomes even more pressing if you’re one of the millions who have lost their job—or are earning less—because of the pandemic. Here’s some good news: It’s easier than ever to get payment relief for student debt right now, no matter what type of loan you have. We’ll explain the

A customer holds a GameStop shopping bag inside a store in San Francisco. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wall Street has been watching GameStop in awe as a band of Reddit-obsessed retail investors managed to push the stock up 1,500% in two weeks, squeezing out short-selling hedge funds. A wave of at-home

Regressive taxation systems are more likely to be found in developing countries or emerging market economies than in the economies of developed countries. The predominance of regressive taxation in less-developed countries is mainly due to the fact that regressive tax systems are generally simpler tax systems. Countries with less-developed economies overall are also countries likely

As renters struggle to make monthly payments due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, apartment owners are starting to feel the squeeze.  Owners of multifamily apartment buildings are falling behind on loan payments. Building income for some has been insufficient to cover bank loan payments due to the federal eviction moratorium and “tenants

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour seen docked with the International Space Station on July 1, 2020. NASA A pair of investors are joining the first fully-private flight to the International Space Station — not as financial backers, but as the passengers flying along. Houston-based start-up Axiom Space on Tuesday unveiled that real estate investor Larry Connor

The financial advisory field is rife with talented professionals who do a great job of managing their clients’ portfolios and developing strong, tax-smart strategies for retirement and other life events. Advisors’ real value lies in managing client behavior. Their mission is to keep their clients focused on their goals, even as their short-term objectives may change. It’s how

Given the hundreds of indicators that are available to traders, finding the appropriate technical tools to use in day trading can be a difficult task. The good news is that the majority of indicators can be used in day trading simply by adjusting the number of time periods used in creating the indicator. Most traders

Matteo Colombo | DigitalVision | Getty Images For most investors these days, it’s literally a “PIPE dream.”  PIPEs, or private investments in public equity, are mechanisms for companies to raise capital from a select group of investors outside the market. But as PIPEs are increasingly being deployed in conjunction with a surge in SPAC mergers,

Former President Donald J. Trump’s administration had frequent clashes between the federal government and the states, in which he claimed maximum power for the executive branch but at other times deferred to the states in matters typically regarded as the responsibility of a national government. Some of the conflicts were set off by the COVID-19