Jon C. Ogg - Author for 24/7 Wall St.
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The economy was looking great at the start of 2020 with higher wages, low unemployment and a very healthy consumer. It took less than 60 days for the stock market to begin its slide and less than 75...
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Suddenly, millions of Americans are now late on their rent. As apartments are suddenly finding themselves missing rent checks, the drop in their income likely will pressure their dividends.
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The number of weekly jobless claims in the past month has been nothing short of mind-boggling. Thursday’s top economic report was the weekly jobless from the U.S. Department of Labor, and its...
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Thursday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Apple, AT&T, Avis Budget, Baidu, Baker Hughes, Biogen, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Kinder Morgan, Netflix, Shopify and Ulta Beauty.
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If there is one type of job that is supposed to be considered “safe” and “essential” it would probably be a government job. What if government jobs in this instant recession are now likely to...
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During the peak of the panic selling just a month ago, many investors were in the midst of bracing for the bear market to turn into a full blown stock market crash. There were fears that the window...
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Silver is supposed to track gold to a certain extent, but in 2020 that just is not the case. Silver is proving to live up to its nickname the "Devil's Metal."
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Apple has recovered handily from its March lows as the market recovery has been strong. That said, Apple is running into headwinds that some investors may be ignoring.
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Wednesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included Boston Scientific, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Coca-Cola, Darden Restaurants, Home Depot, Netflix, Snap, Tesla, Transocean and Zynga.
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In times of trouble, investors still have to keep their money somewhere. Holding cash pays literally zero these days in a no-interest-rate policy, so investors have looked to defensive dividend...
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24/7 Wall St. wanted to look for independent oil and gas players that are hedged on their oil production at much higher prices for 2020 and some even out to 2021.
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Tuesday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included American Airlines, Chewy, Chipotle Mexican Grill, CommScope, Eli Lilly, IBM, Lyft, Oneok, Stitch Fix, Valero Energy and Williams Companies.
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International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) was one of the old-school technology companies that truly needed the COVID-19 pandemic not to bring a deep recession. IBM already had a hard enough...
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Shake Shack was in the news because the company returned a $10 million government assistance loan as it had access to other funding sources.
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Monday's top analyst upgrades and downgrades included AbbVie, American Electric Power, ANGI Homeservices, DuPont, GileadSciences, Microsoft, Peloton Interactive, Shopify, Trivago and Walt Disney.
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