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1 2 It was only for a moment, but the S&P 500 was in positive territory for the year before succumbing to the selling. The usual names were floating along swimmingly well until the Fed announced their schedule for purchases and the  news came that California is to close indoor restaurants, movie theaters and bars statewide. Dovetailing with the news that Hong Kong was closing Disneyland and the Federal Reserve reducing their purchases, again. The quick reversal in a lot of ...
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Real estate investment trusts, or REITs, are an investment that trade on an exchange much like a stock. But unlike a stock, they must have some tie to the world of real estate. There are a variety of REITs covering all sorts of specialized properties and strategies.  For investors interested in real estate, REITs are a good place to get started and comfortable with the asset. Best of all, REITs are structured to pay out at least 90 percent of their ...
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President Trump has been talking about infrastructure spending for a long time and he has been consistently looking for at least a $1 trillion package. On July 1, the House of Representatives passed a bill for $1.5 trillion that is probably filled full of goodies but will likely be hammered out with a Senate version at some point. No matter what your personal feelings are about the prospect of spending that amount of money on infrastructure, it will be ...
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Investors looking for safe returns tend to buy dividend stocks… or even bonds. But for investors looking for market-beating returns that can greatly increase their wealth, they turn to tech stocks. That’s because technology companies are continually bringing new ideas to fruition, and that means rapid earnings growth, prodigious cash flow from rising revenue growth, and great profit margins. While no company can grow infinitely, tech companies tend to come up with new and better products, allowing older and more obsolete ...
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1 2 The use of the word “staples” is intentional in that the companies that produce products in this sector are considered staples for consumption purposes. Think of those things that you probably can’t live without and it’s probably a staple. The consumer staples sector is broken into four major categories or industries. The industry groups are as follows: food, beverage, and tobacco; household and personal products; and food and staples retailers. With nearly 70% of GDP made up of personal consumption expenditures, ...
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10 Best Stocks Under 5 Dollars to Buy Right Now Some of the greatest opportunities can be found in beaten down, ignored stocks under $5. Especially those with solid long-term growth and strong fundamentals.

• Digital Turbine (APPS) ran from about $1.20 to a high of $102.56 for 8,447%.
• Harmonic (HLIT) ran from $4.30 to a high of $12.22
• Marathon Oil (MRO) ran from a low of $3.64 to $25.58

While we often hear that sub-$5 stocks are “there for a reason” ...
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BioLife Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: BLFS) is a medical technology company located in Bothell, WA. The company produces bioproduction tools for the cell and gene therapy. The company provided a preliminary revenue announcement on July 1. The release shows a 43% to 46% increase in revenue year-over-year from the same quarter in 2019. The CEO, Mike Rice, commented: “Despite the continued impact of COVID-19 on the biotech industry and specifically, the cell and gene therapy market, we continued to drive revenue growth ...
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Continental Resources, Inc Stock (NYSE: CLR) is a crude oil and natural gas production company. They have among the lowest cost of operations amongst their peers and primarily operates in the Bakken field in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana. The company is operating three rigs currently, but is targeting running off of two rigs by the end of 2020. As oil prices continue to hover around $40 and last week’s report of a large oil inventory draw, the ...
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