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The past few years has seen the rise of a handful of companies reach a market cap of $1 trillion. A few are now closing in on $2 trillion thanks to continued growth. One player near the $1 trillion mark has been an underperformer in this mega-market-cap space over the past year. But now signs are on track for it to close in on a $3 trillion valuation in the next three years. That company? Amazon (AMZN). The company just received a ...
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Earnings season is coming in strong so far, as companies are comparing to the start of the pandemic last year. A reopening economy is also helping. But with stocks already back to all-time highs, investors are starting to worry about possible inflation. That suggests a need to focus on companies that can pass on higher costs to consumers. One such play just reported better-than-expected results. That company? Pepsico (PEP). Besides beating earnings, the company noted that it may not engage in any ...
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A number of big banks reported earnings earlier in the week. All of them beat expectations, although all of the big banks gave Wall Street traders a few cautious items to think about as well. A recovering economy largely helped to reduce reserves, and earnings and revenue were up overall. Of the big banks, Wells Fargo (WFC) looks the most interesting here. The company posted earnings of $1.05 per share, well above estimates of $0.71 per share. The stock has already been ...
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A rise in Covid shutdowns internationally, combined with concerns over vaccine safety, may point to a prolonging of a full economic reopening. In any event, the past few weeks have caused a pullback in a number of recently high-flying names. One of those areas is energy. While the sector is still up strongly for the year, the sector as a whole peaked in mid-March and has come back down. It’s starting to look like a solid entry point for long-term investors. For ...
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Nvidia (NVDA) has done it again. The graphics processing giant just took the thunder from a number of competitors by releasing the specs on its first line of data-center chips. That will open up an entirely new market for the company, and one with massive potential in a world driven by a need to quickly process big data. The company also noted that it would likely exceed its revenue forecast, as the firm has been a beneficiary from the recent semiconductor ...
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Heavily-regulated industries tend to be mature, offering little in the way of growth, but most earnings can be given to shareholders as income. While power generation and telecoms tend to be fairly stable, the next step up the growth chain is that of waste management stocks. Not as regulated as these other industries, they tend to operate as a monopoly or duality in a municipality. That provides safety of cash flows, which in turn can translate into steadily growing profits and gradually ...
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One of the past few trends of the past few years has come from streaming. A number of media companies have considerably expanded their offerings in the past few years. While the media companies themselves are likely to benefit, companies providing streaming hardware and software in general can profit from the ongoing rise of streaming even without having to benefit from a specific media company’s growth. One such play is Roku (ROKU). They provide a platform device that allows for streaming services, ...
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Semiconductors continue to look like a bright spot in the tech space following a drop in a number of tech heavy names so far this year. In particular, companies offering new products now to meet demand for the latest and next-generation tech can likely fare well. One surprising play? Intel (INTC). Often written off as a has-been in the chip space thanks to its focus on computers, the company just launched its latest line in server chips, and early results are ...
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