Smart Investing Blog2023-08-31T12:12:29+00:00
2307, 2024

Comcast Dips on Weak Parks and Studios Revenue: Should Investors Stay Patient With CMCSA?

By |July 23rd, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) delivered lackluster second-quarter earnings that featured an earnings miss as parks and studios segments underdeliver. The stock has fallen 5% so far today on the news, adding to a concerning trend over the past few months. Earnings were up in the quarter to $1.21 a share, which was well above the $1.12 earnings consensus from Wall [...]

2207, 2024

Ryanair Drops 16% on Weak Profit, Pessimistic Outlook: Why it May be Time to SELL RYAAY

By |July 22nd, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Budget airline Ryanair (RYAAY) reported fiscal first-quarter results Monday morning that have the stock descending lower, continuing the concerning trend investors have been weathering over the past few months. The company is struggling with profitability as fares continue to come down. After-tax profits of 360 million euros ($392 million) represented a 46% dip year over year when compared to [...]

2207, 2024

BE PREPARED FOR EARNINGS SEASON

By |July 22nd, 2024|Categories: Earnings Announcements, Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Market in Review, Stock Market News, VectorVest|Tags: , , , , , |

Written by: Angela Akers Second quarter earnings season began last Friday in typical fashion with JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo releasing earnings first. The good news, all beat expectations on both the top and bottom lines. The bad news, net interest income, a measure of lending profits, fell for both Citigroup and Wells Fargo. Other companies followed with [...]

2207, 2024

Weekly Market Recap: A Week of Highs, Lows, and IT Outages

By |July 22nd, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Market in Review, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , |

Monday: The week started on a high note with anticipation of potential interest rate cuts this year, leading to gains across major indices. The Dow rose by 0.5%, the S&P 500 by 0.3%, and the Nasdaq by 0.4%. Tuesday: Sentiment was further boosted by strong earnings from Morgan Stanley and UnitedHealth, with the Dow jumping 1.9%, the S&P 500 [...]

2107, 2024

How to Sell Covered Calls: Step-by-Step Guide to Selling Covered Calls

By |July 21st, 2024|Categories: Options|Tags: , , |

Of all the different ways you can make money trading options, selling covered calls is one of the most popular - and yet, one of the most complex and misunderstood stock investment strategies. While it offers substantial upside with fairly limited downside, actually selling covered calls involves many moving parts. That’s why we created this resource on how to sell [...]

1907, 2024

CrowdStrike Outage Causes Worldwide Chaos, Shares Fall 9%: Should You Sell CRWD?

By |July 19th, 2024|Categories: Feature: Stock Market Investing, Featured: News, Stock Market News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

CrowdStrike (CRWD) is known as one of the leading cybersecurity companies in the world, tasked with safeguarding the likes of Microsoft Systems and many other massive businesses. Last night, though, the firm released an update that sent systems down around the world, leading to many flights being grounded. Windows PCs were stuck with the “blue screen of death”, or [...]

Analyze Any Stock Free

30-DAY TRIAL

  • FREE MOBILE APP
  • FREE COACHING
  • FREE QUICK START COURSE
Ready to test-drive VectorVest? Sign up now and
try a simpler approach to picking the right stocks.
Go to Top