Truist Financial Corporation to Release First Post-Merger Earnings in Late January (NYSE:TFC)
Featured Image Source: Truist Corporate Website. Truist Financial Corporation – the new business entity formed by a merger of equals between the BB&T Corporation and SunTrust Banks Inc. – will deliver to the public its first post-merger earnings report at the end of January. While the two merged business entities certainly suffered significant share price […]
3 Large-Cap Technology Stocks to Take Advantage of the 5G Boom
Wide adoption of technological innovation – such as the fifth generation of cellular technology (5G) – offers investors opportunities to invest in technology stocks that are best positioned to take advantages of the upcoming boom. While cellular technology has been around for decades, 5G promises leaps in communication speeds and data transfer capacity. Transmission rates […]
Expiration Date – Options Trading
The expiration date of an options contract is the last day at which the buyer may exercise his right on the option. Once the options contract passes its expiration date, the option expires and becomes worthless. For example, call options give the owner of the option the right, but not the obligation, to buy an […]
This Forecasting Tool Hasn’t Been Wrong in 65 Years, and Is Flashing Red
Breaking News: I have a Special Announcement at the end of this Skousen CAFÉ. “The stock market and the economy are two different things.” –- Milton Friedman (“Maxims of Wall Street,” p. 155) Last week, the Labor Department reported that fewer jobs were created than expected — the bad news caused Wall Street to rally […]
ETF Talk: Look Small, Think Big
I’m sure you’ve heard the idiom, “big things come in small packages.” Well, this can certainly ring true when it comes to exchange-traded funds (ETFs). As I noted last week, while the small-cap sector has not met early-year performance expectations, the likelihood of the Fed lowering interest rates later this year means those stocks may […]
Sir, How Do I Get One of Those?
I pulled up to my local Starbucks the other day in my not-so-subtle, python green Porsche 911 twin-turbo cabriolet. Admittedly, this car attracts a lot of attention, sometimes wanted and sometimes unwanted (think Highway Patrol here). Out front of the Starbucks, there was a cluster of teenage males who had paused their conversation to ogle […]
Three Industrial Infrastructure Stocks to Buy
Three industrial infrastructure stocks to buy will benefit as defense and aerospace demand flies high with war raging and commercial travel climbing. The three industrial infrastructure stocks to buy should ascend amid defense and aerospace growth. Investors seeking to profit may find merit in each. Demand in the United States is on the rise due […]
Cracks in Consumer Spending Surface
There is a growing potential that the stock market is and could be more bifurcated going forward, where explosive spending on artificial intelligence (AI) implementation feeds the bulls within the mega-cap tech sector while the U.S. consumer begins to dial back spending in a meaningful way due to ongoing inflationary pressures. The latest University of […]