Morgan Stanley analysts recently said that Baidu won’t be delivering much upside this year as its growth will be restricted by tight advertising laws in China. Also, as the likes of Tencent Holdings raise their content game by investing in online video, Baidu will find it difficult to boost revenue.
Day: February 4, 2017
The U.A.E. Sets Its Sights on Biggest Solar Farm Ever
The U.S. solar market has moved away from massive solar farms in recent years, favoring smaller developments that plug into the grid a little more easily. But international markets aren’t shying away from giant solar projects, particularly in desert locations.
The Top Stock You Should Consider for Your IRA
To be clear, there are dozens, if not hundreds of stocks that could make great IRA investments, depending on your risk tolerance and portfolio diversification. One stock in particular that I have my eye on for my own IRA right now is New York Community Bancorp — more specifically, I already own it but am considering adding to my position now that the stock has declined.
This Cutting-Edge Marijuana Bill Could Keep Pot Users From Losing Their Jobs
Marijuana had an incredible 2016, and the hope for pro-legalization enthusiasts is that momentum will continue to carry into 2017 and beyond. As it currently stands, just 21 years after California became the first state to legalize cannabis for medical purposes, 28 states have now legalized medicinal pot, while residents in eight states have voted in favor of legalizing recreational, adult-use weed.
Required Minimum Distributions: Do I Have to Take My IRA Cash?
Tax-favored retirement accounts like IRAs and 401 s can save you thousands of dollars in taxes over the course of your career, because they offer tax deferral on the income and gains that your investments produce while they’re inside the account. However, the IRS doesn’t let you get away with tax-deferred growth forever.
Merger Arbitrage Too Complex?
By Salvatore Bruno via our partners at Iris.xyz With all the speculation about when, where and how to invest in 2017, there’s one thing everyone seems to agree on: we’re in for a wild ride. With a new administration in the White House, the expectation for change is immense.
Can This Little-Known Gold Stock Double Again in 2017?
In fact, Alamos also hugely outperformed its similarly sized rival Eldorado Gold Corp The good news is that Alamos’ rally wasn’t entirely misplaced, and there are strong catalysts in sight that could propel the stock ever higher in 2017. Whether Alamos can inch higher depends a great deal on what the future holds for the company.
No, the White House is not freezing anti-Trump petitions
Last week, hundreds of people said they’d signed a widely shared petition on the White House’s “We the People” site asking President Trump to preserve funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. But you wouldn’t have known it by looking at the site.
Tickets Still Available for Super Bowl and Pre-Game Festivities, but They Won’t Be Cheap
Big-name entertainers will be performing Saturday night, and there are a bevy of A-list parties before the Atlanta Falcons face the New England Patriots on Sunday. Tickets are pricey but still available.
After Mattel’s Brutal Holiday Season, Will Hasbro Look to Swallow Its Rival?
Hasbro has approached Mattel about a merger several times over the past two decades, and could soon do so again. That was the reaction from Columbia business school professor Leonard Sherman, who likened the possibility of Hasbro approaching Mattel about a merger yet again to the poltergeist that haunts the Freeling family in Steven Spielberg’s classic 1982 horror film.
4 Reasons Why It Can Be Much Cheaper to Live as an Expat
Labor, health care and insurance costs are generally lower, although the overall quality of life can be equal to or better than expats have experienced in their native countries. In a recent study of expats mainly from the U.S. and Canada living in Panama, Belize and Nicaragua, titled Expat Reports: Is it Cheaper to Live Abroad? , 34% of respondents reported that the cost of living in their expat country was less than half that in their native countries, and 74.8% said that, for the same money, their lifestyle abroad was “much better.”
Will Donald Trump Target Share Buybacks Next?
President Donald Trump has taken several bold steps since taking office, but one area seems to be a bigger priority than any other.Trump has been adamant about getting American companies to invest in the U.S. by building factories and plants and hiring American workers. In his inaugural address, he declared that as a central theme of his presidency, imploring American companies to “buy American and hire American.”
Return of the Cyclicals Following 2016a s Roller Coaster Ride
By Raman Aylur Subramanian via our partners at Iris.xyz U.S. equity investors in 2016 experienced a roller coaster ride. The U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union and the U.S. presidential election each resulted in sharp market moves.
Medicare Participants: You Have 10 Days Left to Do This
Every year, Medicare participants have to make decisions about their coverage, and they typically have set time periods during which they can figure out what they’ll do for a given year. The regular Medicare open enrollment period runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, and that gives Medicare participants the broadest set of choices to make changes in coverage.
Jim Cramer Is Right About Chipotle Mexican Grill
When respected companies go through challenging times, causing their stocks to drop, analysts and commentators begin to predict their demise — oftentimes pretending as if they knew what would happen all along. They lower their price targets.
Here’s Why Darden Restaurants, Inc. Gained 16% in 2016
The company also closed the calendar year strongly, putting up impressive results in its fiscal Q2, which covered the period that ended Nov. 27, 2016. After a mostly flat year in which its share price stayed within a limited range, Darden saw its stock price spike after the company reported its Q2 2017 results .
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Over the next 30 years, says ULA, America will put dozens, scores, even hundreds of explorers into the region bounded by Earth and its Moon, to live and work there long-term. ULA calls the project its “Cislunar 1000 Vision” to put 1,000 astronauts in orbit.
Why Manitowoc Stock Jumped 14.2% in January
They were buoyed by Donald Trump’s inauguration speech on Jan. 20, in which he emphasized his “America first” ideology and restated his plans to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure. Expectations of strong numbers from Caterpillar Inc. Manitowoc shares gained momentum during the third week of January, which coincided with Trump’s swearing-in ceremony and Caterpillar’s fourth-quarter and 2016 earnings release.
Here’s What the Distribution of Wages Looks Like in America
On the basis of gross domestic product, the United States is still the greatest country in the world. The 2015 Global Wealth Report from Allianz found that the U.S. retained 41.6% of the world’s wealth, followed in a distant second by China at 10.5%.
What To Expect From Twitter’s Biggest Super Bowl Yet
With 16.9 million tweets, last year’s Super Bowl was the most tweeted event of the year. The next biggest event, the Grammys, came in at less than half that, 7.9 million.