Do you want to know the worst stocks to buy in a recession? Read on, and I’ll give you seven names to avoid should we officially enter the fourth recession in the 2000s. In the past 22 years, there have been three official recessions. The first lasted eight months, from March 2001 until November 2001.
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As soaring inflation continues to impose a dark cloud over American families, the Federal Reserve seemingly had little choice but to lift the benchmark federal funds rate, which effectively raises borrowing costs. However, this action also sucks the incentivization out of growth-oriented businesses, meaning that some companies will invariably represent stocks to sell. It’s not
Updated: August 25, 2021 As of today, August 25, 2021, the benchmark 30-Year Fixed mortgage rate is 3.04%, FHA 30-Year Fixed is 2.82%, Jumbo 30-Year Fixed is 3.13%; 15-Year Fixed is 2.32%, and 5/1 ARM is 2.17%. These rates are not the teaser rates you may see advertised online and based on our methodology should
Each year, roughly 800,000 couples get divorced in the United States. More often than not, divorce is time-intensive and emotionally draining, and divorce proceedings can last upwards of a year, with the total cost averaging $12,900. While you don’t have to have a lawyer to get divorced, the process is legally complicated, and being without
Part of the rosy picture associated with retirement is the thrill of kissing that monthly mortgage payment good-bye—on the presumption you’ll have paid it off by then. Lately, there has been a shift in thinking that has seen many financial planners suggest that retirees continue to carry a mortgage into and throughout retirement. Reinvest the
Work in Process vs. Work in Progress: An Overview Work in progress describes the costs of unfinished goods that remain in the manufacturing process, while work in process refers to materials that are turned into goods within a short period. The terms work in progress and work in process are used interchangeably to refer to
Wednesday saw mortgage rates jump dramatically higher, after about a week of moving lower. The 30-year average surged more than a half a percentage point by the end of the day. Today’s National Mortgage Rate Averages After dropping more than 40 basis points over the past week, the 30-year average soared 52 points higher on
Asset management giant BlackRock (NASDAQ: BLK) announced on August 4 that it had partnered with Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN). The partnership is limited to bitcoin and will allow the firm’s institutional clients to have access to crypto trading, custody, prime brokerage, and reporting via Coinbase Prime. The clients will also be able to manage their bitcoin
What Is the Difference Between Alphabet’s GOOG vs. GOOGL? GOOG and GOOGL are stock ticker symbols for Alphabet (the company formerly known as Google). The main difference between the GOOG and GOOGL stock ticker symbols is that GOOG shares have no voting rights while GOOGL shares do. The company created a new class of non-voting
What does it mean to “invest” in the Iraqi dinar? In simple terms, it’s the same as investing in any other currency. You purchase a certain amount of Iraqi dinar (IQD) by paying the equivalent amount of U.S. dollars (USD). As with buying stocks, bonds, or other currency, when investing, you purchase dinar at a
An employee checks out a customer at Paulina Meat Market in the Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, June 28, 2022. Bianca Flowers | Reuters Employers likely added fewer jobs in July, but the monthly employment report is still expected to show a robust pace of hiring that should edge lower in coming months. Economists expect
It’s important to have a diversified portfolio. You’ll see that my portfolios run the gamut — there are large-cap names, growth stocks and momentum plays, but you’ll also find some lesser known stocks under $50 to buy and hold. Warren Buffett is the master of buy-and-hold stocks. The Oracle of Omaha made his career on
Over the past few months, shares in Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) have ebbed and flowed. Briefly moving above $20 per share, only to fall back below $20 per share. In recent days, this has played out yet again. After zooming above $20 per share ahead of earnings results, LCID stock has plunged following its release. Why?
One of the financial metrics I use to find large-cap stocks trading at a discount is their free cash flow yield. Free cash flow (or FCF) is the remaining cash flow from operations after subtracting a company’s capital expenditures. Uses for FCF include dividends, share repurchases, debt repayment, acquisitions, and investing in the business. If
Stocks with 1,000% upside potential don’t come around all that often. Or at least when they do, they may not seem all that obvious at first. Some of the recent big ones include Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) and Lululemon Athletica (NASDAQ:LULU). The common theme with stocks that have 10-bagger potential is a great
San Francisco-headquartered neo-banking firm SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) is one of today’s most interesting fintech firms. However, Mad Money host Jim Cramer can’t seem to find a catalyst to recommend SOFI stock to investors. There are actually notable events concerning SoFi, including the approval of a reverse share split and the possibility of a $1 billion stock
The energy sector is broadly defined to comprise all companies that produce power. It is divided into non-renewable and renewable sources. Currently, that conversation gravitates around oil and prices at the pump. It is no secret that the price of a gallon of gas factors heavily into everyday conversation around inflation and recessionary concerns. The
Like similar pandemic-era high-fliers, shares in Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) have seen a big price cut so far in 2022. Adjusting for its recent stock split, SHOP stock started off the year changing hands for around $136.31 per share. Today? It’s trading for around $35 per share. That’s a more than a 74% drop. Yes, over the
Even the best of us make mistakes or dive into an investment too early, which explains the concept of Warren Buffett stocks trading at discount. Though investors tend to hang on every word that comes out of the “Oracle of Omaha’s” mouth, he has never been one to attempt to time the market with the
Miami-headquartered cruise operator Carnival (NYSE:CCL) recently received some positive news as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its Covid-19 Program for Cruise Ships. Don’t get too excited yet, though. CCL stock could still head lower as Carnival’s planning a massive share sale. Plus, an analyst is suggesting that the company’s share sale