A Canadian pension fund (Public Sector Pension Investment Board) recently made dramatic changes to its portfolio. PSP Investments currently manages over $180 billion in assets, so this news has investors scratching their heads, wondering if they should follow suit. After cutting positions in three top tech companies - Apple, Tesla, and Microsoft - they [...]
Back in April of 2020, the world's second-largest automaker - General Motors - made the decision to cut its dividend payouts. This decision came at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic when companies were hit the hardest. In February of 2020, the company paid out a dividend of 38 cents. And on September 15, [...]
The second quarter wasn’t kind to many companies, especially retail stores like Target. As inflation continued to heat up, the company saw its profits drop an astounding 90%. While competitors like Walmart are suffering the effects of inflation-weary customers as well, the extent to which Target has been affected is far more significant due [...]
Nvidia chose to release 2nd quarter earnings a few weeks early - and the results were less than investors had hoped for. While the company is known for being reliable and safe, it fell short of expectations - coming in at just $6.7 billion in revenue. This is a 17% discrepancy from the $8.1 [...]
It’s official - Disney+ has surpassed Netflix in subscribers. Now, take this with a grain of salt - as Disney+ includes ESPN+ and Hulu, two other streaming services the entertainment company owns. Nevertheless, the milestone is an important one - as Disney is poised to take a stronger grip on the streaming space than [...]
With interest rates soaring, investors are looking for safe stocks to invest in. Back in 1981, Warren Buffett’s advice for times like these is to look for companies that: Can increase their prices quickly and easily to keep up with inflation/interest rates Can take on new/more business without having to invest heavily By keeping [...]
As the desktop CPU market plunges, one stock situated within the industry continues to thrive - and that’s AMD. Despite record-low desktop CPU shipments, AMD (Advanced Microdevices) managed to report gains in the last quarter. What makes this particularly interesting is that AMD’s competitors - Intel, Nvidia, and more - are struggling. Yet, through [...]
The used car market - and the auto industry as a whole - has been rapidly growing over the past year and a half. The market peaked in February, and while prices are still higher now than in previous years, we’re seeing the median price of pre-owned cars finally start to trend back to [...]
It’s been a tough week for Google as far as the news goes. Headlines about lawsuits and software crashes, and even a riff with another tech-giant Apple for texting standards are all making noise. As you can imagine, this news has investors scrambling - but, our system still rates Google a buy. There are [...]
Tesla shareholders voted overwhelmingly to approve a 3-for-1 stock split - at a ratio of 815 million for and just a measly 9 million against. Stock splits are typically done in an effort to make a company’s stock more accessible to new investors. We usually view a stock split as a positive signal of [...]
