Good MorningThe equity markets continue to tread water at the freshly set all-time highs. A mix of good and bad news combined to support prices on Wednesday and keep the bulls from advancing significantly for the 7th day.
Topping the list of headlines in Wednesday news was the January retail sales figures. Retail sales jumped a much stronger than expected 5.3% under the influence of government stimulus. At the other end of the spectrum, the January Producer Price Index jumped 1.3% versus the 0.4% expected and raising fears of rising inflation.
In stock news, shares of Verizon led Wednesday action in the Dow Jones with a gain near 5.5%. The stock got a boost by news Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway had taken a sizeable stake. The $8 billion investment makes Verizon one of Berkshire Hathaway’s six largest holdings.
Featured: Legend Who Bought Amazon In 1998 Says: Now Is The Time (True Market Insiders) 
|
Markets | | |
In the early stages of 2021, the stock market has seen some interesting leadership changes develop. Sectors that were out of favor in 2020 are suddenly all the rage. A rotation into small cap and value stocks that began late last year has carried into the new year.
This means that at the individu... Read the Full Story |
|
From Our PartnersMy #1 EV battery stock just jumped from $12 to over $56 in just 26 days. That's a 317% profit! Now I'm revealing urgent details on my brand-new EV battery Pre-IPO. | | Just click here for urgent details. |
|
Politics | | | European plane maker Airbus lost 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) last year amid an unprecedented global slump in air travel because of the pandemic, but expects to deliver hundreds of planes and make a profit in 2021 despite uncertainty about when people will resume flying en masse.
... Read the Full Story |
|
Tech | | | Car and truck maker Daimler increased its profits by 48% to 4.0 billion euros ($4.8 billion euros) in 2020 thanks to extensive cost-cutting and a sales recovery in the second half for its highly profitable Mercedes-Benz luxury cars and sport-utility vehicles.
The bottom line improved ... Read the Full Story |
|
From Our PartnersThe firm that called the EXACT PEAK of the dot-com boom has just issued another major prediction.
If you’ve got money invested in the market – and especially in popular tech stocks – this is critical information for the days ahead… | | | | Watch this leaked video before it's removed |
|
Tech | | | Timothy Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, worries that Australian plans to make digital giants pay for journalism could set a precedent that renders the Internet as we know it unworkable Read the Full Story |
|
Markets | | | Air France-KLM plunged to a 7.1 billion euro ($8.5 billion) loss in 2020 as the global pandemic grounded planes and halted travel plans worldwide causing a 67% slump in passenger numbers at the French-Dutch aviation giant.
The year 2020 “tested the Air France-KLM Group with the most s... Read the Full Story |
|
From Our PartnersCopper is outperforming gold as smart investors line up for 2021 gains. Here's an ultra-low-priced copper stock that's developing a high-grade copper deposit in Canada with nearly unlimited upside. Early reports of exceptional mineralization have one major company already jumping in with a $100 million investment. It's not too late for individual investors to get in at the seed level. | | Learn More Here... |
|
Markets | | | Anger over Texas' power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze continued to mount Wednesday as millions of residents in the energy capital of the U.S. remained shivering with no assurances that their electricity and heat — out since Monday in many homes — would return soon or stay on onc... Read the Full Story |
|
Markets | | | Three-wheel electric vehicle (EV) Arcimoto, Inc. (NASDAQ: FUV) was highlighted in an article “Arcimoto (NASDAQ: FUV) Stock is Worthy at These Levels” on Jan. 13, 2021. Shares have nearly doubled since then prompting the consideration to ring the register taking some or all pro... Read the Full Story |
|
Markets | | | The rebound in the used-car market is yet to run its course and that is evident in results from America’s Car-Mart (NASDAQ:CRMT). What is also evident in the results is that it doesn’t take eCommerce to get business done and grow a car company. Read the Full Story |
|
Markets | | | If you doubt the impact of the pandemic on eCommerce and its importance to business today look no further than Shopify (NYSE:SHOP). Shopify is a cloud-based platform for merchants and retailers connecting them with the services and clientele they need. Read the Full Story |
|
Markets | | | Cloud data analytic solutions provider Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC) stock has nearly doubled in 2021 on the heels of a solid turnaround. The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digital transformation. Surging social media engagements, ecommerce, work, learn and entertain-at-home trends have... Read the Full Story |
|
The Early Bird Stock Of The Day Charles & Colvard Ltd. engages in the manufacture and distribution of moissanite jewels and finished jewelry featuring moissanite for sale in the worldwide jewelry market. It operates through the following business segments: Online Channels and Traditional. The Online Channels segment refers to the e-commerce outlets, including charlesandcolvard.com, third-party online marketplaces, drop-ship, other pure-play, and e-commerce outlets. The Traditional segment consists of wholesale and retail customers. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC. | | View Today's Stock Pick |
|
