REITs were long thought to be relatively safe investments for yield-seeking investors.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed that assumption quickly and dramatically.
Owning the wrong REITs could be a costly mistake, which is why we'll show you which one to avoid on top of the best REITs to buy today.
The Dow Jones now is rising on the possibility of a coronavirus vaccine from Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX).
The markets are also looking forward to further reopening the economy as summer kicks off.
This morning, cruise stocks, casino stocks, and airline stocks all bounced higher on renewed optimism that the worst of the coronavirus is past.
Only time will tell.
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"The best defense is a good offense."
– Boxer Jack Dempsey
I've always loved this Jack Dempsey quote – and with good reason.
It tells us that, when the chips are down, you don't sit back, "go defensive," and let events take control over you.
Instead, you take control. You go on the attack. You go on the offensive.
You adopt what I like to call an "offensive/defensive" investing strategy.
In today's "disruption economy" – where innovation keeps changing the competitive landscape – that's the only way to go.
And in today's issue of Money Morning, we're going to show you how this flavor of "defensive investing" can help you navigate this volatile pandemic market… Full Story
Once a year, many of the largest smartphone makers, like Apple and Samsung, roll out the red carpet and introduce their latest and greatest devices.
The downside is that these new features add up to a $1,000-price tag, creating a major challenge for the burgeoning 5G market.
These flagship 5G-capable smartphones on the market are so expensive that it's hard for the average person to afford them.
But in the last few weeks, big changes have happened; changes that could potentially upgrade every future phone.
That's 1.5 billion new smartphones every year that could gain access to 5G networks.
This change will also give carriers the ability to continue expanding 5G network coverage as new users come online.
by Tom Gentile
Hundreds of my readers join me every Monday at 11 a.m. ET for my free Markets Livestream presentation. We go over the markets' setup for the week – stocks, debt, oil, currencies – and talk about different low-risk, high-reward ways to use rules-based trades to profit.
We've only got about 30, maybe 40 minutes a week to talk on the stream, but I always make time for two things: to check for questions from folks in the live chat… and to talk about Bitcoin and microcurrencies.
They're just that important.
I recently got a question from Renee T. It was a simple question, but a big one. The answer could help so many people out that I'm going to share it with everyone here, right now.
She asked, "How do I trade Bitcoin?" Let's jump right in… Full Story
She asked, "How do I trade Bitcoin?" Let's jump right in...
The United States is in a recession, even if we'll have to wait for official confirmation at the Bureau.
With tens of millions of Americans out of work and many of these jobs not coming back, we're witnessing the most unprecedented economic event of our lifetimes.
I have said before that this is my generation's greatest economic challenge.
And by the time it is over it will fundamentally shift almost every industry in the United States.
We will see great moves by government to raise taxes and redistribute capital.
But those matters are largely fiscal.
What about monetary policy?
Right now, the U.S. central bank has moved interest rates to zero.
The April FOMC meeting was largely dedicated to preserving the Fed's benchmark rate to a range of 0% to 0.25%.
That said, there is a distinct possibility that interest rates could turn negative very soon in America.
I am not among the merry band of economists who embrace negative interest rates.
In fact, I believe they will be disastrous.
When Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt blasted off from the surface of the moon on the evening of Dec. 14, 1972, very few people believed it would be NASA's last manned moon mission for 47 years – and counting.
But ever since, the American manned space program has been very much focused on working and exploring in Earth's orbit.
Now, America's human spaceflight plans have been kicked back into high gear.
Later this month, on May 27, American astronauts are slated to launch from American soil aboard an American vehicle for the first time since the Space Shuttle retired back in 2011. In fact, the "Crew Dragon/Falcon 9" mission is a true joint government-commercial venture between Elon Musk's SpaceX and NASA.
And in 2021, Boeing Co. plans a crewed launch of its new CST-100 "Starliner" crew capsule.
One of the chief aims of these projects is a return to the moon.
The Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s were capably assisted by American private enterprise, but they were essentially muscle-flexing demonstrations of American missile and materials technology, shot squarely across the Soviet Union's bow.
But these new 21st century missions have a decidedly commercial purpose.
Now, Trump's overwhelming preference for American space dominance is on the record. And so it surprised no one when the president recently signed an executive order to allow the United States to begin mining water and other natural resources… on the moon.
See, far from being dull, empty rocks, the moon and even the asteroid belt are proven to be absolutely packed with extremely valuable natural resources.
There's water, strategic metals, minerals, and even precious metals like gold and platinum – wealth beyond measure – "out there" for the taking.
And now the word is out, and the new, commercial "Space Race" is on. Many companies will play a role, but the one I'm thinking of – one that's already doubled our money – will be a real linchpin in this new era…Full Story
DraftKings Inc. (NASDAQ: DKNG) has taken a rocket ride since going public via a reverse merger with a blank check acquisition company earlier this year.
The stock has almost tripled as investors raced to cash in on the sports betting and online gambling business.
But there's more to this company than an app.
Airlines were some of the hardest-hit stocks during the bear market brought about by the coronavirus.
In fact, the Dow Jones U.S. Airline Index is still down 60.0% today from its Feb. 12 closing high.
Even worse, last week's low was below the initial panic low in March.
In other words, the broad market's rebound happened without any help from airlines at all.
So is it a good time to buy airline stocks?
Money Morning's Capital Wave strategist Shah Guilani says it's "up in the air" in a bad way.
The Dow Jones now faces resistance after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported banks across the world would struggle to be profitable due to COVID-19.
Markets are digesting the latest round of earnings reports.
China party leaders kick off the annual National People's Congress.
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