By Michael A. Robinson, Defense + Tech Specialist, Money Morning • @Robinson_STI - • Print | Email
Equifax recently settled with the Federal Trade Commission over its massive 2017 consumer data breach, agreeing to pay up to $700 million to settle claims.
But the thing is that with just $31 million of the $700 million settlement set aside for financial claims, it’s possible individuals could collect as little as twenty cents.
By Ashley Moore, Associate Editor, Money Morning - • Print | Email
After a three-month, 19% surge in price, eBay stock is starting to level out.
However, there is still a profit opportunity that allows you to earn a monthly income from the stock despite the small price gains that are expected for the year.
Here's how to make an income from a slow-gaining stock...
As it turns out, Black Friday's best sales were neither in electronics, clothing, or gadgets. Instead, they came from today's gold price.
That's because on the biggest shopping day of the year, gold prices hit a new six-year low.
Closing at $1,055.90 per ounce on Friday, Nov. 27, on the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold's popularity seemed to also hit a new low since the February 2010 price of $1,045 per ounce.
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email
A look at the Carl Icahn holdings list shows that, like a lot of other top activist investors, he likes name-brand stocks. That means the odds are good that a stock you own is among the Carl Icahn holdings. So why does it matter? As an activist investor, Carl Icahn often does more than just […]
By David Zeiler, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @DavidGZeiler - • Print | Email
No company is immune from activist investors. That point was hammered home anew when Nelson Peltz announced Monday he'd bought $2.5 billion of General Electric (NYSE: GE) stock, making him a top 10 shareholder.
Every year, more household names are targeted, including many widely held stocks.
Here's what to do when a stock you own lands in the crosshairs of a Nelson Peltz...
By Kyle Anderson, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @KyleAndersonMM - • Print | Email
PayPal stock will hit the market tomorrow (Friday, July 17) as parent company eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) spins off the digital payment portion of its business.
PayPal will trade under the ticker "PYPL" on the Nasdaq. EBay officials first announced the PayPal spin-off in September 2014, but the board didn't formally approve the deal until late June.
Here's what investors can expect from PayPal stock when it hits the market...
By Tara Clarke, Associate Editor, Money Morning • @TaraKateClarke - • Print | Email
Stock market crash history series No. 2: The dot-com crash of 2000 eviscerated more than $5 trillion in market value between March 2000 and October 2002.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite tumbled 76.81% between its March 10, 2000 high and Oct. 4, 2002 for a whopping 76.81% drop. (The Dow Jones and S&P 500 also suffered, albeit less intensely – down 27.38% and 43.19%, respectively.) The March 10 high wouldn't be seen again for 15 years.
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
U.S. stock futures for Thursday, Jan. 22, forecasted a 70-point increase from yesterday's close.
This morning, investors jumped on an announcement by Mario Draghi and the European Central Bank (ECB) of a massive bond-purchasing program to help kick-start the struggling continent's economy to the tune of 60 billion euros a month.
By Garrett Baldwin, Executive Producer, Money Morning - • Print | Email
Stock market futures today (Wednesday) forecasted a 74-point decline from yesterday's close on weak fourth-quarter revenues from tech giant International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM).
Thursday, the ECB is expected to announce its own massive bond-purchasing program to stimulate the currency bloc's dragging markets. But any move that doesn't deliver quantitative easing will no doubt shock markets.
