Category: Investing

Key Points Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look earned 31.1 million views on Netflix’s English-language film list during the week of Aug. 24 to Aug. 30. Measured in hours, the 27-minute trailer accumulated 14 million, less than a third of the 44.1 million for the film that finished second. Netflix members watched 2% more […]

Lean hog futures are trading with contracts up a dime to down a nickel in the front months on Tuesday’s midday. USDA’s national base hog price was reported at $89.64 on Tuesday morning, up 99 cents from the day prior. The CME Lean Hog Index was down another 66 cents on August 28 at $90.86. […]

Seasoned income investors know that there’s more to dividend investing than just chasing the highest yield. That being said, there is one investment on the market that carries a 7.5% TSX dividend yield that is worth a closer look. That stock is Slate Grocery REIT (TSX: SGR.UN), and here’s why it could be a good […]

Key Points Vistra’s second-quarter adjusted EBITDA from ongoing operations rose 31% year over year to $1.77 billion. The company has 20-year power agreements with Amazon Web Services and Meta covering more than 3,800 megawatts of nuclear capacity. The stock is down about 37% from a 52-week high of $219.82 as of this writing. 10 stocks […]

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) closed down by -0.25% on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed down by -0.02%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down by -0.70%.  E-mini S&P futures (ESU26) fell -0.25%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQU26) fell -0.69%. Stock indices gave up early gains on Friday and settled lower […]

Equity markets are an excellent place to build long-term wealth. If you are new to investing, you should not be discouraged by the amount of money you can initially invest. Building wealth is less about making large investments and more about staying consistent over time. Even small, regular contributions can compound significantly over the years, […]

(RTTNews) – The Thai stock market ticked lower again on Thursday, one day after ending the two-day losing streak in which it had fallen more than 15 points or 1 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,600-point plateau and it’s likely to remain in that neighborhood again on Friday. The […]

The dollar index (DXY00) today is up by +0.08%.  The dollar today recovered from early losses and is modestly higher, just below Wednesday’s 2-year high.  Better-than-expected US economic news today supported the dollar.  The dollar also has carryover support from Wednesday when the FOMC signaled only 50 bp of interest rate cuts next year, down […]

Canadian savers are using their self-directed Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) to build investment portfolios that can generate tax-free passive income to complement pension earnings in retirement. Source: Getty Images GICs or dividend stocks The current market conditions are providing investors with an opportunity to get decent rates from Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs), as well as […]

Key Points Space Exploration Technologies, better known as SpaceX, has seen its valuation fluctuate since going public just over two months ago. Its valuation hit $2.6 trillion just days after going public, but then sold off to a low of $1.4 trillion before rebounding to its current $1.8 trillion level (at the time of this […]