The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Growth/Value Investor model based on the published strategy of James P. O'Shaughnessy. This two strategy approach offers a large-cap value model and a growth approach that looks for persistent earnings growth and strong relative
The following are today's upgrades for Validea's Earnings Yield Investor model based on the published strategy of Joel Greenblatt. This value model looks for companies with high return on capital and earnings yields.
Under normal circumstances, tax returns for 2019 would have been due a few days ago on April 15. But as every American knows, we're definitely not living in normal circumstances. So although the 2019 tax year is long over, you won't have to file your returns for it until July 15
The COVID-19 pandemic has been terrible for many businesses, but it has been especially bad for Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS). Theme parks are closed, movie theaters have been shuttered, production of TV shows has been halted, and sports broadcasts have been delayed or canceled. In ot
One of America's top space companies, and our most prolific launcher of rockets, Elon Musk's SpaceX is the talk of the town in the U.S. -- but it isn't particularly popular in Russia. In fact, Russian deputy prime minister Dmitry Rogozin, head of that country's space program, ha
Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock recently hit an all-time high as the COVID-19 crisis lit a fire under its e-commerce and cloud businesses. However, Mizuho analyst James Lee recently warned investors that Amazon's ad business would likely soften in the challenging macro environmen
Sometimes we're forced to put off expenses. Maybe you have to hold off on renovating your home, or even fixing your car if the issue doesn't impact safety -- say, a broken air conditioner. There's one expense you generally can't afford to delay: medical care. Yet a survey relea
America will reopen. It may not happen right away and it's going to happen in stages but eventually, businesses will open their doors, restaurants will open their dining rooms, and normalcy will come back.
Energy stocks are facing significant headwinds. With unprecedented restrictions on travel and movement across most countries, the demand for gasoline and other fuels has decreased dramatically. This is a severe blow for energy companies that were already grappling with a supply
To say the stock market has been volatile in recent weeks would be a bit of an understatement. As you watch stock prices rise and fall dramatically over the course of a week while the coronavirus crisis unfolds, it's hard to know exactly what to do with your money.
Is COVID-19 responsible for the current troubles at J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP)? The short answer is no: The retailer was in trouble long before the current economic downturn.
For the past two months, stock market volatility has been historically high. The proliferation of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pushed equities into the fastest bear market in history, with the benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) taking a mere 17 trading sessions t
Most of us have been spending a lot of time at home lately, and investors are starting to notice. We've seen the obvious names soar in recent weeks, as video streaming services, videoconferencing platforms, and even gourmet meal-kit providers take off.
Millions of Americans have lost income due to COVID-19, either facing layoffs or furloughs or having their hours reduced. In fact, over the span of just three weeks, nearly 17 million U.S. adults filed for unemployment benefits.
Many Americans will soon be receiving a coronavirus stimulus payment from the IRS. Depending on your income, you could receive up to $1,200 per adult and an additional $500 per child dependent in your household.
This is likely to be the hardest weekend ever for millions of small business owners around the country. The SBA ran out of money on Thursday after just 1.6 million business had loans been “approved”—the vast majority of which have not been paid, according to COVID Loan
Seniors aren't forced to claim Social Security at one specific age. Rather, they get a window to file that starts at age 62 and technically extends indefinitely, though generally speaking, 70 is considered the latest age to sign up for Social Security since there's no financial
"Buy and hold" is Warren Buffett's investing cornerstone, and it's a successful strategy for mom-and-pop investors, too. It's essential to avoid the traps of making poor emotional decisions, or trying to time the market. Staying in the market has historically produced the best r
In a single day earlier this month, the video game Valorant drew 34 million hours' worth of streaming views on Amazon's (NASDAQ: AMZN) video game streaming platform, Twitch. That's the site's all-time single-day viewing hours record. That would be impressive by any standard -- b