Last December the first infection with the new coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization. Twelve months later, as the charts below show, global financial markets have been on a roller coaster like no other.
Elon Musk on Sunday asked about the possibility of converting "large transactions" of Tesla Inc's balance sheet into bitcoin, according to a Twitter exchange between Musk and a well-known advocate for the digital currency.
The year 2020 has been one of the wildest in history for investors. The market was already at all-time highs coming into the year, and then in February and March the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world hard. Markets crashed and panic ensued, but before long the recovery was on and so
When you're building a retirement portfolio, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are the perfect place to start. You get an instantly diversified portfolio, plus you can buy and sell them the same way you would a regular stock.Investing across the stock market using an S&P 500 index
We're all aware by now that hot tech stocks like Zoom Video Communications and Tesla had a fantastic year in 2020 (up about 490% and 680%, respectively). But those are the outliers. There are a bunch of other stocks that aren't talked about as much that had good -- if not spectac
No one would have guessed the rally that Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock would see in 2020. Year to date, shares are up more than 700%. After such an incredible rise, should shareholders who have enjoyed this spectacular run think about taking profits?Here's a closer look at what's dr
After the whiplash and uncertainty of 2020, the only thing I know for sure is that 2021 is going to be a weird year on the market. As the world sees the light at the end of the pandemic's dark tunnel, many of the new trends we've experienced this year may prove to be short-lived.
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has disrupted the global auto industry, and is easily the most valuable automaker on earth. However, investors are also giving the company a lot of credit for what they expect it will do, not what it's already done. In coming years, the company will need to s
Friday was a crazy day for the stock market, as investors had to deal with a wild combination of factors affecting trading. The expiration of stock and index futures and options contracts, the reconstitution of the Nasdaq-100 Index, and the addition of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) to the
Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) upcoming production facility in Europe has apparently suffered another delay. Tech news site Electrek reported on Friday, citing "reports coming out of Germany," that the company has been forced to halt the construction of its Gigafactory Berlin near the na
U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday, pulled down by uncertainty around a coronavirus stimulus deal, while Tesla shares jumped in heavy trading in anticipation of their addition to the S&P 500 next week.
Global equity benchmarks slid while oil prices rallied to near nine-month highs on Friday as investors weighed hopes for a U.S. coronavirus relief package against moves by the U.S. government to add dozens of Chinese companies to a trade blacklist.
U.S. stocks ended lower on Friday, pulled down by uncertainty around a coronavirus stimulus deal, while Tesla shares hit a lifetime high in anticipation of their addition to the S&P 500 next week.
Amid an already hectic trading session, as investors contend with larger-than-normal trading volumes due to quadruple witching, the phenomenon when options and futures on indexes and equities expire, electric automaker Tesla is on the precipice of joining the ranks of the S&P 500, in what will be the largest rebalancing in the history of that index. Tesla [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
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The dollar rose on Friday from 2-1/2-year lows as doubts about an agreement on U.S. COVID-19 aid and Brexit trade negotiations deflated investor confidence.
U.S. stocks declined on Friday, pulled down by uncertainty around a coronavirus stimulus deal, while Tesla shares hit a lifetime high in anticipation of their addition to the S&P 500 next week.
Stocks slumped from fresh highs on Friday as lawmakers hastened to iron out differences over new coronavirus stimulus measures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost about 0.4%, while the S&P 500 slipped a similar amount. Meanwhile the Nasdaq Composite traded 0.1% lower, attempting to stay near breakeven. All three benchmarks tagged fresh intraday highs in [...] Read more at ETFtrends.com.
After months of anticipation, Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) will join the big leagues on Monday and begin trading as part the S&P 500 index. Funds that track the stock market index will need to buy roughly 129.9 million shares of Tesla in order to match the composition of the index, a
Investors took a pause on Friday morning from the record run on Wall Street, with major market benchmarks giving up modest amounts of ground. Most investors have their eyes squarely focused on Washington, where they're counting on legislators and government officials to find an a