The oldest investing advice on Wall Street is to buy low and sell high. But the problem is that you never know for sure where the lowest or highest prices are.
Wall Street analysts sometimes see room for improvement in the price targets of certain stocks, which can be an opportunity for investors to quickly pick up shares that have the potential for strong appreciation.
Last week was brutal for Wall Street and in particular for real estate investment trusts (REITs), as hawkish verbiage by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and two major bank failures led to massive sell-offs in the major indices.
When an investor decides to buy a real estate investment trust (REIT), they are buying both that real estate company and the large block of tenants or brands occupying the REIT’s portfolio.
Income investors are always on the hunt for higher-dividend yields, but too often stocks with high-dividend yields can be yield traps that are at risk of being cut.
Among real estate investment trusts (REITs), one of the most popular subsectors with investors are mortgage REITs (mREITs). Although mREITs can be extremely volatile, their dividend yields are usually the highest among the total REIT universe.
Every year, there are certain times when stock prices do not come close to reflecting the opinions of Wall Street analysts, and these times can be opportunities for investors to pick up shares that have the potential for strong appreciation.
Stocks can fly up or down very quickly for many reasons, including rumors, analyst upgrades or downgrades, dividend increases or solid earnings reports that beat the Street.
But when a stock that has been sinking — both short and long term — suddenly soars 8% in one day on heavier than usual volume, it bears a closer look.
The COVID-19 pandemic greatly changed the way Americans shopped. Online purchases soar as people stayed home in fear of going into malls or stand-alone stores.
From time to time, companies partake in a secondary public offering of their stock to raise funds. The stock offering is set at a lower price to attract investor interest, and the funds derived may be used to pay down excessive debt, fund new acquisitions, invest in product development or cover an operational shortfall.