Author: pluginever

Compared to Wall Street's estimates: Nonfarm payrolls: 272,000 vs. +185,000 expected (+175,000 previously). Significantly more additions than the 185,000 expected by economists Unemployment rate: 4% vs. 3.9% expected (3.9% previously). This is the first time it hit that mark since January 2022. More people said they lost their jobs last month and fewer people entered…

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kkr-crowdstrike-godaddy-join-p-212736969.html KKR & Co. Inc., CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. and GoDaddy Inc. will join the S&P 500 as part of its latest quarterly weighting change. The companies will replace Robert Half Inc., Comerica Inc., and Illumina Inc, according to a press release from S&P Dow Jones Indices Friday. The changes are set to go into effect…

Fast-food giant McDonald's (MCD) is leading a retreat from higher prices. Yet newer names, like Cava Group (CAVA) and Sweetgreen (SG), are thriving. And Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG) continues its quarter-by-quarter power climb.

If the S&P regularly outperforms most fund managers (link), would it be wise for someone (like me) without much investing experience and doesn’t want to pay active fund fees to dump my entire retirement account into VOO and not touch it? I’m not opposed to paying someone who could beat the S&P, but how do…

This is the daily discussion, so anything stocks related is fine, but the theme for today is on fundamentals, but if fundamentals aren't your thing then just ignore the theme. Some helpful day to day links, including news: Finviz for charts, fundamentals, and aggregated news on individual stocks Bloomberg market news StreetInsider news: Market Check…

Hi All, with the AI boom in full swing, when do you think Open AI will go public/performance? Personally I think it will be bigger than the Google IPO if and when it does. What impact do you think it have to MSFT's stock price given they own 49% of the business? P

Is it finally the time to look at INTC closely and see what they can offer for the long term prospect? Up until now, I’ve been preaching that INTC is a dead company. Instead go buy NVDA and AMD if one is interested in investing in semiconductor. However, I am starting to think about INTC…

Humanoid robots would eventually be a part of our lives. When would be a moot point but I'm interested in finding stocks within this space. I know Tesla is into it and we can go that route but I don't wanna start a Tesla debate here so excluding that. Im really looking for some valuable…

Yesterday I went top of r/ China over a post regarding China's current economic downturn. I got a lot of good and constructive feedback from it, but it had me thinking of is there an actionable way to actually hedge the economic risk for the average Joe. Given the probability of a China-Taiwan war is…

I’ve been putting $300 into an IRA and a brokerage account for a few long term stocks. Raytheon has been my biggest %/$ success, with costco coming in a close second. NVDA stocks are looking good too. Any advice on how to invest once I start making adult money? I’m 20 now, and enjoying trading.…