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On November 1, 2015, the old Hewlett-Packard Co. split into two firms—Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. For every share they held in the old HP, investors received one share in each of the new companies.
Since the split, investors in HP Enterprise are up 91%, while HP Inc....
Since the split, investors in HP Enterprise are up 91%, while HP Inc....
SHOPIFY INC. $432.80 (Toronto symbol SHOP; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk) (613-241-2828; www.shopify.ca; Shares outstanding: 111.5 million; Market cap: $48.3 billion; No dividend) launched an Amazon-like fulfilment network in the U.S. in June 2019....
ASHLAND GLOBAL HOLDINGS INC. $73 (New York symbol ASH; Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 60.5 million; Market cap: $4.4 billion; Dividend yield: 1.2%; Takeover Target Rating: Medium; www.ashland.com) makes a variety of specialty chemicals.
The company has three main businesses: Specialty Ingredients (roughly 65% of its total sales) makes coatings, adhesives and other products for the pharmaceutical, food and construction industries; Composites (25%) makes plastics and resins for the construction and industrial-products markets; and Intermediates and Solvents (10%) makes chemicals for plastics makers....
The company has three main businesses: Specialty Ingredients (roughly 65% of its total sales) makes coatings, adhesives and other products for the pharmaceutical, food and construction industries; Composites (25%) makes plastics and resins for the construction and industrial-products markets; and Intermediates and Solvents (10%) makes chemicals for plastics makers....
Politics is important, but if you focus your long-run investment decisions on a multitude of other factors, you should see better returns over time
BROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS $133.20 New York symbol BR; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (201-714-3000; www.broadridge.com; Shares outstanding: 116.1 million; Market cap: $15.4 billion; Dividend yield: 1.5%) has completed the acquisition of the retirement plan custody and trust assets of TD Ameritrade Trust Company, a subsidiary of TD Ameritrade Holding Corp....
AMAZON.COM $1,908.79 (Nasdaq symbol AMZN; TSINetwork Rating: Average) (206-266-1000; www.amazon.com; Shares o/s: 492.3 million; Market cap: $920.5 billion; No divds. paid) continues to expand into bricks-and-mortar retailing with its 13th Amazon Go store....
A: MongoDB, $169.97, symbol MDB on Nasdaq (Shares outstanding: 37.2 million; Market cap: $8.4 billion; www.mongodb.com), is a U.S. company that sells database software to help its customers process and analyze large amounts of streaming data from apps, the Web, and other news sources....
One of the top-selling golf books on Amazon right now is something called “Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump.” The title alone tells you all you need to know about the author’s politics, and that’s a sign of the times.
The title makes me think of a joke from the 1990s about a curious golf practice, called “taking a mulligan”....
The title makes me think of a joke from the 1990s about a curious golf practice, called “taking a mulligan”....
It’s natural to think you profit best from technology by investing in shares of tech leaders. But this can lead to disappointments. Tech stocks are highly volatile. Some early leaders flame out. Others go through long setbacks due to industry downturns, corporate restructuring, regulatory issues and so on.
Journalists and economists make the same mistake as investors....
Journalists and economists make the same mistake as investors....
A notable event in stock-market history is scheduled to take place in less than a week. It could be a game-changer for the brokerage industry, and may even change our view on investing in new stock issues (Initial Public Offerings, or IPOs).
Slack Technologies Inc....
Slack Technologies Inc....