25 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on 3 Stocks That Could Be Life-Changers
3 Stocks That Could Be Life-Changers
Investing isn’t always all about profits and share gains. Some companies earn your investment by changing the world for the better. If, by doing so, shareholders end up with life-changing stock returns, that’s a win-win-win situation.
We asked three of The Motley Fool’s top contributors to share their finest life-changing businesses and investments. Read on to see how Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), NxStage Medical (NASDAQ: NXTM), and Chuy’s Holdings (NASDAQ: CHUY) earned their places in this exclusive list.
25 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on What Are The Odds Of Scoring A Winning Trade?
What Are The Odds Of Scoring A Winning Trade?
Is making money in the market a skill or just dump Luck?
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/09/probability-without-formulas.asp
25 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Average American Has This Much Student-Loan Debt
The Average American Has This Much Student-Loan Debt
As of the fourth quarter of 2016, Americans owed a total of $1.31 trillion in student-loan debt — more than for auto loans ($1.16 trillion) or credit card debt ($779 billion). Since there are approximately 126 million households in the United States, this translates to an average of $10,397 in student-loan debt per household.
However, this doesn’t tell the whole story, since fewer than 19% of households owe any money on student loans at all. The roughly 23.2 million households with student loans have an average outstanding debt of $49,905.
25 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Solar Stocks Jump — and There’s a Lot More Room to Run
Solar Stocks Jump — and There’s a Lot More Room to Run
The solar rally may finally be upon us. As you can see below, the biggest names in solar have gone on a tear in the last three months. First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) and SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR) are up over 50%, while two of the largest suppliers in the industry, JinkoSolar (NYSE: JKS) and Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ), are up double digits, as well.
25 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on In 3 Years, Lockheed Martin Could Sell 440 F-35s
In 3 Years, Lockheed Martin Could Sell 440 F-35s
Over the course of 60 years, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) expects to collect roughly $1.5 trillion in revenue selling — and servicing, maintaining, and upgrading — its F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet around the world. Already, F-35 sales account for 37% of Lockheed’s business, according to Reuters.
25 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on ExxonMobil to Climate-Change Activists: Chew on This
ExxonMobil to Climate-Change Activists: Chew on This
At the company’s annual shareholder meeting this May, roughly 62% of the votes were in favor of having ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) more deeply analyze and disclose the risks posed to its business from climate change. That was up sharply from 38% of the vote a similar proposal garnered in 2016. Shareholders large and small clearly want to know what climate risks are on the horizon, and understandably so, but what about the opportunities climate change presents?
25 June, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Risk Parity Party Fizzles
The Risk Parity Party Fizzles
Investors who have adopted a simple Risk Parity strategy of owning treasuries to hedge their equity portfolio have done well this year – though they faltered last week.