The debt-to-equity ratio is calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity. Nelson Ndongala via Unsplash; Canva When a company’s operations or assets are funded primarily by debt, it is often described as leveraged. In order to determine just how leveraged a company is, or to compare companies in terms of their…
The air has been slowly escaping the stock market balloon for weeks now, Jim Cramer told his Mad Money viewers Friday. And unless you own the stock of a company that makes real things and has real earnings, expect a lot more pain ahead. For months now, we’ve had an onslaught of worthless IPOs and…
Policy makers could be complacent about inflation’s rise and its impact to good and services that consumers pay for, according to former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. Summers does not believe that the rate of inflation could decline back down to 2% in 2022, according to Bloomberg Television’s “Wall Street Week” with David Westin. Yellen Posits…
Preferred stock, like common stock, represents partial ownership of a company, but it usually does not come with voting rights. Grant Ritchie via Unsplash; Canva ContentsWhat Is Preferred Stock and How Does It differ From Common Stock?What Are the Advantages of Owning Preferred Stock? What Are the Disadvantages of Owning Preferred Stock? Why Do Companies…
The Federal Reserve released a study late Thursday raising the possibility of issuing a cryptocurrency and asking for public comments on the idea, but making clear that it wouldn’t act without support from Congress and the White House. Prices for bitcoin fell sharply late Thursday, losing nearly $2,000 to $39,864.75 in recent activity. The study,…
There are many different ways to look at the market, Jim Cramer told his Mad Money viewers Wednesday. You can just look at the averages and assume everything is bad, or you can do a little homework and realize that real companies with tremendous brand loyalty are triumphing. Instead of worrying about broken supply chains,…
Some experts predict a lull in the Covid pandemic after the omicron strain passes, which would be a welcome development for the economy. By that point many more people will have immunity to Covid through vaccination and infection. “I think we will have a relative lull,” Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center…
King not just of Tesla (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc Report but also of clapping back on Twitter (TWTR) – Get Twitter, Inc. Report, Elon Musk called the software being used for some other electric vehicles “a pile of trash.” The argument began when, on Sunday, Green Hills Software CEO Dan O’Dowd wrote that he had…
Cryptocurrency prices were down Tuesday as Britain said it planned to crack down on misleading advertisements for cryptoassets. The finance ministry said that about 2.3 million people in Britain now own crypto asset, Reuters reported. But the ministry said research suggested that understanding of the sector is declining, which means some users may not fully understand what they…
Dollar Tree (DLTR) – Get Dollar Tree, Inc. Report has passed the buck: It’s now a buck and a quarter. And if social media is any indication, consumers are not happy about the discount retailer’s planned price increase. The Chesapeake, Va., company said in November that it planned to roll out price increases that will take its…
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