Category: Finance
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Tesla's 2024 Outlook: Potential Pitfalls In Market Transition (NASDAQ:TSLA)
SimonSkafar At a Glance As we approach 2024, the tale of technological pioneers like Xerox and Nokia — innovators who lost market dominance to later entrants — offers a poignant backdrop for examining Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) position in the electric vehicle (EV) market. Under CEO Elon Musk’s leadership, Tesla sparked the EV revolution, yet its journey…
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IEI: Jury Still Out On Inflation's Stickiness
Torsten Asmus The iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEI) is a long-ish duration ETF, with an effective duration of 4.42 years, meaning a decent amount of sensitivity to unitary changes in rates. We are nearing the end of rate hikes, but markets may be off their mark, even bond markets when it comes to…
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Gold Hits All-Time Highs And DJCI Silver Tops 10% In November
thad By Brian Luke “Silver and gold, silver and gold,Everyone wishes for silver and gold.” – Burl Ives My all-time favorite stop-motion animation show was the 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, narrated by Burl Ives. Playing the role of Sam the Snowman, Ives sang “Silver and Gold,” paying tribute to the work of…
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MediaAlpha Is Optimistic On Insurance Carrier Spending Return (NYSE:MAX)
Poca Wander Stock A Quick Take On MediaAlpha MediaAlpha, Inc. (NYSE:MAX) reported its Q3 2023 financial results on November 1, 2023, beating revenue and matching consensus earnings estimates. The firm operates a lead-generation platform for insurance companies in the U.S. I previously wrote about MAX with a Hold outlook on a slowdown in insurance carrier…
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Wall Street Breakfast: Out Of Cash
Out of cash Funding for foreign policy priorities remains stuck on Capitol Hill as dire warnings abound over what it might mean for national security. Back in October, President Biden had requested $106B in supplemental funding, including $61.4B for Ukraine, $14.3B for Israel, $7.4B for Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific, and $13.6B for the U.S.-Mexico border,…
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On Holding Stock: Significant Challenges Ahead, Price Correction Likely
Editor’s note: Seeking Alpha is proud to welcome HM Capital as a new contributor. It’s easy to become a Seeking Alpha contributor and earn money for your best investment ideas. Active contributors also get free access to SA Premium. Click here to find out more » Midnight Studio/iStock via Getty Images Summary We believe that…
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Essex Property Trust Stock: Still Has Potential (NYSE:ESS)
halbergman/E+ via Getty Images Today I want to take a look at a residential REIT Essex Property Trust (NYSE:ESS). The last time I covered the stock was at the end of July using their Q2 2023 results. I issued a buy rating because I believe that the California exposure of the company, while really heavy,…
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PTA CEF: Some Improvements, But Shares Are Not As Attractively Priced (NYSE:PTA)
Ilja Enger-Tsizikov The Cohen & Steers Tax-Advantaged Preferred Securities and Income Fund (NYSE:PTA) is a closed-end fund that investors can employ in order to generate a high level of income from the assets in their portfolios. The fund has an 8.65% current yield, so it certainly does this job reasonably well, although this yield is…