Other than preparing cash to buy real estate when prices drop, how could one short apartment prices? Specifically betting that high end apartments in high cost of living areas will suffer declining rents and occupancy. Is their a shortable real estate fund that has a portfolio that matches that description?
Would like to add a few preferred stock positions to my traditional and Roth accounts for a stable divy stream. Any tickers to suggest that are working well? Seems a lot are well below par right now in the banking industry, for obvious reasons.
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So TLT seems to have bottomed. With the FED nearing the end of the rate hike cycle I'm thinking this could be a good time to start a position. Even if they hold rates high for longer I think 2025, 2026 it could be possible to return to the $120-150 range. Seems like a solid play. Don't have to worry about earnings or growth like you would with a company. Seems like just a play on monetary policy and waiting for inflation to cool down and the FED FUND rat
Two months ago after Q1 '23 earnings, Bank of America put ROKU back on the Buy list with a $85 price target. That implies ~38% upside. They mentioned a few items for the investment thesis:
- performing better than the broader advertising market which remains weak (shows the strength of the platform)
- ad spending across some verticals is bottoming out (restaurants, travel, CPG, and health & wellness) and should improve
FHN was to be acquired by TD for $25. Prior to the banking crisis it was sitting at 24.50. The market was pricing this deal as a certainty.
Post-banking crisis FHN is sitting at $18.35. People are worried TD will try to back out/ re-negotiate the price.
TD’s CEO came out and said they remain 'committed' to the transaction. However, when pressed on a potential price adjustment, he stated the following, "well we've just initiated t
Introduction
There are many things to like about Global Payments Inc. ($GPN).
GPN boasts of having over 50 billion transactions annually and the soon-to-be-added 4.9 billion annual transactions from EVO Payments means that every time someone makes a transaction at a point-of-sale machine or keys in their transaction information online when they purchase something, GPN is likely to be there to take a cut of the transaction – and that makes me a ha
Shift4 ($FOUR) is posting profit growth far above other companies in its industry group.
Its fourth-quarter earnings soared 488%. That was the biggest quarterly gain among 40 companies in the credit card and payments industry group, except for the thinly-traded CPI Card Group (PMTS).
Revenue growth in Q4 was above average for the industry group, up 35%, slowing from 68%, 44%, and
This topic is probably not interesting for people who are predominantly invested in their home market. My home market is small (Switzerland) which is why I have around 60% non-Swiss stocks in my portfolio. Both the USD and the EUR have depreciated around 30% against the Swiss Franc over the past 20 years.
Individual stocks:
My portfolio consists of 40% US stocks. These are the usual big tech names with significant international revenues. My thinkin
If I sell a put contract for .5 strike and the stock moves to pink sheets before exp, is it likely the commissions from dealing with the pink sheets will cause the owner of the contract to just not exercise?
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