Chesapeake plunges on oil crash, among five most endangered shale producers

Siraj Sarwar

Chesapeake (NYSE: CHK) stock price plunged to its lowest ever level, driven by the biggest crude oil price selloff since the first Gulf war in 1991. Besides the crude oil selloff, market analysts have been downgrading its ratings and questioning its survival due to its high debt loads. Bloomberg’s latest report included Chesapeake into the…

How to Cash in Savings Bonds

Nica

When you got given savings bonds as gifts when you were in elementary school, you might have thought that they were the worst gifts ever. Given the time they take to mature, you thought you would never see the day when you would get to redeem them. Now that the time has finally come, you…

Bond Duration – How to Calculate Interest Rate Risk for a Bond

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Whether you are taking a conservative or an aggressive approach towards investing, your portfolio likely includes bonds. Like any responsible investor, you decide to read up on bonds, and that’s when you come across the bond duration, an important aspect of the investment that determines how long it will take to receive the price of…

Boeing Stock Falls to 3-Year Low as Regulators set to reject 737 MAX Wiring plans

Siraj Sarwar

Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) stock price extended its selloff after the US aviation regulator is set to reject its proposal to leave wiring bundles in place on the grounded 737 MAX. Boeing says the bundles do not pose a potential safety threat, but, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has told the company the bundles are “not…

US markets suspended after global markets crash, Trump blames fake news

Siraj Sarwar

US stock markets were suspended as investors feared an economic slowdown caused by coronavirus will tip the global economy into a recession. Stock trading was halted for 15 minutes early on Monday morinng after the S&P 500 plummeted more than 7% in the first minutes of trading. The suspension was caused by an automatic circuit breaker…

Sports streaming service Dazn plots launch in 200 countries

Siraj Sarwar

Dazn, which aims to become the Netflix of sports, said it plans to launch streaming services to 200 countries. Dazn currently operates in nine international markets  Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the US. It plans to launch in the UK in May. The business is owned by Ukrainian-born billionaire Sir Leonard…

Facebook and Google ad sales to top Global TV for second year running

Siraj Sarwar

The world’s biggest brands are set to spend more on ads with tech giants Facebook and Google than the entire global TV sector this year, according to a report. Advertising revenue for the ‘duopoly’ of Alphabet parent Google and Facebook, which are both traded stocks, is forecast to hit $231.9bn this year, having topped the…

Convertible Bonds – Invest in a Convertible Bond ETF today!

Kane Pepi

Wondering what convertible bonds are and how they work? In a nutshell, convertible bonds allow you to earn fixed-rate interest payments until the bond matures. They are issued by large companies that wish to raise capital from outside investors. In this sense, they operate much like a traditional bond. However, what sets convertible bonds apart…