The long-term value that telecommunication stocks offer often seems to flow under the radar of investors looking for shorter plays on more advantageous options. Telecom stocks trade at reasonable valuations, provide reliable dividends, and are among the best options to have in your portfolio during an economic downturn. According to a report by the International Finance Corporation, telecom stocks in all subsectors, including tower companies, data centers, mobile network operators, and broadband providers, performed better than the S&P 500 during the height of the COVID-19 panic, reporting fewer losses than the more prominent firms that dominate the market. Philipp Nattermann…
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Insider Monkey presents The 13 Most Influential Women to Watch in 2021. This list was compiled by respectable Forbes journalists, including Moira Forbes, and the women are ranked by economic impact and visibility. To get the list of the most influential women to watch in 2021, Insider Monkey consulted Forbes and Business Insider and added up points from both lists to identify the 13 women with the highest combined scores. Jacinda Ardern is the first influential woman in this article. She is the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand and was born in 1980. Ruth Porat was born in England…
Insider Monkey, in the article 25 Best Places to Live in the U.S. for Families, took into account key factors like Cost of Living Grade, Crime & Safety Grade, and Housing Grade. Portland is an urban-suburban mix, with short, ward, and dry summers and quite cold, wet, and overcast winters. Kansas City is Good for Families. It has an A- rating in Night Life, diversity, Jobs, Commute, and Outdoors Activities. The capital of the United States, Washington D.C. is home to the Smithsonian Institution, the world-renowned museum and research complex consisting of 17 museums and galleries, including the National Zoo.…
New research says employees with poor working conditions suffer just as much as people without jobs. Some previous research has shown that people who are dissatisfied with their job have high blood pressure even when they are not at work, writes the Daily Mail. Another study published on this topic shows that poor quality work can have far greater consequences on health and the general feeling of dissatisfaction than unemployment, reports Harper’s Bazaar. Insider Monkey believes working at a public company is better than working at a private company because employees can also financially benefit from the appreciation of a…
The companies behind the American shale boom are now struggling to generate substantial returns for their shareholders. Leading the list was the state-owned company, Saudi Aramco, which called itself the most profitable oil company globally, generating a revenue of $111 billion during the 2019 fiscal year. Overall, US oil companies like Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP), and EOG Resources, Inc.. have risen to great heights. However, the coronavirus crisis plunged the oil industry into a brutal crash. Oil prices have underperformed in S&P index by 10-25% between July to November 2020, according to Deloitte’s 2021 oil and gas…
Energy usage worldwide is rising as emerging economies in Asia become the drivers of the manufacturing power in the global economy. The International Energy Agency estimates that renewable energy will overtake coal to become the largest electric power source in the next four years. The iShares Global Clean Energy ETF, which tracks the results of investments in clean energy, has outperformed the broader market by posting a total return of 75.9% compared to the total return of 33.4% by the Russell 1000 over the past year. Even big economic powers like China and Australia, who depend on coal for power…
The fondness people have for fast-food restaurants can be attributed to almost all of them today harmonize with the audience’s demands. This resulted in several restaurants shifting their dine-in facilities to drive-thrus, takeaways, pickups, and even cloud kitchens. For example, being a pizza chain, Pizza Hut has partnered with Beyond Meat to bring plant-based meat pizzas to its customers to give our healthier meals. Despite keeping up with the changing times, the onset of the pandemic resulted in a substantial dent in the revenues of the fast-food industry. Insider Monkey’s list of the 20 most profitable fast-food chains starts with…
Utilities such as electricity, water, natural gas, internet, and cable TV are expenses incurred automatically as part of our daily lives, so they are often not the first thing we consider when thinking about trimming expenses. As customers are burdened with heavier electricity bills each year, it is unsurprising that companies like The AES Corporation, UGI Corporation, and CenterPoint Energy, Inc. are waxing stronger in stocks. Moreover, natural gas companies such as Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation and Antero Resources Corporation and cable TV companies such as Altice USA, Inc. also demand heavy monthly payments from their users. Insider Monkey…
Major lenders in the US include Bank of America Corporation, Ally Financial Inc., among others. A credit repair company can prove handy to relieve you of this predicament by disputing the negative items and improving your credit score. This makes it imperative for individuals and businesses to consider using reliable credit repair companies to effectively plead their case against incorrect items on their credit report. According to the data from the complaints database of CFPB, out of the 486 complaints registered in the category of ‘credit repair services, 179 were about fraud and scams. IBISWorld, the California-based industry and market…
Billionaire Chen Tianqiao was the founder of the online gaming company Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd, which was the first Chinese online gaming company listed in the U.S. The firm’s most favorite investment areas include consumer discretionary, healthcare, and information technology businesses. His investment firm seeks to hold a long-term position in stocks that are involved in disruptive technologies. Shanda Asset Management also likes to take advantage of the market volatility, with the strategy of buying on the dip and selling when the stock reaches its fair value. Some of his venture capital investments include Propel and Ubiquity, 11.2 Capital, and…
The COVID-19 crisis battered the oil and gas industry. According to energy consultant Wood Mackenzie, the global investment in oil and gas production is forecasted to remain below pre-pandemic levels until 2025. And as travel restrictions ease, road fuel will lead the global oil recovery this year. The International Energy Agency (IEA) is optimistic that the demand for oil and gas will continue to grow given the rapid economic recovery. Gas and oil companies are starting to adjust for and prioritize net-zero greenhouse emissions. The servers decrease greenhouse gas emissions equal to level zero-emission wind. Oil and gas companies are…
Conservatism is generally described as the social and political philosophy that mainly promotes traditional social institutions. In the U.S., there is definitely a clear distinction between conservative and liberal cities that become highly relevant during elections where most conservatives support the republican party, and the majority of the liberals support the democratic party. Socially the conservatives in the United States are mainly concerned with social issues like opposition to abortion, lobbying against gambling, advocacy against drug usage, opposition to pornography, opposition to same-sex marriage, support for school prayer and support for school vouchers. Insider Monkey’s list of The 10 Most…