Understanding dividends can be confusing. The dividend yield for a company frequently changes based on the company’s performance and how important income is to its core shareholder base. It’s also important to understand the difference between forward and backward looking dividend yields and that judging dividends based on high yields alone can potentially get you…
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Is UFC Publicly Traded? The Answer is Complicated
Quick summary: UFC is not publicly traded, but its parent company, Endeavor Group Holdings Inc., trades under the ticker EDR. Endeavor is a diversified sports and entertainment group, which owns a number of additional sports properties and business lines beyond its 100% ownership of UFC. Investors may be wise to wait for EDR’s first earnings…
Robinhood Free Stock and Referral Code FAQ
The Robinhood investing app has many interesting features that makes it stand out from other brokers. This article is part of an occasional series at Lean Investments where we answer frequently asked questions about a popular topic related to Robinhood Financial, its app and the people behind it. Note: Lean Investments is not associated with…
HVAC Stocks: Three of the Largest Players
Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) stocks were an interesting industry even before the 2020 crisis year, with Barron’s highlighting the sector’s potential in 2019. Now, with the ongoing pandemic and reports that schools, offices, retail establishments and restaurants all seeking to improve and upgrade their ventilation systems, it appears to be an ideal time…
Robinhood OTC: What Stocks Are Available?
The Robinhood app offers investors access to no less than 5,000 stocks, according to information on Robinhood.com. The company goes on to say that investors have access to “most” US equities. There is one notable group of stocks that Robinhood Financial does not offer to its investors: OTC penny stocks. This means that OTC stocks…
The Best Value Investing Blogs Thriving in 2021
Value investing has had better times. At one point the concept of buying stocks for less than their intrinsic value was widely appreciated by professional and armchair investors alike. However, the advent of index investing and the strong outperformance of growth stocks (such as the FAANG stocks) in recent times has made value investing slightly…
Guide to Major Stock Market Indexes and ETF Equivalents
Passive investing through index ETFs has become the dominant mode for most retail investors, with studies showing that active strategies largely fail to beat the index over most meaningful periods of time. The huge growth in the ETF industry, along with competitive pricing for most mainstream passive index products has made tracking any type of…
The Best Free Stock Market Email Newsletters
News consumption in 2021 increasingly takes place in the email inbox. Mainstream news sources and independent publishers alike on platforms such as Substack have realized email subscribers are engaged readers and many prefer the convenience of daily emails with summaries of the major events they need to stay on top. Below we provide our top…
David Tepper: Market Calls From the Appaloosa Management Founder and Carolina Panthers Owner
David Tepper is the rare headline maker in multiple spheres, from Wall Street to the NFL. Below we take a look at the background, track record and current market calls of the Appaloosa Management founder. Who is David Tepper? David Tepper is a multi-faceted hedge fund manager and entrepreneur. He is one of the most…
Steve Eisman: Biggest Calls Since “The Big Short” from 2010 – 2021
You may not have the capital of professional Wall Street investors but you can learn lessons from their successes and failures. Below we profile Steve Eisman, who shot to fame from being one of the few professional investors who not only recognized the housing bubble that culminated in the Great Financial Crisis, but actually acted…