Is Apple Stock a Buy, Sell, or Something Else After Earnings?
Apple AAPL released its first-quarter fiscal earnings report on Jan. 30. Here’s Morningstar’s take on Apple’s earnings and stock. What We Thought of Apple’s Q1 Earnings Apple’s AAPL December-quarter revenue rose by 4% year over year to $124.3 billion. IPhone revenue declined 1% year over year to $69.1 billion, and services revenue rose 14% year […]
Top-Performing ETFs | Morningstar
Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are often low-cost instruments for investors to track popular indexes or leverage experienced manager choices in an attempt to beat the market. The best ones serve as building blocks for a portfolio, and unlike open-end mutual funds, all ETFs are traded throughout the day on an exchange. In January 2025, the […]
Top US Energy Stocks to Invest in Today
1-Year Performance of Energy Stocks Source: Morningstar Direct. To come up with our list of the best energy stocks to buy now, we screened for: Energy stocks that are undervalued relative to the average stock in the sector, as measured by our price/fair value metric.Energy stocks that earn narrow or wide Morningstar Economic Moat Ratings. […]
Column: Another Cobalt Bust, but This Time It’s Unique
Column: Another cobalt bust but this time it’s different The market for cobalt, the essential battery metal that powers today’s electric vehicles (EVs), is experiencing another significant downturn. This wave of overproduction, unlike the artisanal mining surge that led to previous downturns in 2018-2019, is primarily driven by the actions of China’s CMOC Group. The […]
Gold: Stagflation Concerns Drive Prices to New All-Time Highs
Gold: Stagflation fears are supporting fresh new all-time highs The recent three weeks of sideways movements of the US Dollar Index since its 52-week high of 110.18 printed on 13 January had a positive knock-on effect on gold prices. Gold (XAU/USD) has staged a bullish breakout from its prior two-month range configuration on 21 January […]
Saputo Announces Financial Results for Q3 of Fiscal 2025, Concluding December 31, 2024
Saputo Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2025 Ended December 31, 2024 MONTRÉAL, Feb. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Saputo Inc. (TSX: SAP) (we, Saputo or the Company) reported today its financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2025, which ended on December 31, 2024. All amounts in this news release […]
Performance Review of Canada’s Largest ETFs in January
Each month, we check in on the performance of the largest Canadian stock, bond, and active exchange-traded funds. The Morningstar US Market Index rose 3.85% during January and is up 36.95% over the past year. The Morningstar US Core Bond Index rose 1.26% last month and is up 10.66% over the past year. In the […]
BP Strikes Oil and Gas Reserves in the Mediterranean Sea
BP hits oil & gas pay in Mediterranean Sea UK-headquartered energy giant BP has found more oil and gas in the northern Mediterranean within the Egyptian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The announcement of BP’s new oil and gas discovery in King Mariout was made by Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Egypt’s Prime Minister, during a press conference on February 6, […]
Gold Reaches New All-Time High: What Lies Ahead?
Gold hit a new all-time high on Monday, Feb. 3, driven by a wave of investment towards haven assets after US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose commercial tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico added to fears of inflation that could dent economic growth. The spot price touched $2,830 an ounce Monday morning before retreating […]
Insights for ETF Investors: What We Can Learn from Successes and Failures
As R1, DeepSeek’s latest artificial intelligence model, sent shock waves through global stock markets, exchange-traded funds focused on AI stocks showed significant divergence in performance, underscoring the importance of understanding a thematic fund’s strategy. Investors may not realize going in, but funds nominally tracking the same theme can perform very differently. In this case, technological […]