Bram Berkowitz
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Contributor at Rhode Island Inno
Contract Writer at The Motley Fool (U.S.)
Covering banks and other financials for @theMotleyfool
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1 week ago |
fool.com | Bram Berkowitz
Needless to say, President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office have rattled the stock market. The broader benchmark S&P 500 index fell about 8% during Trump's first 100 days, marking the index's worst performance in this time period since the first 100 days of former President Gerald Ford's presidency in 1974. And truthfully, things could have been worse with the index falling close to 20% from highs made in the second half of February.
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1 week ago |
fool.com | Bram Berkowitz
President Donald Trump promised to shake things up once he took office, and boy, did he. Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on goods from most countries in an attempt to transform decades of globalization that he believes has made global trade unfair for the U.S.The extent of the tariffs in the initial April 2 announcement sent stocks plunging, and both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite indexes entered bear market territory that month.
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1 week ago |
fool.com | Bram Berkowitz
President Donald Trump has floated the idea of eliminating income taxes for Americans making less than $200,000 per year.
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1 week ago |
fool.com | Bram Berkowitz
The artificial intelligence chip king, Nvidia (NVDA 2.33%), has been on a long, dominant run for several years now. The company is seen as the best picks-and-shovels play in what could be a game-changing sector that impacts nearly all aspects of our daily lives. However, a tough run this year and recent export restrictions targeting China have now sprouted the first sell rating from a Wall Street analyst.
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1 week ago |
fool.com | Bram Berkowitz
Berkshire Hathaway may never pay a dividend, but that hasn't stopped Warren Buffett from buying some great dividend stocks for Berkshire's massive, nearly $277 billion equities portfolio. Buffett has always been a fan of companies that buy back stock and pay dividends because the shareholders get capital every year, without having to worry as much about the stock price.
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Soon after completing its first buyback, Needham Bank $NBBK launches an additional 5% stock repurchase with shares trading at 95% of TBV https://t.co/9YqrefqfOB
$SOFI beat all around on 4Q24 earnings but adj. EBITDA/EPS guidance (midpoint) came in below @VisibleAlpha cons. Shares down ~13% PM https://t.co/XGJ0LOXBEx
My hometown bank Needham Bank is going public through mutual conversion. Initial glance: -$3.7B assets -NIM 3.61% -$300M offering at midpoint (51% price/TBV) -2022 ROA/ROE: 0.96%/9.06% -2022 efficiency: 62.3% -0 NCOs but 17% of loans are construction -Very few unrealized bond Ls