U.S. stocks sold off on Friday due to a number of reasons, including increased geopolitical tensions, higher-than-expected inflation figures, as well as elevation valuation. If the current macroeconomic environment persists, investors are likely to come up with a list of stocks to avoid in the near term.Moreover, the earnings season isn’t off to a good start after JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) stock fell more than 6% after the banking giant released its first-quarter results. CEO Jamie Dimon also cautioned abou ...

The Computer and Technology group has plenty of great stocks, but investors should always be looking for companies that are outperforming their peers. Airbnb, Inc. (ABNB) is a stock that can certainly grab the attention of many investors, but do its recent returns compare favorably to the sector as a whole? By taking a look at the stock's year-to-date performance in comparison to its Computer and Technology peers, we might be able to answer that question.Airbnb, Inc. is one of 618 companies in the Computer ...

With pandemic-era travel restrictions behind us and an improving economic landscape ahead, travel stocks are adjusting to a new era of global travel. Consumer travel rates for air travel, hotel bookings and more are rising rapidly. While inflation certainly exerts some downward pressure on global and domestic travel, indicators of decreasing inflation suggest a potential travel surge as we march through 2024. This presents several top travel stocks to buy this year.These travel stocks represent the best way ...

D-Keine I am very bullish on REITs. So bullish in fact that I allocate about 50% of my portfolio to them at the moment. They are priced at their lowest valuations in years even as most of them continue to grow their cash flow and dividends, and I think that the anticipated drop in interest rates will fuel an epic rally across the REIT sector. But just because I am bullish on REITs does not mean that all of them are worth buying. This is a vast and versatile sector with over 1,000 companies worldwide and the ...

Thomas Barwick Airbnb (NASDAQ:ABNB) has the potential to further evolve its niche focus in online travel. By focusing on unique experiences and harnessing its balance sheet to invest in AI-assisted travel booking, I believe it could have a leg up on peers Booking Holdings and Expedia over the long term. Airbnb's Differentiating Factor From my understanding of the industry, Airbnb's two main competitors are Booking Holdings (BKNG) and Expedia (EXPE). Both of these firms are older than Airbnb in quite som ...

My daughter used my credit card to book a five-month stay using Airbnb after taking up an internship in Toronto. After the host accepted the booking, she got an email saying the price for the overall stay had increased by £4,000 – a further 39%.Panicked, and unable to afford the extra sum, she cancelled. Airbnb has taken a £1,962 fee, plus a further £682 for cleaning and taxes. As my daughter cancelled immediately, it is extremely unlikely that a booking was lost.Airbnb is endlessly quoting T&Cs and says it ...

Airbnb (ABNB 1.80%) has been one of the most disruptive companies in hospitality in decades, building a marketplace that connects millions of travelers with homes and rooms. But how does the business work, and how is it so profitable? Travis Hoium answers exactly that in this video.*Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of March 15, 2024. The video was published on March 20, 2024. ...

Airbnb, Inc. (ABNB) closed the latest trading day at $164.71, indicating a +1.8% change from the previous session's end. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily gain of 0.89%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a rise of 1.03%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw an increase of 1.25%.The company's shares have seen an increase of 9.21% over the last month, surpassing the Computer and Technology sector's gain of 3.77% and the S&P 500's gain of 3.56%.Investors will be eagerly watching for the performance of Air ...

Airbnb, Inc. (ABNB) is one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com visitors lately. So, it might be a good idea to review some of the factors that might affect the near-term performance of the stock.Over the past month, shares of this company have returned +9.2%, compared to the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. During this period, the Zacks Internet - Content industry, which Airbnb falls in, has gained 3.7%. The key question now is: What could be the stock's future direction?Although media reports or ...

Investors aren't sure what to make of Airbnb (ABNB -3.48%) stock these days. The home-sharing rental platform hasn't kept up with the stock market rally in the past year and is still trading below its pandemic high. Shares are down 22% in the past three years as compared to a 30% rally in the S&P 500.That underperformance can be tied to Wall Street's worries that Airbnb is running out of room to grow in its more mature markets around Europe and the U.S. But there are reasons to like this stock right now, de ...