ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC) has been a costly disappointment for some investors in 2021. Enthusiasm over the company’s newly-announced streaming plans paired with Reddit-fueled retail investors drove VIAC stock past $100 three weeks into March. That was a 174% gain in under four months. Source: Jer123 / Shutterstock.com A catastrophic crash then saw shares lose half their
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A bit of positive news included in Carnival’s (NYSE:CCL) second-quarter results lifted CCL stock in late September. But even as the world appears on track to get “back to normal,” you may not want to buy Carnival’s shares at its present levels. There’s a good chance that the cruise line operator’s results will fully bounce
What are your options if you inherit an annuity? Annuities are financial products that are paid for upfront, then pay out a set amount for a period of time, sometimes until death. They are sometimes used by retirees to secure a reliable income in retirement. Some annuities payments can be left to a beneficiary after
Sphere 3D (NASDAQ:ANY), a Canadian company, signed a deal with privately-held Gryphon Digital Mining on June 3 in an all-stock reverse merger transaction. The deal will transform Sphere 3D into a Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD) mining operation when it closes sometime in the fourth quarter. As it stands now, with ANY stock up significantly, my assessment is
Engine No. 1, the firm that rose to prominence after waging a successful campaign against Exxon, on Monday announced an investment in General Motors. This time, the upstart activist’s stake signals support for the automaker as it transitions to electric vehicles. Engine No. 1 pointed to the similarities between Exxon and GM, noting that each
In this article FB DD UNP F Facebook’s logo displayed on a phone screen. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Facebook — Facebook shares fell 5.5% after a company whistleblower unveiled her identify and accused the social media giant of a “betrayal of democracy.” The
Sin stocks are shares of companies operating in gambling, tobacco, alcohol, defense, cannabis, as well as adult entertainment industries. Due to personal convictions, many investors may want to avoid these industries. And that’s understandable. Yet, if you are interested to know the potential offered by such shares, keep reading as I discuss seven sin stocks
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is still not the world’s most valuable carmaker. Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) is, for now. Its resistance to the EV revolution makes TM stock a problem in the long term. Source: josefkubes / Shutterstock.com With a market cap of $1.28 trillion, on what should be sales of $270 billion in 2021, Toyota dwarfs every competitor. Toyota
Have you been keeping an eye on the developments in the genetic editing space? We have. Source: Shutterstock And recently, CRISPR gene editing pioneer Feng Zhang achieved a breakthrough in CRISPR therapy cell-delivery. Instead of using the “default” Cas9 enzyme, Zhang used a sub-family of the Cas13 enzyme. One that’s just tiny enough to fit
Listen to Preston’s podcast about studying billionaires here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-investors-podcast/id928933489 Jeff Bezos has been hailed as the richest man in the world, inching out long-time titleholder and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. The majority of his earnings came from his online shopping retail site Amazon.com with record-breaking profits from Amazon Prime Day. Huge portions also stemmed from
In the Century of Biology, it pays to own the future of curing disease at the root.
Here’s a rare opportunity for you. A “next-generation Medicare Advantage insurer,” Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) operates in a high-potential market, providing health care access to seniors and other patient demographics. Yet, CLOV stock is trading at a surprisingly low price. Source: Shutterstock Currently, this stock has landed gently at a strong support level. So, it might be
Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG), the hydrogen fuel cell company, was somehow able to raise more than $3.4 billion in two different tranches in January and February 2021. The company sold $1.6 billion of PLUG stock at $29.29 in February to a subsidiary of SK Holdings, the third-largest conglomerate in South Korea. Source: Shutterstock Additionally, it managed
Ross Ulbricht (born 1984) is a former darknet market operator most famous for creating and running the Silk Road market. He was arrested in 2013, and two years later a Manhattan federal jury found him guilty on seven charges including conspiracy to launder money, conspiracy to commit computer hacking, conspiracy to traffic narcotics by the means of the internet,
After rising over $100 briefly this year, Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ:SAVA) stock is struggling to rebound. A long document written by the lawyer of a short-seller sent SAVA stock lower. The document challenged the accuracy of some of Cassava’s clinical results Source: Atthapon Raksthaput / Shutterstock.com Cassava has two major clinical studies underway. The top-line data
In this article ATVI DELL OTMO Dell CEO Michael Dell speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 2, 2018 Brendan McDermid | Reuters The fourth quarter has just begun, and Wall Street analysts are picking out the companies they believe have potential for the long run.
In reviewing the opportunity in Roku (NASDAQ:ROKU) stock, I need to start with an apology. A few years ago, I harshly judged it for its delay in reaching profitability. I had good reason at the time, since after 16 years they were still losing money. Management has most definitely shut me up, though, and that’s
With the seemingly worsening crisis of property developer China Evergrande (OTCMKTS:EGRNF), it may be time for investors to at least consider reducing exposure to companies tied to the world’s second-largest economy. Late last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Evergrande failed to make a scheduled interest payment last Thursday, sparking concerns about a mass
Shares in Greenidge Generation (NASDAQ:GREE) popped by 6.81% on Wednesday. That’s good news for investors, after GREE stock spent most of the past three weeks in a skid. In fact, GREE made it into Wednesday’s list of biggest pre-market stock movers. Before it began to lose steam, GREE stock gained as much as 17%. What was
Preston Pysh and Luke Gromen discuss all major macro economic themes happening in the world right now. At the end of the conversation they talk about Bitcoin. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: 0:00:00 – Intro 0:00:27 – Has The Global Economy Ran Out Of Steam? 0:07:30 – What’s The Real Story With Inflation And What’s